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work, especially koa and similar hard-grained and non-resinous 

 woods, are household problems that can best be fought along 

 household lines. 



It is pleasant to turn from the consideration of these small, 

 destructive, inartistic vermin to the large and beautifully colored 

 representatives of the six-footed folk. These are the winged 

 jewels of the insect world. The variety of color-patterns and 

 color-tones is well-nigh infinite. These frail creatures of the air 

 are not to be considered as public questions in any inimical sense, 

 but as public property. They deserve our attention because of 

 their intrinsic loveliness, knowledge of the fascinating cycles of 

 their lives and of their place in the great world of Nature should 

 be the common property of every school-child. 



Vaughan MacCaughey. 

 The College of Hawaii. 



CLEAN CULTURE. 



This was the topic for discussion at the first meeting. Novem- 

 ber 9. of the season of the Agricultural Seminar. A lucid and 

 succinct presentation of the subject was made by Supt. E. M. 

 Ehrhorn, which is printed in full elsewhere. 



This paper was followed bv general discussion, of special note 

 being the remarks by Mr. Gififard regarding the relation of clean 

 culture to the control of the Mediterranean fruit fly. Dr. Wilcox 

 discussed the striking relationships between clean culture and the 

 control of the cotton boll worm. Notice was also called to clean 

 culture as a part of the present mosquito campaign. The value 

 and importance of clean culture methods, as supplementing such 

 methods as parasites and sprays in the control of insects, was 

 commented upon. 



The meeting was held at the College of Hawaii, and was well 

 attended. It should be stated that these meetings are open to all 

 men who are interested in agriculture or related sciences. 



Vaugiian MacCaughey, Secretary. 



Supervisor Low has from hi§ official seat expressed the opinion 

 that there is no menace of rabbits, his reason being that the 

 animal throve greatly at Niu many years ago but never spread 

 from that spot. Perhaps they never emerged from the little oasis 

 in a wilderness of rocks and wilted scrub because it was impos- 

 sible for them to eat their way out to cultivated areas through 

 miles of such existing barriers. Even more certain wotdd be the 

 impossibility of fighting their way out, considering the gauntlet 

 of fierce dogs and mongoose Bunny would have to run. There 

 are enough vagrant dogs arotmd the strategic pnint of the Kai- 

 muki car terminus to cliew up the entire rabbit pest of Caht'ornia 

 were it transplanted thither. 



