THE JHAWAIIAN 



FORESTER k AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. X. APRIL, 1913. No. 4. 



Again the Sui:)crintenclent of Entomology, in his report for 

 March, is able to show various dangerous pests refused admit- 

 tance to the Territory. The value of the Division of Entomology 

 to the islands can hardly be measured in dollars. 



There is much gratifying information in the reports of the 

 Superintendent of Forestry and the Forest Nurseryman for 

 March. The establishing of three additional forest reserves on 

 Oahu, containig an aggregate of 6368 acres, with another one pro- 

 jected for the mountain section back of Honolulu, is striking 

 evidence of advancement. Then there is the distribution of plants 

 for forestation In the country and gardens and orchards in town — 

 about sixty thousand to corporations and over four thousand to 

 the general public in one month — showing practically universal 

 interest in forestry and domestic arboriculture. 



The reports of the division of animal industry for ]\Iarch con- 

 tain evicience that the island of Oahu, constituting the City and 

 County of Honolulu, is now practically rid of tuberculosis in 

 dairy herds. There is also gratifying testimony of a high degree 

 of sanitary conditions prevailing in most of the dairies of th^ 

 island. This wholesome state of affairs with regard to the sources 

 of Honolulu's milk supply, as well as that of the teeming plan- 

 tations, has been brought about from quite antipodal conditions 

 that existed three years ago. It is all much to the credit of the 

 Division of Animal Industry and the Board of Supervisors of 

 the municipality, the latter having started the work of redemption 

 by the passage of a pure milk ordinance. 



