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Attention is called to the article in this number by Territorial 

 \>terinarian Norgaard on the treatment of chickens and other 

 poultry for sorehead, and the offer of assistance to poultry raisers. 

 This treatment has already been tried in the Territory with suc- 

 cessful results, and it is hoped that it will be universally adopted, 

 and that poultry raising will thereby receive an impetus. Extra 

 reprints of this article may be obtained on application to the 

 Board. 



Proposed New Forest Reserve 



The Governor has given notice of a hearing at 2 p. m., April 

 24, 1916, at the Government Nursery, King street, Honolulu, at 

 which time and place evidence and arguments either for or against 

 the setting apart of an unleased government remnant of land in 

 Manoa Valley, Oahu, called Kahoiwai, as a forest reserve, to 

 be called the "Manoa Ranger Station" will be considered. 



The land recommended for this purpose by the Superintendent 

 of Forestry, and approved by the Board, consists of 15.36 acres 

 and is a narrow strip running from near the Manoa stream up 

 to the top of a steep hill. The lower part of the land is some- 

 what swampy and the cultivation of bananas on it has been 

 attempted without any great success because of the coldness of 

 the soil. The upper portion is covered with a splendid grove 

 of koa and other native forest trees, which are well worth pro- 

 tecting. 



The steep, open land on this proposed new reserve affords a 

 suitable place for the experimental planting of many introduced 

 trees which the Division of Forestry has on hand, but which 

 have not as yet been set out as a forest community. Because of 

 its central location in Manoa Valley, the land also affords an 

 excellent site for the headquarters of the Forest Ranger, who is 

 posted in the valley to watch out for forest and grass fires, and 

 prevent trespass on the government lands in the Honolulu Water- 

 shed Forest Reserve. 



Shipments of honey to the States last year amounted to more 

 than $40,000, a moderate increase over each of the two previous 

 years. 



Meat and dairy products imported from the mainland last year 

 were valued at $1,286,823, or about $175,000 more than in 1914, 

 but nearly $88,000 less than in 1913. 



Hawaii's imports of vegetables from the mainland amount to 

 from $350,000 to $500,000 a year. No doubt much of this could 

 be saved by the development of home production. 



