The HAWAIIAN FORESTER 

 AND AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. XIV. Honolulu, December, 1917. No. 12 



Although the numl^er of trees distributed from the government 

 nurseries for planting out on Arbor Day, which this year was 

 celebrated on November 16, fell somewhat below the average 

 and amounted to a total of only 12,111 trees, general interest in 

 tree planting is still great as indicated by the fact that the Gov- 

 ernment Nursery has at present on file orders for 265,000 seed- 

 lings to be delivered within the next two months. Those who 

 have chiefly celebrated Arbor Day in the past, viz., school chil- 

 dren, residents of army posts, and homesteaders, have already 

 planted up on past Arbor Days most of the available areas at 

 their disposal and so the demand for trees for planting on Arbor 

 Day will probably not increase in the future. 



The new buildings for the Division of Plant Inspection on Ke- 

 kuanaoa street are almost completed and Chief Plant Inspector 

 Ehrhorn expects to move into the new quarters with his staff 

 before the end of the year. They are of reinforced concrete, fire- 

 proof, and built according to modern ideas so as to facilitate the 

 important work of plant inspection and fumigation to prevent 

 injurious insects from gaining a foothold here. 



Entomologist Fullaway continues to breed out, in addition to 

 the parasites on the fruit fly, large quantities of the corn leaf hop- 

 per parasite, sending out for liberation in cornfields on Oahu and 

 Maui a total of 13,500 during November. This parasite is al- 

 ready reported as doing very efficient work. 



The testing of dairy animals for bovine tuberculosis by the 

 Territorial Veterinarian and his assistants continues in the eft'ort 

 to reduce greatly if not entirely eliminate this obnoxious disease. 

 Of the 178 animals tested during November all but 6 per cent 

 were passed as free from the disease. 



On account of ill health Deputy Territorial Veterinarian PI. 

 B. Elliot has been granted leave without pay for one year begin- 

 ning December 1. Dr. O. B. Shipman will serve as his substitute 

 on Plawaii during his absence. 



Lieut. A. T. Longley, on receiving his commission with the U. 

 S. Army, has been granted a leave of absence from the position 

 of Superintendent of the Marketing Division for the duration of 

 the war. 



