GUAM AGRICULTUEAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 15 



Ornamentals: Bauhinia sp., Ccxsalpmia sp., Cestrum nocturnum^ 

 crepe myrtle. Gardenia jasmmoldes, different varieties of hibiscus, 

 Prosopis iidifora, and Taherncemontana grandifiora. 



Xear the end of the fiscal year, with the advent of plentiful water 

 supplies at the station for irrigating purposes, about 5,000 cuttings 

 and several hundred seeds of ornamental plants were started, and 

 several hundred seeds of mangoes, avocados, and cacao were planted. 

 The station's pineapple and banana fields were extended during the 

 year to provide a larger number of plants for distribution. An area 

 of more than one-half acre has been set aside as a tree nursery in 

 order to provide satisfactory conditions for growing cuttings and 

 plants from the time they are well started until they are sufficiently 

 large to distribute. 



The increase in seed and plant distribution comes largely because 

 of the cooperation between the station and the police department 

 of the naval government of the island. It was evident near the 

 beginning of the past fiscal year that the station could distribute 

 considerable quantities of seeds and plants in the different portions 

 of the island, but there was no assurance that the material put out 

 would be planted and cared for properly. The police department has 

 patrolmen in the different localities, and these men take strong 

 interest in improving conditions under their charge. Furthermore, 

 the head of the department, Capt. E. H. Ellis, United States Marine 

 Corps, fully recognizes the need of improving agricultural conditions 

 and of beautifying the island, and the cooperation has largely 

 resulted through his offers of assistance. To Corpl. H. G. Horn- 

 bostel. United States Marine Corps, chief forester of Guam, has 

 fallen the immediate supervision of the planting and attention to 

 much of the material from this station, and Mr. Hornbostel deserves 

 much credit for his efforts in this work. The cooperation has re- 

 sulted in assuring not only the careful planting of the material 

 obtained, but also proper care on the part of the natives of the 

 material planted. As heretofore, a record is kept in the station 

 files of the names of the persons to whom material is distributed, and 

 notes and photographs obtained from time to time are also filed. 

 Plate II shows flowering plants. Para grass, and hedge plants {Bar- 

 leria cristata) that were distributed during the dry season at Inaraj an, 

 Guam. 



LIVE-STOCK WORK. 



The breeding experiments with horses, cattle, hogs, goats, and 

 chickens have been continued along the same lines as heretofore. It 

 has been uniformly noted that the station's pure-bred sires bring 

 about a marked improvement in the native live stock even in the first 

 generation, although from the standpoint of hardiness a certain per- 

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