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item from Chico. Cal. : "One of the latest proposals in the life 

 of bee culture in this section is that of J. T. Dunn of Chico 

 Vecino who has announced that he will use electricity for the 

 development of quee'-) bees, believing that in this way stronger 

 queens can be secured. Dunn is an expert bee man, who recently 

 came here from San Jose. He believes that C hico is one of the 

 best bee sections in the state. Dunn is well known as a pro'j'icer 

 of queen bees and says that although he produces large numbers 

 of them he is never able to fill the demand. He sends queens 

 to all parts of the United States and some to foreign countries." 



Professor Krauss. agronomist of Hawaii Experiment Station 

 and now a homesteader on the Island of Maui, is quoted in the 

 local press as intimating that the federal government, through 

 its department of agriculture and with the cooperation of the 

 war department, has a program for developing the agricultural 

 resources of the Territory to the limit. This is good news, in- 

 dicating that the long-desired day of the small farmer in Ha- 

 waii is about to dawn. In the meantime the successful continu- 

 ance of the territorial produce agency, started a }ear or two ago 

 in Honolulu, is a gratifving fact. 



JANUARY MEETING OF BOARD. 



A regular meeting of the Board of Agriculture and Forestry 

 was held at the office of the president on January 28, those pres- 

 ent being President Albert Waterhouse, Commissioners J. 'SL 

 Dowsett and A. H. Rice ; also C. S. Judd, executive officer. 



The minutes of the December meeting were read and approv- 

 ed, and the routine rej^orts of divisions were accepted. 



A XI MAT, ixnrsTKV. 



Regarding recommendation contained in Dr. Xorgaard's De- 

 cember report that favorable action be taken in regard to Dr. 

 Elliot's request for assistance in the matter of trans])()rtati()n in 

 carrying on the tuberculin testing of dair}- stock in the Hilo dis- 

 trict, llawaii, it was the sense of the meeting that the proposed 

 extension of the work and its attendant expense, including the 

 j)urchase of a Ford car, be delayed until appropriations are made 

 l3y the Legislature. President Waterhouse recommended, how- 

 ever, that in the meantime the sum of $300 be allotted Dr. b'lliot 

 for the ])eriod of six months ending June 30. l')15. for the pur- 

 pose above named. Same was made a motion by Mr. Dowsett. 

 seconded by Mr. Rice and unanimously carried. 



President Waterhouse called attention to plans and specifica- 

 tions as sulimittcd with Dr. Norgaard's December report for an 

 animal shelter and hospital house at tiu' local (|uarantine station 

 at an rq)proxiinnte cost of $200 exclusive of labor. It was there- 



