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THE HAWAIIAN FORESTER 

 AND AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. XVIII. Honolulu, July, 1921. No. 7 



A list of the acts of the 1921 Session of the Territorial Leg- 

 islature affecting the Board of Agriculture and Forestry is con- 

 tained in this issue. 



Attention is called to Rule 1 of the Territorial Fish and Game 

 Commission, printed in this issue, for the protection of trout in 

 the mountain streams on the island of Kauai. 



Progress was made during the month of May on the project of 

 enlarging the Hilo Forest Reserve on the island of Hawaii by the 

 survey and monumenting of ten miles of boundary. 



A description of the small forest reserve of 56 acres in Mauna- 

 lua near the eastern end of Oahu which the B. P. Bishop Estate 

 has decided to set aside and protect is contained in this issue. 



During the month of June several hundred of the parasites on 

 the fern weevil which were recently introduced from Australia 

 were taken up to Hawaii and liberated in and near Hilo. 



Of the 85 head of cattle tested for bovine tuberculosis during 

 May, not one was found to have the disease. Out of a total of 

 1171 head of dairy cattle tested to date during 1921, only 14 have 

 reacted to the test. 



A steam soil sterlizer was installed at the Hilo nursery in May. 

 This will eliminate insect life in the soil as well as prevent weed 

 seeds from germinating, thus preventing loss of seedling trees by 

 insect damage and economizing on labor spent for weeding. 



The planting of over 2000 Benguet pine seedlings (Pin us in- 



sidaris), a timber tree of the Philippines, at the elevation of 6000 



a? feet on the slopes of Mauna Kea should determine definitely 



whether timber may be grown sucessfully at the higher elevations 



in this Territory. 



