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a large number of the more injurious plant diseases and insects noted 

 by the author during the year. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The operations of the station continue to be directed largely to the 

 improvement of cotton and corn, the two staple crops of the State, 

 and yet considerable attention is given to the development of horti- 

 cultural interests, especially the growing of peaches. The dairy work 

 has been illustrative in nature, but now that the station has demon- 

 strated the suitability of the State for dairying, it is planned to put 

 the work on an experimental basis. The station officers attend horti- 

 cultural and other meetings, but farmers' institutes as such are not yet 

 organized in the State, though they are much needed. 



HAWAII. 



Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, Honolulu. 



Under the supervision of A. C. True, Director Office of Experiment Stations, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. 



STATION STAFF. 



Jared G. Smith, Special Agent in Charge. T. F. Sedgwick, Agr. 



Frank E. Conter, Farm Foreman. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The work of the Hawaii Experiment Station during the past year 

 has been confined mostly to surveying and clearing land, the erection 

 of buildings, and the organization of a staff. The only experimental 

 work attempted was the inauguration of a cooperative experiment 

 with taro ( Colocasia antiquorum) for the purpose of studying a blight 

 which causes losses amounting sometimes to as high as 90 per cent of 

 the crop. The station has been called upon for considerable advice by 

 correspondence and has prepared a bulletin on sorehead and other dis- 

 eases of poultry, which are very troublesome in Hawaii. 



INCOME. 



The appropriation for the Hawaii Experiment Station for the fiscal 

 year ended June 30, 1901, was $10,000. For the current fiscal year it 



is $12,000. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



Subsequent to the visit of Dr. W. C. Stubbs to the Hawaiian 

 Islands as special agent from this Department and the publishing of 

 his report, Mr. Jared G. Smith, of this Department, was appointed 

 special agent in charge of the Hawaii Experiment Station, March 1, 

 1901. Mr. Smith arrived in Honolulu April 5, and immediately began 

 making preliminary surveys of the land selected by Dr. Stubbs for 



