TI^E jHAWAIIAN 
rORESTER I AGRICULTURIST 
VoL. VII JANUARY, 1910 No. 1 
The special feature of interest this month in the annals of 
ag-riculture in Hawaii is the Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Ha- 
waiian Poultr}^ Association, held in the National Guard Arniorv 
in Honolulu, January 12 to 15 inclusive. Each year witnesses a 
more and more creditable display of birds and a more intelligent 
interest in the objects for which the Association stands. Else- 
where in this issue may be found the list of the prize winners at 
the show and also an article on the merits of the birds exhibited, 
by Professor Briggs E. Porter, of the College of Hawaii. In his 
capacity of Judge of the Show, Professor Porter had the op- 
portunity of making a critical study of the birds entered in com- 
petition. In this article he brings out a number of points of 
interest to local poultry fanciers. 
Eollowing the usual custom educational exhibits illustrating 
the work of the two stations were prepared by the Hawaii Ex- 
periment Station and by the Board of Agriculture and Forestry. 
In the exhibit of E. O. Hall & Son, an incubator in full opera- 
tion attracted much favorable comment, especially from the chil- 
dren, who kept the obliging attendant busy turning his electric 
light on the little chicks who were hurrying out of their shells to 
be counted as members of the show. The Pacific Guano and 
Eertilizer Company, as usual, had a w.ell arranged display of 
samples of the output of their factory. 
Owing in large part to unfavorable weather conditions the at- 
tendance was not as large as the merits of the show deserved. 
This is the more to be regretted because the Poultry Association 
is performing a valuable public service in getting up the highly 
creditable series of exhibitions that it now has to look back upon. 
If only the men interested in other kinds of live stock v/ould be 
equally active in promoting their specialties, the Territory would 
be decidedly the gainer, for such happy rivalry as is awakened 
by exhibitions like those of the Poultry Association can but lead 
not only to the improvement of locally owned stock, but also 
to a strengthening of the whole industry. 
