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 U.S. DEPOSITORY 
 
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 J. G. SMITH, Special Agent in CHffigg.* 
 
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 PRESS BULLETIN NO. 18. 
 
 
 HE HAWAII EXPERIMENT 
 STATION. 
 
 SOURCES OF MAINTENANCE. 
 
 The Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, organized in 
 April, 1 901, under the Office of Experiment Stations, U. S. 
 Department of Agriculture, is supported by an annual appro- 
 priation of $15,000 from the Federal Treasury. The Legislature 
 of Hawaii in 1904 voted an additional appropriation amounting 
 to $228 per month. Congress has appropriated $5000 for a water 
 system to be installed during the fiscal year 1907. Other sources 
 of income are the receipts from the sale of products and occasional 
 donations from private sources. 
 
 LOCATION. 
 
 The Hawaii Experiment Station is located on the Kewalo- 
 Uka lands adjoining Honolulu. There are about 154 acres in 
 the Station reservation, besides which the Station has the use of 
 the twenty acre U. S. Naval Hospital Reservation. The land 
 extends from Pensacola street, Honolulu, along the east slope of 
 the Tantalus ridge to an elevation of 1350 feet above sea level. 
 The office, library and laboratories are at the head of Pensacola 
 street, within 300 yards of the Punahou electric car line. 
 
FUNCTIONS OF THE STATION. 
 
 The function of the Hawaii Experiment Station is to investi- 
 g^ such agricultural problems in Hawaii as are for the benefit 
 of this Territory. The general plan is to demonstrate by field 
 expedients and laboratory investigations at the Station or else- 
 where ; by the introduction and distribution of seeds and plants ; 
 by the dissemination of information relative to agriculture, in 
 printed form, by correspondence and by lectures; and, by the 
 maintenance of the Farmers' Institute. The bulletins of the Sta- 
 tion are distributed free to all residents of Hawaii on application. 
 Thirty bulletins and five annual reports have been published 
 up to October I, 1906. 
 
 LINES OF WORK. 
 
 Project No. 1, General Outline. The investigations already 
 begun are along the lines of field crops, chemistry, entomology and 
 horticulture. In order that the people of Hawaii may know in 
 regard to the definite lines of investigation now under way, the 
 following special projects are outlined : 
 
 SPECIAL PROJECTS. 
 
 Project No. 2. Tobacco Investigations. Object: To determine 
 the possibility of growing cigar leaf tobaccos in Hawaii. 
 
 The experiment has been under way three years. In 1906 four 
 acres of tobacco were planted on Lot 17, Paauilo Homesteads, 
 which was reserved from sale for the use of the Experiment 
 Station by the Commissioner of Public Lands. A large modern 
 curing barn with stringing and fermenting rooms has been con- 
 structed. The crop when harvested and cured will be sold in 
 order to determine the market value of the product. The cost 
 of this experiment is being borne out of the appropriation made 
 by the Territorial Legislature for assistance to the Hawaii Ex- 
 periment Station, and by contribution from private sources. The 
 1904 crop was small and was distributed among tobacco mer- 
 chants in sample lots ; none of this crop was sold. A portion of 
 
the 1905 crop was sold to a Seattle cigar manufacturer, made up 
 into cigars and then sent back to Hawaii. Preliminary estimates 
 of the value of the 1906 crop are that there will be 3,000 pounds 
 of wrapper leaf of high quality. The product of both Cuban and 
 Sumatra types is of fine quality, superior in texture, burning quali- 
 ties and aroma, to most of the mainland tobacco and comparable 
 with that of the countries from which the seed was obtained. 
 The Station will discontinue the demonstration whenever private 
 enterprise takes up the cultivation of tobacco. 
 
 Project No. j, Rubber Investigations. Object: To determine 
 the influence which cultivation and the use of fertilizers may 
 have on the yield and quality of commercial rubber. 
 
