and methods of milk production, and will endeavor to keep his 

 stables, milk room and animals as neat and clean as possible, 

 keeping in mind the fact that his visitors may have drunk or 

 v^•ill drink, that same day. some of the milk produced on his 

 premises. Such visitors or volunteer inspectors should of 

 course refrain from unkind remarks or untimely criticism. It 

 is their privilege to change milkmen, if they so desire, and 

 also to report any shortcomings observed by them to the pro- 

 per sanitary officer for investigation. The ultimate aim of this 

 novel form of dairy inspection is to create a crisp but friendly 

 competition in the dairy industry which Avill be of benefit to 

 the producer as w^ell as to the consumer, as it will demonstrate 

 in the most unmistakable manner that clean milk cannot be 

 produced at the same price as filthy milk and that the con- 

 sumer who Avishes clean milk from healthy cows must expect 

 to pay for it. 



AMiile it may seem an unnecessary remark I wish to state, 

 in conclusion, that the above outlined plan in no way is sup- 

 posed to take the place of the official milk inspection, to which 

 the community is entitled and for wdiich it has paid, but which 

 has been dormant now for nearly two years. Until this impor- 

 tant office is placed in competent hands it is obvious that much 

 oi the benefit expected from the auxiliary inspection will be 

 lost. 



FIRST ANNUAL HAWAII COUNTY FAIR. 



From November 26th to 28th inclusive there was held at 

 llilo the first county fair ever held in the Islands. A great 

 deal of credit is due the enterprising citizens of Hilo for this 

 their first attempt at introducing here an oldtime, truly Ameri- 

 can institution, which admittedly has done much to speed 

 agricultural progress over the western plains. While a ter- 

 ritorial live stock association has been in existence for a num- 

 ber of years no real live stock show has ever materialized here. 

 Handicapped by the sugar industry as the actual agricultural 

 ijursuits have always been in these islands, the so-called "small 

 farmer" needed some fresh blood from the middle and western 

 "Wot" of the United States, where the annual state or county 

 fair still pursues its alfalfa, corn and ])umpkin garnished way 

 of victor3^ scattering encouragement, siher cuj^s and many 

 colored ribbons in its trail, to show the agriculturists of the 

 Rig Island "how to do it," and such a man was evidently found 

 in Mr. \\ A. Clowes, director of the federal exi)eriment sta- 

 tion's branch at Glenwood, Hawaii. Surely, nobody who had 

 not witnessed such a County I-'air, not once, but a number of 

 limes, could have rendered so close an imitation of a real 

 mifldle-west county fair as did Mr. Clowes with his llilo fair, 

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