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Honolulu,  November  2,  1909. 
Honorable  Marston  Campbell, 
President  and  Executive  Officer, 
Board  of  Agriculture  and  Forestry, 
Honolulu,  Hawaii. 
Sir : — I beg  to  report  on  the  work  of  the  Division  of  Animal 
Industry  since  my  previous  report,  dated  October  20th. 
At  the  request  of  Mr.  George  Cooke,  manager  of  the  Molokai 
Ranch,  I accompanied  him  on  October  26th  to  Kaunakakai,  hav- 
ing previously  obtained  your  permission  to  do  so.  An  outbreak 
of  actinomycosis  or  “lumpy  jaw”  had  occurred  among  the  recent 
importation  of  Devon  bulls  and  the  management  of  the  said  ranch 
were  anxious  to  prevent  its  further  spread. 
An  examination  of  the  animals  in  question  showed  that  four 
out  of  the  ten  imported  bulls  had  become  infected  with  actinomy- 
cosis. Two  had  been  operated  on  and  all  had  been  submitted  to 
the  iodide  of  potash  treatment  with  good  effect.  Additional 
treatment  in  the  form  of  arsenic  acid  to  be  inserted  into  the  tume- 
factions was  suggested  and  the  requisite  precautions  taken  to 
prevent  the  further  spread  of  the  disease  by  the  application  of 
crude  oil  to  all  fence  posts  and  other  wood  work  in  the  paddock 
where  the  animals  were  kept  isolated. 
‘ I am  pleased  to  report  that  the  management  of  the  Molokai 
Ranch  have  gone  in  extensively  for  agriculture  with  the  prin- 
cipal view  to  produce  feed  stuffs  in  the  form  of  alfalfa  and 
corn,  and  that  the  alfalfa  especially  is  doing  exceedingly  well. 
Cotton  and  potatoes  are  also  being  experimented  with,  as  well  as 
vetches  and  cassava.  More  than  500  hogs  are  being  prepared 
for  market  by  feeding  them  with  alfalfa  and  rice  bran. 
I returned  to  Honolulu  on  . the  morning  of  October  31st  and 
shall,  according  tO'  your  instruction,  leave  for  Maui  on  November 
2nd  for  the  purpose  of  making  a tour  of  inspection  of  this  island. 
Glanders.  On  October  20th  two  animals  were  tested  at  the 
Quarantine  Station.  Of  these  animals  one  was  a mule  which 
had  recently  been  imported.  At  the  time  of  landing  the  mule 
showed  a suspicious  discharge  from  the  nose  and  was  separated 
from  the  rest  of  the  herd  and  kept  in  a stall  in  the  glanders  part 
of  the  Quarantine  Station.  At  the  end  of  the  period  of  quar- 
antine, as  the  discharge  still  continued,  the  animal  was  submitted 
to  the  mallein  test  with  a negative  result.  The  other  animal 
tested  was  a horse  belonging  to  the  Union-Pacific  Transfer  Com- 
pany which  was  regarded  by  our  inspector  as  suspicious  and  con- 
sequently was  tested.  It  gave  no  reaction  and  was  returned  to 
the  owner. 
On  October  26th  Dr.  Rowat  telephoned  that  Mr.  Ross  of  the 
Honolulu  Plantation,  wished  the  Territorial  Veterinarian  to  come 
