REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. LXXV 



Honolulu markets for $15 a dozen, and eggs at from 40 to 50 cents a 

 dozen. Owing largely to the insufficient supply of forage, pork pro- 

 duction is very expensive, fche ruling price for hogs in the Honolulu 

 markets being from 10 to 17 cents a pound on the hoof. To remedy 

 this difficulty experiments with various tubers and roots and with the 

 common Papaya as feed for swine will be undertaken at an early day, 

 and as soon as possible investigations in dairy husbandry will be inau- 

 gurated. Plans are also being made for experiments in horticulture, 

 including both fruits and vegetables, and coffee culture. 



Among other subjects needing the attention of the station arc investi- 

 gations on methods of cultivation, use of fertilizers, drainage, irriga- 

 tion, and forestry. Considering the variety of subjects for investiga- 

 tion, the annual appropriation for the maintenance of the Hawaii 

 experiment station should be not less than $15,000. To properly equip 

 it with buildings, apparatus, implements, live stock, etc., a special 

 fund of $10,000 is very much needed. Now that Hawaii is organized 

 as a Territory of the United States, I see no good reason wiry in the 

 matter of an agricultural experiment station it should receive different 

 treatment from that accorded other Territories — that is, it should regu- 

 larly receive the same appropriation as is given the other Territories 

 under the act of Congress of March 2, 1887. The further needs of the 

 experiment station, especially as regards land, buildings, and equip- 

 ment, should be provided by the people of the Territory, acting through 

 their Territorial legislature. 



PORTO RICO AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



The first appropriation for agricultural investigations in Porto Rico 

 was made for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1901. This appropriation 

 was $5,000 and authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to determine 

 the agricultural conditions existing in that island, with special reference 

 to the most desirable localities for agricultural experiment stations, as 

 well as the subjects on which the agricultural people of the island are 

 in most immediate need of practical information, and how this need 

 can be most economically and effectively supplied, but it did not pro- 

 vide for the establishment and maintenance of an experiment station. 



The preliminary investigation called for by this appropriation was 

 made through the Office of Experiment Stations by Prof. S. A. Knapp, 

 who visited Porto Rico during the summer of 1900. His report was 

 transmitted to Congress and published. It contains a summarized 

 statement regarding the climate, soil, and agriculture of the island, 

 shows in what ways the experiment station might benefit agriculture, 

 and recommends the establishment of a station as soon as practicable. 

 On the basis of this report Congress made a second appropriation 

 ($12,000) for the current fiscal year, and authorized the Secretary of 

 Agriculture to establish and maintain an agricultural experiment 



