age of more than twelve headed articles each number. The 

 great variety of topics treated, one way or another, is shown by 

 the index. A special effort will be made this year, with the kind 

 assistance and counsel of the agricultural and educational chiefs 

 and divisional lieutenants, to make the Forester and Agriculturist 

 worthy of the advancement in both those lines which the Terri- 

 tory is today showing. 



THE FRUIT FLY CAMPAIGN. 



Nothing could be more reassuring to the general agricultural 

 interests of the Territory than the promptness and energy with 

 which the Board of Agriculture and Forestry has brought into 

 play the powers the legislature of 1911 conferred upon it, both 

 of authority and of finances, to combat the ascendancy of the 

 Mediterranean fruit fly. Already the Forester has congratulated 

 the board upon securing the services of W. M. Giffard, through 

 his acceptance of honorary membership of the entomology com- 

 mittee, as director of the campaign against this destructive pest. 

 That no mistake was made in this appointment has evidence al- 

 ready in the businesslike report, both of pl^n and progress, which 

 Mr. Gift'ard has made as appears elsewhere. Witli the assistance 

 of the California commission of agriculture, backed by a substan- 

 tial money contribution from that State, there is every reason to 

 hope that the time is not distant when the pest will be well con- 

 trolled here — just as well as the sugar planters have reduced to 

 a minimum the destructive activity of the cane leafhopper. 



The menace of complete destruction by the Mediterranean fruit 

 fly of a large proportion of the Hawaiian fruit industry, just as 

 it seemed to be on the eve of great expansion, will not have been 

 an unmixed ill if it result in the enforcement of clean culture 

 upon horticulturists of all nationalities in these islands. That lliis 

 hai)])y end will be gained has much promise from the energy 

 with which it is being pursued by Messrs. Ehrhorn, Starrett jnid 

 Giffard. 



Three numbers of rules and regulations latel\' adoi)lo(l l)y the 

 Board of Agriculture, with llie (ioveruDr's approval, all relating 

 to the suj)pression of ])ests, arc onicially ])ublislic(l in this issue. 

 All growers of fruits and vegetables will be wise to heed them. 



Anyway, there is little fear that dogs (|uarantine(l against 

 rabies will be any the worse for detention the recjuircd period. 

 The anxiety of the Territorial veterinarian to preserve the canine 

 realm of Hawaii from such dire infection is an earnest that he 

 will not allow the strangers to be abused in (|uar.intine.. I'roperly 

 conducted c|uarantine kemiels ought to be a good i)lace for ac- 

 climating the alien dog. 



