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increase  back  gradually  across  the  channel  over  the  lands  of  Ulu- 
palakua  and  every  afternoon  almost  without  exception  a fine  rain 
fell  upon  that  place.  With  the  leasing  of  the  Island  of  Kahoo- 
lawe  for  a sheep  pasture  and  without  taking  any  precautions  to 
protect  the  forests,  they  gradually  encroached  upon  it,  until  the 
forest  was  all  killed.  With  the  elimination  of  the  forests  on 
Kahoolawe,  this  gathering  of  the  clouds  over  the  island  and  their 
backing  up  across  the  channel  and  over  that  portion  of  the  Island 
of  Maui  ceased  and  no  rain  fell  atUlupalajkua  for  three  and  a half 
years,  with  a result  that  that  place  was  dried  up  and  of  course 
abandoned.  I am  informed  by  people  who  have  visited  the  Island 
of  Kahoolawe  within  the  last  few  years  that  the  remains  of  that 
forest  are  there  in  evidence.  Many  of  you  who  have  traveled 
down  from  Hawaii  through  those  channels  with  a strong  trade 
wind  playing  have  noticed  the  cloud  of  red  dust  that  is  going  off 
the  top  of  that  island.  They  tell  me  that  there  are  remains  of  the 
forests  there — stumps  that  stand  5,  10  and  20  feet — large  stumps 
at  the  base,  standing  on  a pinnacle  of  earth  and  rock  anywhere 
from  15  to  25  feet  above  the  surrounding  level  of  the  sea  and 
earth,  showing  that  there  was  the  level  of  the  island  and  the  level 
of  the  forest  before  it  was  destroyed.  That  same  thing  would 
happen  to  any  part  of  the  islands  here  with  the  destruction  of  the 
forests  on  the  hills. ” 
NEW  FARMERS’  BULLETINS . 
BULLETIN  52,  REVISED. 
The  Sugar  Beet : Culture,  Seed,  Seed  Development,  Manufac- 
ture and  Statistics.  Pp.  47,  figs.  18. 
This  bulletin  has  been  reznsed  to  include  the  most  recent  prac- 
tices in  sugar-beet  culture,  results  of  investigations  as  to  diseases 
and  insect  pests,  the  development  of  the  single  germ  seed,  and 
statistics  to  date. 
BULLETIN  339. 
Alfalfa.  By  J.  M.  Westgate,  Assistant  Agrostologist,  Bureau 
of  Plant  Industry.  Pp.  48,  figs.  14. 
This  bulletin  is  issued  to  supersede  Farmers’  Bulletin  213  on  the 
same  subject,  and  is  published  with  the  double  purpose  of  point- 
ing out  the  conditions  under  which  alfalfa  may  be  successfully 
grown  and  to  indicate  inhere  and  under  what  conditions  the  at- 
tempt would  probably  result  in  failure. 
BULLETIN  34O. 
Declaration  of  Governors  for  Conservation  of  Natural  Re- 
sources. Pp.  7. 
The  declaration  of  governors  contained  in  this  bulletin  zcas 
adopted  by  the  conference  of  governors  of  the  States  and  Terri- 
tories called  by  the  President  to  consider  the  conservation  of  our 
natural  resources,  zvhich  met  at  the  White  House  May  13,  14, 
15,  1908. 
