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In thi< number will be found the proclamation of a new rule 

 for the protection of the watersheds in Xuuanu and Makiki val- 

 levs. Honolulu. 



Under the head. "Recent Progress in the Cultivation of the 

 Sugar-Cane." the Agricultural Xczi's (\V. I.) copies from the 

 Intcrnatiomil Sugar Journal for July an abstract of the report of 

 the committee on the cultivation and fertilization of unirrigated 

 plantations presented at last meeting of the Hawaiian Sugar 

 Planters' Association. 



DIVISION OF AXLMAL IXDUSTRY. 



Honolulu. July 31. 1914. 



The Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry. 

 Gentlemen : — 



Bot'inc Tuberculosis and tJic Local Milk Supply. 



As stated in my last monthly report the tuberculin testing of 

 the dairy cows of the City and County of Honolulu will be 

 resumed shortly or when the required tuberculin is received from 

 Washington. The new improved eartags have already been re- 

 ceived, a sufficient number having been secured to allow of their 

 application to all tested cows in the entire Territory, and it is 

 hoped that their use. in connection with the free supply of tuber- 

 culin and such services as the deputy Territorial veterinarians 

 may be able to render, will add greatly to the extension of this 

 important work to many districts on the other islands, where the 

 eradication of bovine tuberculosis is still in its incipiency. ^^ ith 

 the exception of Kauai, where the disease undoubtedly gained an 

 early foothold with imported breeding stock, it is not expected 

 that any such percentages of diseased animals will be met with 

 as were encountered here at the beginning of the work. But un- 

 less supported financially by either the territorial or the respective 

 local authorities the deputies cannot undertake a systematic eradi- 

 cation campaign such as was done here, but must apply themselves 

 to it as opportunity ami other duties will permit. As will be seen 

 from the appended report covering the laboratory work done 

 during the month of July the hygienic condition of the local 

 dairy stables has not improved at tlie same rate as the sanitary 

 condition of the dairy animals. With practically all diseased ani- 

 mals eliminated from the herds the bacterial count has in many 

 cases increased instead of decreased, so what has been gained 

 by removing the actual infectious disease germs from the market 

 milk is frequently offset by the presence of disease producing 

 filth germs by the million. This matter, however, will be dealt 

 with in a separate paper now being prepared and imtil rea<lv for 

 publication it is recommcn<led that the appended list oi bacterial 



