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of forage for cattle from wild sheep. It has unfortunately not 
been possible to satisfy his appeals for government aid in goat 
control at the present time because the Territory has as yet appro- 
priated no money for this worthy purpose. He has, therefore, 
undertaken, on his own initiative, active measures to relieve his 
ranch of this pest and on June 26 and 27, 1922, conducted a drive 
which resulted in ridding his ranch of 7,000 wild goats. 
An attempt made through the Governor to secure from the 
Commanding General 100 soldiers of the regular army to assist 
on this drive, met with no results on the ground that it was not 
expedient to grant the request, but the eleven volunteer marines 
who came up from Pearl Harbor did good work and during the 
few days before the drive benefitted the land by shooting IQO 
wild sheep. 
The bulk of the drivers consisted of boy scouts from the 
Kilauea Council (embracing the Island of Hawaii) and the drive 
was worked in as the main feature of the scouts' annual encamp- 
ment. Besides the 176 scouts and 14 officials, there were approxi- 
mately 35 cowboys and volunteers, making a total personnel of 
225 drivers. 
An area of about 17,000 acres was covered in this drive, which 
yielded 7,000 goats. On the whole ranch which consists of 
126,155 acres, it is estimated from careful observations made on 
the drive that the goat population before the drive was 21,000. 
This gives the basis for an estimate of one wild goat for every 
5 acres of goat bearing land. 
The following table gives a list of lands and acreages where 
wild goats are a pest and where radical steps should be taken 
to eliminate them: 
Acres 
Hazvaii — 
Puuwaawaa and Puuanahulu 105,000 
Kaupulehu to Kealakekua 40,000 
Honaunau to Kahuku 60,000 
Kau Desert 40,000 
Kapapala, mauka Keauhou, Waiakea and Humuula 75,000 
Maui — 
Haleakala Crater and upper slopes 20,000 
Total , 340,000 
Assuming that these areas are populated with wild goats at the 
rate of one goat to every 5 acres we have then an estimate of 
64,000 wild goats on Hawaii and 4,000 wild goats on Maui, or a 
total of 68,000 wild goats which it would be well for the Terri- 
tory to get rid of before they cause any further destruction. 
The goat drive on the Puuwaawaa Ranch was conducted 
mostly by volunteers, but the expense of transportation and 
food amounted to approximately $1200.00. This gives about 17 
cents: each as the cost of driving in the 7,000 goats. If the 
