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failure of the two largest exhibitors to secure transportation for 

 their animals, which had recently been exhibited on Hawaii. 



The climax of the farm animal exhibits came with the hogs. 

 Nearly all of the most popular breeds were well represented, and 

 the competition for the ribbons and prizes was keen. Berkshires 

 and Duroc Jerseys were the favorites and were almost equally 

 strong in numbers as well as quality. That the Berkshires car- 

 ried away most of the prizes was due principally to the personal 

 preferences of a majority of the judges for this breed. A splen- 

 did exhibit of Hampshires attracted general and well-deserved 

 attention, while Tamworth was represented by one boar and one 

 sow only. Four pens of butcher hogs, three in each pen, gave 

 the judges a bad half hour, as all were in splendid shape, but the 

 blue and special finally went to the Berkshires, the three other 

 pens being reds. 



All in all, the whole hog exhibit was little short of a revela- 

 tion and illustrates the great advance the pork industry has made 

 throughout the Territory during the past few years, and com- 

 plaints are already being voiced about a crowded market and 

 falling prices, and still the local consumer has to pay thirty cents 

 per pound for ham and bacon ! Who will establish the first 

 modern pork-packing house in the Territory and help conserve 

 one of our most important meat food products in case importa- 

 tion should fail? There ought to be such an establishment on 

 each of the principal islands. 



And, in conclusion, during the entire fair not a single case of 

 sickness was heard of, even though hogs of all ages and classes 

 were brought from all over Maui, which speaks well for the gen- 

 eral health of the hogs on Maui, as well as for the sanitary ar- 

 rangements of the local health committee. 



Of other live stock exhibited, a few sheep became of tempo- 

 rary interest only while serving in a sheep-shearing competition. 

 Far more attention was given to eleven well-filled classes of rab- 

 bits and Belgian rabbits and Belgian hares, another meat food 

 industry of comparatively recent date which also may become of 

 considerable importance here in case of isolation. They increase 

 very fast and mature or become ready for the table in one-third 

 to one-half the time required by any kind of poultry. The hare 

 and rabbit are essentially a poor man's pets, and the industry 

 should be encpuraged until a buck and a few does can be found 

 in every back-yard and on every homestead. The conserving of 

 rabbits in tin or glass containers has become a favorite juvenile 

 industry throughout the United States, the federal department of 

 agriculture having issued a farmers' bulletin containing full direc- 

 tions for rabbit culture and how to utilize them to best advantage. 



Among the dogs exhibited, the pointers were by far predomi- 

 nating. Here, again, the lack of experience interfered, also the 

 fact that many exhibitors had undertaken to bring too great a 

 variety of both animals, poultry and produce to warrant each the 



