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which many are now doing. The cleaning up of the banana 

 fields, narrated on page 138, shows what clean culture methods 

 have done for this particular industry. The same methods would 

 be equally efficacious with other crops. 



The steady increase of fruit and plant shipments arriving in 

 Honolulu from the Orient and the Coast, added to the fact that 

 the completion of the Panama Canal will bring the Territory into 

 direct communication with Central and South America, as well 

 as Mexico, makes it quite apparent that ample funds are neces- 

 sary for the extension of the work of the Division of Entdinology. 



ANI^rAL INDUSTRY. 



The report of the Division of Animal Industry occupies ninety- 

 odd pages of the report and treats in an interesting way the im- 

 portant subjects of the live stock industry of the Territory, bovine 

 tuberculosis, glanders and the quarantining of dogs on account of 

 the danger of rabies, as well as outlining the routine work of 

 the division staff. The report is made jointly by Dr. Victor A. 

 Norgaard, Territorial Veterinarian, and Dr. Leonard N. Case, 

 Assistant Territorial Veterinarian. 



Under the heading "Live Stock," facts and figures are pre- 

 sented showing the large number and fine quality of animals 

 that ar&-now being brought into the Territory each year for 

 breeding purposes. For one example of the good accomplished, 

 the average weight per carcass and the average price of meat per 

 hundredweight received by the producer, has increased in the 

 past three years, from 449 to 490 pounds, and from $9.77 to 

 $9.96, a result in part of the introduction of better blood. 



Another important fact in this connection is that the former 

 practice of "stuffing" shipments to Hawaii with one or more 

 worthless animals has practically disappeared. With the present 

 strict inspection and quarantine it does not pay to use Hawaii as a 

 dumping ground. 



A number of illustrations show cattle, mules and horses im- 

 ported by various ranches or individuals, particularly by the 

 Parker ranch on Hawaii. These pictures alone make the report 

 of interest, showing as they do how high a grade of stock is now 

 being introduced. 



Under the head of "Diseases of Live Stock," it is stated that 

 "the past year has been practically devoid of any serious out- 

 breaks of either infectious or contagious diseases among live 

 stock, while parasitic diseases have continued to decrease with 

 improved methods in handling and caring for the animals." 



ONE STARTLING REASON. 



The section on the control and eradication of bovine tuber- 

 culosis is one that ought to be read by the head of every house- 

 hold, for, as Dr. Norgaard says, when "more than twenty-five 



