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The following resolution was adopted at a meeting of the 

 Board held on February 11, 1921: 



''Resolved, that in cases of any insubordination, real or fancied, 

 on the part of employees of the Board of Agriculture and For- 

 estry, the Fxecutive Officer be and is hereby authorized and 

 empowered to suspend any employee, not the head of a Division, 

 pending action of the Board." 



CHARRING FENCE POSTS. 



As the result of service tests, the U. S. Forest Service is in a 

 position to say that charring is of little value in protecting the 

 butts of fence posts and telephone poles from decay. The 

 charred posts in these tests proved to be even less durable than 

 the untreated ones. Theoretically, an area of charred wood 

 around a post should prevent decay, because charcoal does not 

 decay or encourage the growth of fungi. But the charred area 

 around the post is not usually a solid covering. It is checked 

 through in many places. If posts are seasoned before they are 

 charred, the charring does not reach to the bottom of the season 

 checks which are always present. If green unchecked posts are 

 charred, checks will open through the charred part as the wood 

 seasons. In either case the uncharred center of the post is 

 exposed to fungus infection and will decay as rapidly as any 

 untreated wood. 



RULE VII— SWINE. 



Rule VII — Swine of the "Regulations Governing the Importa- 

 tion of Live Stock and Other Animals into the Territory of 

 Hawaii" of the Division of Animal Industry was on February 

 11, 1921, amended so as to prevent the use of the animal quar- 

 antine station of the Board as a mere convenience to shippers who 

 import hogs only for slaughter and so as to safeguard the in- 

 dustry of raising pure-bred hogs in the Territory. The amended 

 rule, which was approved by the Governor on February 11, 

 1921, and published on the following day, appears on the "By 

 Authority" page of this issue. 



Concerning the operation of Section 8 of this amended rule, 

 the Attorney General on February 5, 1921, advised the Board as 

 follows : 



'T have examined the proposed rule as amended and return it 

 herewith approved as to form. 



"You further inquire as to whether under this rule your 



