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The case of forage poisoning of hogs on Maui, reported by 

 the Assistant Territorial Veterinarian, shows that it is poor 

 economy and dangerous to feed to hogs grain which has caused 

 the death of horses and mules. 



Two New Rules Adopted 



The Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry has 

 recently adopted and the Governor has approved the two new 

 rules printed in this issue. 



Rule IX of the Division of Animal Industry, approved by the 

 Governor on August 8, 1916, concerns hog cholera and other 

 diseases of swine and was found necessary in order to handle 

 more adequately the suppression of hog cholera epidemics in the 

 Territory. Before adoption the rule was sent to all hog raisers 

 in the islai>ds and was received with favor. 



Rule XVm of the Division of Entomology, approved by the 

 Governor on September 2, 1916, provides for a further amend- 

 ment of the original rule to allow pineapple fruit only to be 

 shipped from Honolulu to the Island of Hawaii. The original 

 rule prevented pineapples, pineapple plants, and suckers from 

 being shipped from Kauai to other islands and was amended to 

 prevent the same from being shipped also from Oahu, in order 

 to prevent the spread of a fungus disease discovered on pine- 

 apples on those two islands. Of late, however, this fungus has 

 not been active and on the advice of experts the Board decided 

 that clean pineapple fruit could safely be shipped from Honolulu 

 to Hawaii, where it is scarce and is in great demand espe- 

 cially by tourists visiting the volcano of Kilauea. 



The Round Top Forest Reserve 



On August 10, 1916, the public hearing on the proposed Round 

 Top Forest Reserve, Oahu, was held and there being no objec- 

 tions raised, the area was set apart as a forest reserve by procla- 

 mation of the Governor on the same day. 



This new reserve, which has a net area of 115 acres, includes 

 the government land on Round Top above the new Round Top 

 road and extends to the northeast as far as the privately owned 

 land near Sugar Loaf. It is bounded by the Honolulu Water- 

 shed Forest Reserve on the Makiki side to the southwest, by 

 vacant public land on the Manoa side to the northeast, and by 

 the Makiki lots on the makai side toward Honolulu. The new 

 Round Top road winds through the mauka part of the reserve 

 and makes it very accessible to those who visit it in vehicles. The 

 U. S. Military Reservation of 3.9 acres near the top of Round 



