THE jHAWAIIAN 



FORESTER I AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. IX. 



AUGUST, 1912. 



No. 8. 



This is the "Annual Reports" number of the Forester and 

 Agriculturist, containing a resume of the work of a year in every 

 division of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry by its 

 chief. It should be preserved for reference by all subscribers, 

 although it is to be hoped that few fail to preserve all numbers 

 of the magazine for adding to their libraries in bound form. 



The bureau of agriculture of the Philippine Islands is taking 

 up the culture of date palms, and among other things is planning 

 to plant 150 at Lamao experiment station to form an avenue of 

 these palms to be known as Eden avenue. This name is chosen 

 from the fact that the fruit from which the seed is taken came 

 from the Garden of Eden, or at least that portion of the old 

 world in which it is generally acknowledged the Garden of Eden 

 was located. 



A broadside has been received giving announcement of the 

 Seventh International Dry Farming Congress — the "World's 

 Greatest Agricultural Convention" — to be held at Lethbridge, 

 Alberta, Canada, October 21-26, 1912. All farmers are invited 

 to attend and participate in the event. This congress of farmers 

 will consist of nine sectional conventions, as follows : Confer- 

 ence on Soils, Tillage Methods and Machinery ; Conference on 

 Crops and Crop Breeding; Conference on Agricultural Forestry; 

 Conference on Live Stock and Dairying; Conference on Agri- 

 cultural Education ; Conference on Farm Management ; Confer- 

 ence on Scientific Research ; Conference of Agricultural Colleges 

 and Experiment Stations, and International Congress of Farm 

 Women ( Rural Home Section of the International Dry Farming 

 Congress). The Congress will be formally opened on Monday. 

 October 21, at 11 a. m., by His Royal Highness the Duke of 

 Connaught. Governor General of Canada, for the government of 

 Great Britain, and Honorable James Wilson, Secretary of Agri- 

 culture of the Ignited States, as personal representative of Presi- 

 dent William Howard Taft. The international delegates wilj 

 include distinguished agriculturists of many countries. The 

 governors of some American states, government officials of the 

 Dominion of Canada and all western provinces will be in attend- 



