THE jHAWAIIAN 



rOR£8T£R ^ AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. XIII. JANUARY, 1916. No. 1 



NEIV PRESIDENT OF BOARD. 



Mr. Arthur H. Rice on December 28, 1915, succeeded Mr. 

 Albert Waterhouse as president of the Board of Agriculture and 

 Forestry. Mr. Waterhouse has served -most ably and has de- 

 voted much time and valuable thought to the work of the Board 

 during the past year, and it is to the regret of all that he has been 

 compelled to resign the presidency on account of an anticipated 

 protracted absence from the Territory. On the other hand, Mr. 

 Rice's familiarity with the livestock and other agricultural in- 

 dustries in these islands, and his knowledge of the general work 

 of the Board, well qualify him for his new position. 



It is a disappointment that the handsome wicker settee made 

 from willows grown at the Makiki Experiment Garden and 

 placed on exhibition at Coyne's during November, together with 

 the offer of the Division of Forestry to supply cuttings to all 

 who desired to grow this willow for the making of wicker arti- 

 cles, failed to elicit one single inquiry of interest. The demand 

 in these islands for wicker furniture, which is most suitable for 

 this climate but which is now imported largely from Connecticut 

 at great cost, offers a lucrative opportunity for a few energetic 

 parties. 



The diminution of wild goats and sheep, the consequent re- 

 habilitation of native grasses and weeds, and the rapid spread of 

 the algaroba over a large part of the island of Kahoolawe, to- 

 gether with the success already attained in the establishment of 

 highland ironwood trees and the valuable fodder and soil-bind- 

 ing grass, Faspalum dililafitm, on parts of this somewhat barren 

 island, already seem to justify its creation as a forest reserve. 



The regulation concerning the quarantine of all dogs imported 

 from rabies-infested countries does not appear to work many 

 hardships on dog fanciers. The kennels at the Honolulu animal 

 quarantine station are constantly almost full and new animals 

 come from the Coast with almost every freight steamer. A news 

 article on a fight against rabies the federal government has 

 started in the far west is deferred until February on account of 

 lack of space in the present number. 



