THE jHAWAIIAN 



FORESTER I AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. IX. DECEMBER, 1912. No. 12. 



With agriculture in the broad as the mainstay of Hawaii, it is 

 strange that the legislature is always disposed to trim the ap- 

 propriations for the agricultural service to the bone. 



One infected animal out of thirty-two head of dairy .cattle 

 tested for tuberculosis in November speaks eloquently for the 

 campaign of the past three years to cleanse the dairy herds of 

 Oahu. In all probability, the coming year will see the campaign 

 extended to the other islands. 



Surely, with the millions invested in live stock in this Terri- 

 tory, the legislature ought to be able to find the salaries for 

 veterinarians in all stock-raising districts. At present the assist- 

 ant territorial veterinarians employed are paid in part by plant- 

 ers and ranchmen, who already pay their share of general taxes 

 for the upkeep of all public services. 



At the last meeting of the board of agriculture and forestry, 

 the projects of erecting animal quarantine stations at Hilo and 

 Kahului were reported as making satisfactory progress. The 

 plans for the Hilo station are in hand and the lease of the Ka- 

 hului station site will soon be executed. With Hawaii and Maui 

 thus provided for, Kauai will next be in order to equip for direct 

 live stock importing. 



With the earnest cooperation of the sugar planters' associa- 

 tion, the board of agriculture and forestry will make special ef- 

 forts the coming year in protecting the forests and sources of 

 water. At its meeting this month, in response to a resolution of 

 the planters' association communicated to it, the board ap- 

 pointed President W. AI. Giffard, Albert Waterhouse and H. M. 

 von Holt as a committee to cooperate with a committee of the 

 planters in this work. The planters' committee consists of Albert 

 Horner, E. D. Tenney and E. Faxon Bishop. 



Two things of great importance are shown in the report of the 

 assistant territorial veterinarian on importations of live stock 

 in November. One is the progress being made in the improve- 

 ment of beef and dairy stock, indicated by the introduction of 



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