THE jHAWAIIAN 



FORESTER I AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. XI. MAY, 1914. No. 5 



DIVISION OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR 1913. 



Honolulu, December 31. 1913. 



The Honorable the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and 

 Forestry, Flonolulu, T. H. 



Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit herewith my report as 

 Superintendent of Animal Industry and Territorial X'eterinarian 

 for the year ending- December 31, 1913. 



As all routine and detail work has been recorded in the twelve 

 monthly reports of my Division it has been my aim in this report 

 to show the present status of live stock conditions in the Ter- 

 ritory in order to emphasize what has been accomplished during 

 the nine years I have had the honor to be the head of the Division 

 of Animal Industry. 



\'ery respectfully, 



^"ICTOR A. NORGAARD, 



Territorial \"eterinarian. 



REPORT OF THE TERRITORIAL VETERINARIAN— 1913 



THE LIVE STOCK INDUSTRY OF THE TERRITORY. 



The year ending December 31, 1913, must be said to have been 

 in most respects favorable to the live stock interests throughout 

 the Territorv. The prolonged drought of the previous year ex- 

 tended well into the spring or summer of 1913 and the feed on 

 the ranges became very short, but with the improved water supply 

 of nearly all the stock breeding districts the losses from this cause 

 were comparatively small. 



The vast increase in the consumption of beef and other meats, 

 as a result of the great number of soldiers now stationed here, 

 necessitated the importation of large amounts of beef and mutton 

 from California, as well as from the Colonies, but the expected 

 reduction in price from the removal of the duty on live stock 

 products did not materialize, the foreign exporters advancing the 



