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PROSPECTS OF INCREASED HOG RAISING. 



The losses throughout the Territory from hog cholera which 

 have necessitated the importation during the past year of a 

 considerable number of butcher hogs seem now to have abat- 

 ed sufficiently to allow of a revival of the hog industry on a 

 hitherto unknown scale. An importation of several hundred 

 purebred brood sows of various breeds, but principally Berk- 

 shires, Poland Chinas and Duroc Jerseys will arrive here 

 shortly. It is the intention of the enterjprising importer to 

 utilize the rich mess ofifal (swill) which daily accumulates at 

 the military barracks on this island, and especially at Scho- 

 field, in immense quantities, as the principal feed, and a splen- 

 did location has been selected for the erection of an up-to-date 

 sanitary piggery which is now under construction. Every 

 precaution known to science will be taken to guard these valu- 

 able animals against hog cholera or any other infection as 

 well as for the speedy application of the serum treatment in 

 case the disease should find its way to them. 



If successful the enterprise will undoubtedly prove a very 

 remunerative one, especially while the hog prices remain 

 where they now are, and it seems safe to predict that next year 

 will see few if any butcher hogs imported from the mainland. 



BIENNIAL REPORT. 



The report of this division for the years 1913-1914 is now 

 under preparation and will require all the time which can be 

 spared from the routine work of the division. 



A separate letter containing the estimates for improvements 

 at the quarantine station is herewith appended. 



Very respectfully, 



Victor A. Norgaard. 

 Territorial Veterinarian. 



REPORT OF ASSISTANT VETERINARIAN. 



Honolulu, November 30, 1914. 



Dr. A'ictor A. Norgaard, Chief of Division of Animal Industry. 

 Sir: — I have the honor to submit the following report for 

 the month of November, 1914: 



Tuberculosis Coutrol. 



The following dairy cattle were tested during the past 

 month : 



