

L««VARY 



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THE HAWAIIAN FORESTER 

 AND AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. XVII. Honolulu, September. 1920. No. 9 



The Pan-Pacific Scientific Conference, which met in Honolulu 

 from August 2 to 20, will without doubt go down in history as 

 one of the most remarkable scientific gatherings ever held. The 

 delegates to this Conference were, many of them, the foremost 

 authorities in their various fields, and the discussions were 

 marked by unusual directness and vision. It is often hard for 

 laymen to see any "practical value" in much of the research that 

 is being done in the natural sciences. The reason for this is 

 because the results of such research are often subtle and indirect, 

 and by the time they are applied in the economic structure of life 

 their source is no longer recognized. With the recent Confer- 

 ence, however, no such complaint can be lodged, for the prob- 

 lems, which were most carefully outlined and most seriously dis- 

 cussed, were of immediate economic interest, and many of them 

 apply directly, if not exclusively, to Hawaii. 



At the conclusion of the First Pan-Pacific Scientific Confer- 

 ence, one has the feeling that many competent men are at work 

 upon the riddles of the Pacific, and that as a direct result of 

 the Conference there has been so clear a statement and classi- 

 fication of problems and so close a cooperation established among 

 the widely-separated workers that the answer to many vital ques- 

 tions has been hastened by at least a quarter century. 



The Territorial Veterinarian is now experimenting with the 

 vaccination of dogs for rabies. The treatment consists of six 

 hypodermic injections of a vaccine named after the Hungarian 

 scientist, Dr. Hoegies. These injections are given on six con- 

 secutive days, after which the dogs must be kept under obser- 

 vation at the quarantine station for one month. The treatment 

 will consequently reduce the dog quarantine from four months 

 to six weeks, more or less. 



It is desired to bring to the attention of bee-keepers and 

 others the provisions of Rule 4 of the Board pertaining to the 

 importation of queen bees, which it has been decided to enforce 

 strictly henceforth. Facilities have been provided at the Gov- 

 ernment Nursery for quarantining such importations, but as it 

 is not possible to handle large numbers of queens at one time in 

 the most satisfactory manner, the number imported at any one 

 time should be limited, and the notice of intention to import 



