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by a simple and cheap form of vaccination. More than ninety 

 per cent, of badly infected flocks have been saved by this method, 

 even when the disease was so far advanced that the owner had no 

 hope of saving even a single bird. 



It is, therefore, to be hoped that poultry raising will again be- 

 come one of the main props of the small farmer, and will attract 

 capital from among the well-to-do classes, that harbor so many 

 poultry fanciers, but most of whom have become discouraged on 

 account of the high mortality due to these diseases. With the risk 

 of infection eliminated, there is no reason why this Territory 

 should not become a poultry raiser's paradise, just as the past ten 

 years have proved it to be the most successful live stock raising 

 country in the world. 



An abundance of eggs should be produced here at 25 to 30 cents 

 per dozen, instead of being scarce at 70 cents, as it recently 

 occurred ; and broilers should retail at 3 for 50 cents instead of 

 being yj to 40 cents per pound. 



A circular instructing poultry raisers how to combat the dis- 

 eases in question is now ready for publication, and will undoubt- 

 edly help lowering the prices now paid by the consumer for both 

 eggs and poultry. 



Importation of Live Stock. — Hogs. Whether a sufficient num- 

 ber of butcher and store hogs have now been imported to supply 

 the temporary demand created by the large quantities of military 

 mess offal (swill) which became available with the stationing of 

 more than 10,000 soldiers on the island of Oahu, remains to be 

 seen. A total of 2,042 hogs were imported here during 1915, as 

 compared to 1,666 during 1914. Included in this number, how- 

 ever, were 37 pure bred Berkshire hogs (21 boars and 16 sows),. 

 18 Hampshires (4 boars and 14 sows), and 10 Duroc Jerseys (4 

 boars and 6 sows), and some Tamworths. A considerable pro- 

 portion of the unregistered hogs were well bred-up Berkshire and 

 Red sows which, with good boars, have produced several thou- 

 sand pigs on Oahu alone. 



Sheep. The number of pure bred sheep imported during 1915, 

 seventy-two head, as compared to 120 during 1914, is but an 

 apparent reduction, as fifty head of New Zealand merino rams 

 missed a steamer and had to be carried over to the 1916 importa- 

 tions. With the exception of ten American merinos, two Hamp- 

 shires and ten Shropshires. the balance were a select strain, the 

 so-called "bull dog," from New Zealand, which is used almost ex- 

 clusively bv the Parker Ranch on Hawaii in improving both 

 quality and quantity of their wool clip. 



The very small importations of rams of the mutton breeds dur- 

 ing recent years are in keeping with a general reduction in the 

 size of all the flocks in the Territory. Most of the mutton used in 

 the military messes is frozen carcasses from California or Aus- 

 tralia, but as many plantations keep small flocks of sheep for local 



