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Marketing Division 



Honolulu, T. H., August 20, 1917. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Hono- 

 lulu, T. H. 



Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit the following report of the 

 Marketing Division for the month of July, 1917: 



During the month the division has received 174 consignments 

 of 33 dififerent kinds of produce from 90 different consignors. 

 The consignors are located on the islands as follows : . Oahu, 52 ; 

 Hawaii, 13; Maui, 10; Molokai, 12; Kauai, 3. Among the goods 

 received were dressed beef, veal and pork, live cattle and hogs, 

 Irish and sweet potatoes, dry beans, grapes, bananas, onions, 

 poultry, eggs, pohas and cabbage. 



The consignment sales for the month, amounting to $12,352.82, 

 are $3099.79 less than the sales for the month of June, but as the 

 greater part of the bean and potato crops had been previously 

 sold, this decrease was to be expected. The June sales were the 

 largest in the history of the division. 



Neither of the retail departments quite paid running expenses 

 during the month, but changes have been made which should 

 show a profit in each department for August. The total loss in 

 the retail departments amounted to $29.92, but the profit on the 

 consigned merchandise amounted to $727.95, leaving a net profit 

 of $698.03. 



The potatoes received by the division during the month were 

 very poor, and parts of several consignments were returned to 

 the consignors as unsalable. Most of the trouble is caused by 

 the potato moth borer. A large percentage of the potatoes re- 

 cently received from Maui and Kauai are badly infested by this 

 pest. 



Large quantities of grapes have been sold for the producers on 

 Hawaii. These grapes are usually made into wine, but, due to 

 the uncertainty regarding prohibition and the large quantity of 

 wine now in storage, the producers are trying to find other uses 

 for them. An attempt was made to make grape juice, but ex- 

 periments showed that a product that would compare favorably 

 with the standard brands could not be made from the Isabella 

 grape. 



With the approval of the Executive Officer I have appointed 

 Messrs. John Watt, A. Hebard Case, J. F. O'Brien, Wm. W. G. 

 Moir and John H. Midkiff, market demonstrators, for the dis- 

 tricts of Oahu, Kauai, Maui, East and West Hawaii, respec- 

 tively. These men, who are also agents of the Territorial Food 

 Commission, are supposed to look after the interests of the divi- 

 sion in their respective districts. 



