THE HAWAIIAN FORESTER 

 AND AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. XVII. Honolulu. February, 1920. No. 2 



The Government Nursery sent out during December, 1919, 

 a total of 103,036 tree seedlings for use in extensive planting 

 operations on Oahu. 



Out of a total of 143 head of dairy cattle tested during De- 

 cember, 1919, only three were found to be afflicted with tuber- 

 culosis and were condemned. 



The Entomologist reared and distributed during December, 

 1919, a total of 12,660 beneficial insects to control local pests. 



Of the 25,312 packages of vegetable matter arriving in Hono- 

 lulu during December, 1919, the Division of Plant Inspection in- 

 spected and passed 25,200 packages and either burned, fumigated, 

 or returned 112 packages which were not free from pests. 



The Japanese cedar is probably the most suitable tree to raise 

 in these Islands for Christmas trees. Its stiff branches will sup- 

 port the customary decorations, it will keep green for a long 

 time, and can be raised for this purpose in two years after plant- 

 ing out. 



Evidence of the dry conditions which have, until recently, ob- 

 tained in parts of our forests is shown by the occurrence of a 

 fire in the staghorn fern on November 29, 1919, in Wainiha Val- 

 ley on Kauai, a place which is not many miles from what is sup- 

 posed to be the rainiest spot in the world. 



An experiment in the growing of timber trees, closely spaced, 

 has been started recently on a few acres at Waiahole, Oahu. 

 The trees selected are the kauri pine, which is the monarch of 

 the New Zealand forests, where it reaches a diameter of 24 feet 

 and produces a straight-grained, strong timber, free from knots 

 and of remarkable durability ; the Norfolk Island pine, which, 

 in its native habitat, attains a diameter of 10 feet and produces 

 a timber useful for ship-building and many other purposes ; and 

 the Japanese cedar, which produces a wood valued for many 

 uses. 



