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on the 10th inst. This fact is mentioned because the Deputy 

 Territorial Veterinarian from Hilo, Dr. Ehiot, is in the Queen's 

 Hospital here, having been operated on for appendicitis, and in 

 casfe he does not recover in time it will be necessary to send an in- 

 spector from this office in order to pass on and release these ani- 

 mals. 



Of breeding- stock, there arrived four large jacks, which go to 

 the Parker Ranch for mule breeding. This ranch has, during the 

 past four years, endeavored to produce mares of sufficient size to 

 raise large mules from, and there is every indication that before 

 long a large percentage of the mules, which are now being im- 

 ported here annually, will be raised in the Territory. By the ex- 

 clusive use of large imported stallions, principally Percherons and 

 German Coach, the above mentioned ranch has succeeded in de- 

 veloping both the size and the quality of its brood mares, several 

 hundred gf which will now be bred to the imported jacks, thereby 

 adding an immensely important branch to the live stock industry 

 of the Territory. 



By reference to the annual reports of this division for the past 

 six years, it will be seen that every efifort has been made to get the 

 stock breeders here to take up mule breeding and it is therefore 

 highly gratifying to see that the end is finally in view. Both feed 

 and climate are ideal for the purpose in many localities here, es- 

 pecially in the mountain pastures on Hawaii, Maui and Molokai, 

 and it now only remains to be demonstrated if mules that are 

 raised here wilP possess the same amount of stamina, that is, 

 energy and endurance, as the imported mules, and there is every 

 reason to believe that such will be the case. 



MA-nother importation of equal importance and undertaken by 

 the samea'anch was the 'arrival a few days ago of a number of the 

 very finest Hereford heifers, which will form the nucleus of a 

 breeding herd which, with the blue ribbon bulls which already 

 haye arrived, will rival any breeding herd in the United States. 

 Too much credit cannot be given to the management of this large 

 raliich, ^diich supplies more than 90 per cent, of all the beef con- 

 sumed lii' Honolulu, for the excellent quality of this most import- 

 ant food product whidiis now constantly available here, besides 

 which these importations of the Parker Ranch have made it pos- 

 sible for less favorably situated cattle breeders to obtain high 

 class breeding animals without having to send away for them. 

 In this way the entire Territory is benefited and it is safe to pre- 

 dict that before long the erstwhile long-horned and long-legged 

 range cattle will be a thing of the past in these islands. 



In absolute contrast to the above stands the local poultry in- 

 dustry. During the past month not less than 137 crates of live 

 poultry arrived at this port alone, many of the crates holding five 

 or six dozen birds each and nearly all of egg-laying breeds. This 

 is one of the problems which has been repeatedly discussed in 

 these reports but instead of getting better it seems that the im- 



