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last year on the higher slopes of Manna Kea and Haleakala. 
This grant is for the present fiscal period, in the sum of $1,000. 
Beside taking care of the temperate zone trees already started 
and adding others to those now in the ground, it is proposed to 
establish at several points in the Territory small groves of a 
number of kinds of Eucalyptus, new to Hawaii, that give promise 
of being valuable timber trees. Individuals and corporations 
naturally hesitate to plant untried species. Experimental plant- 
ing is essentially work that the government should do. One 
such plantation has already been begun in Nuuanu Valley; others 
will follow. 
CONSERVATION MEETING. 
Definite arrangements have been made with the Directors of 
the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association for a public meeting 
to be held under the joint auspices of the Association and of 
this Board, in the Throne Room, on the afternoon of Wednesday, 
November 16, during the annual meeting of the H. S. P. A. 
At this meeting a number of short speeeches will be made out- 
lining the cardinal points of Conservation as they affect our local 
conditions. The meeting will then be open to general discussion. 
It is believed that the consideration of these matters, especially 
of the right use of water, is particularly pertinent at this time. 
Within a few days definite announcements in regard to the pro- 
gram and speakers will be made public. 
USE OF THE BOARD BUILDING. 
Eollowing the usual custom I would note that the Library room 
of the Board was used on the evening of October 14 for a meet- 
ing of the Hawaian Poultry Association. 
Very respectfully, 
Ralph S. Hosmer, 
Superintendent of Eorestry. 
An article on shield-budding the mango, reprinted from the 
Rural New Yorker in this number, may have some useful advice 
for local growers of that fruit. It is interesting to note that the 
article mentions a bulletin of Mr. Higgins, horticulturist of the 
A recent farmer’s bulletin of the department of Agriculture, 
Washington, D. C., is entitled “Eeeding Hogs in the South.” It 
speaks highly of peanuts among other articles of hog feed recom- 
mended. Also it urges the pasturing of hogs on various grounds. 
The bulletin will probably be valuable to hog raisers anywhere. 
