



LIBHARY 



NEW YtniHn 



THE HAWAIIAN FORESTER 

 AND AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. XVIII. Honolulu, February, 1921. No. 2 



Owing to the storm during January there was very httle de- 

 mand on the government insectary for parasites. 



A total of 1,971 koa trees were planted out during January on 

 forest reserve lands in Makiki, Lualualei, and Pupukea, on the 

 Island of Oahu. 



Wind erosion takes place at the rate of two feet a year on 

 the Kuliouou Ridge, Oahu, as stated in the January report of 

 the Superintendent of Forestry. 



The rule of the Division of Animal Industry relating to the 

 importation of swine was amended on February 11, 1921, and 

 the amended rule appears in this issue. 



The suggestions and advice given in Prof. Borden's article in 

 this issue would, if followed out, make this Territory more self- 

 supporting in the matter of food production than it is at present. 



This issue of the Forester is unavoidably delayed because of 

 the pressure of work due to the publishing of the biennial report 

 of the Board and its four divisions and to important matters 

 connected with the Territorial legislature now in session. The 

 indulgence of the readers is respectfully asked. 



With a stumpage price of $7.00 per cord for algaroba wood 

 and large returns from the beans and nectar which this wonder- 

 ful tree produces, a most excellent opportunity for the practice 

 of true forestry is offered by the algaroba forests of the Terri- 

 tory. An article on the subject of increasing these yields by 

 judicious thinnings is contained in this issue. 



The Wliite or Gray Ironbark (Eucalyptus paniculata), accord- 

 ing to the Australian Forestry Journal, is the best timber tree of 

 cv! New South Wales and is unexcelled for combined strength and 

 ^ durability. As a railroad tie it will last an indefinite period,- and 

 specimens of ties which have borne the heaviest railroad traffic 

 for twenty-five years have been found to be as sound as the day 

 they were laid. 



