THE JHAWAIIAN 



f ORESTER I AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. X. NOVEMBER, 1913. No. 11. 



Next to the control evidenced over the various maladies of dif- 

 ferent species of hvestock, there is nothing more gratifying in the 

 report of the Division of Animal Industry for October than the 

 information relative to the comparative cleanliness of stables in 

 Honolulu. Xot long ago there was much to be desired in this 

 respect. In view of published medical opinion that infantile 

 paralysis is communicated by the stable fly, this subject is of more 

 than ordinary importance to human beings. 



That only nine animals should have been condemned out of 377 

 tested in October indicates that the control of bovine tuberculosis 

 on this island has advanced far beyond the fabric of a dream. 

 It is up to the other islands to prosecute the campaign to a like 

 degree of success, when Hawaii will stand out prominently among 

 all countries for intelligent grappling with this vital concern. 



Last month the Division of Entomology made the usual fine 

 record of pests intercepted. The monthly figures on this score 

 are among the most interesting information published of the 

 various services of the territorial Board of Agriculture and 

 Forestry. 



More than three-quarters of a million acres of forest reserves 

 place Hawaii, in proportion to its area, well up in the list of coun- 

 tries that are conserving and extending their resources of this 

 description of public wealth. In time this insular territory may 

 not have to bewail the absence of mineral deposits as a source 

 of public revenue, for when developed thoroughly upon the lines 

 now being followed the forests, both public and private, will yield 

 a large tribute to territorial and county treasuries, in direct and 

 indirect realizations. 



It may take years to show results in large measure, but the gift 

 of prophecy is not required to foresee the time coming when the 

 work of the Division of Hydrography, begun as it were only 

 yesterday, will have fruition in the transforming of many thou- 

 sands of acres of now arid desert and mountain wilderness into 

 land of teeming productivity of useful animals and plants. 