 Cooperative experiments have been planned in connection with 
 one of the Xahiku rubber companies ; also with the Territorial 
 Board of Agriculture and Forestry in an investigation of the two 
 old groves of Ceara rubber recently discovered on the island of 
 Kauai. Pot experiments are being carried on at the Station to 
 determine the influence of fertilizers on the growth of rubber 
 trees, by the transpiration method. A beginning has also been 
 made toward a collection of species of rubber yielding plants on 
 the Station reservation. 
 
 Project No. _/. Coffee Investigations. Object: To assist and 
 extend the cultivation of coffee in Hawaii. 
 
 Data have been secured relative to the methods of cultivation. 
 planting, topping, shading, fermenting, curing and marketing 
 coffee together with observations relative to the diseases and 
 insect pests of the coffee plant. It is intended to publish a bulle- 
 tin as soon as this work is completed. 
 
 Project Xo. 5, Plant Pathology. Object: To investigate the 
 fungus diseases of cultivated crops other than sugar. 
 
 Experiments are under way in the treatment of diseases of pine- 
 apples, coffee, vanilla and tobacco. The publications already issued 
 relating to this subject are Press Bulletins 3 and 9 and Bulletins 
 2, 7, 9 and 12. The special investigations of the present year 
 are on the fungus which causes the rotting of ripe pineapples in 
 transit to market. 
 
Project No. 6, The Cultivation of Plants Yielding Tannin. 
 Object: To demonstrate that the cultivation of tan bark trees is 
 a profitable industry. 
 
 Six acres of black wattle located on the Experiment Station 
 were cut down in 1905, the bark stripped, chopped, dried and 
 sold ; as was also the wood. A total return of $254.84 per acre 
 was realized, indicating that mountain slopes too steep or rocky for 
 utilization in any other way can be planted to the black wattle and 
 other tan bark trees. Publications issued — Bulletin No. n„ 
 
 Project No. J, The Composition of Hawaiian Feed Stuffs. 
 Object: (1) To determine the chemical composition of Hawai- 
 ian fodders, principally those not grown or used for feed on the 
 mainland. (2) To determine the ash ingredients of Hawaiian 
 fodders. (3) To investigate the best means of supplying lime 
 in a ration through the medium of the fodder alone without the 
 addition of lime salts. (4) To supply data with which to carri- 
 on feeding experiments and a determination of digestion coeffi- 
 cients. 
 
 The chemical work is being done in the Station laboratory. 
 Samples of fodders have been supplied by those interested in 
 ranching and dairying in the Territory. The cost of this work 
 is about $400 per annum. Publications, Bulletin No. 13, Press 
 Bulletin No. 15. 
 
 Project No. 8, The Chemical Constitution of Nitrogenous Com- 
 pounds in Hawaiian Soils. Object: (1) To determine more defi- 
 nitely than is now known, the chemical composition and consti- 
 tution of the body or group of bodies known as humus. (2) To 
 determine the identity and composition of organic nitrogenous 
 bodies other than humus in Hawaiian soils. (3) To determine 
 the degree to which bodies studied under 1 and 2 can be nitrified. 
 (4) To determine whether any organic nitrogenous bodies present 
 in Hawaiian soils are directly assimilated by plants. 
 
 The research investigations in connection with this work have 
 been under way since 1904, and a bulletin on Hawaiian soil 
 studies will be published this year. The cost of this work is 
 about $1000 per annum. 
 
Project No. o, Dentrification in Hazvaiian Soils. Object: To 
 determine to what extent and under what conditions dentrification 
 takes place in Hawaiian soils ; to determine the form which the 
 nitrogen takes as a result of this dentrification ; and, the factors 
 governing any variations in these forms. 
 
 This work has been under way two years at an expense to date 
 of $200. The work will require about $1000 for its completion. 
 
 Project No. 10, The Composition of Hawaiian Honeys^ 
 Object: (t) To determine the chemical composition of Hawaiian 
 honey and the variation due to the source. (2) To furnish data 
 relative to the composition of honeys for the use of bee keepers 
 selling the same on analysis. ^3) To determine to what extent 
 bees in Hawaii elaborate honey from materials other than the 
 nectar of flowers, such as cane sugar, molasses, honey dew of 
 leaf hoppers and other insects, and nectar from extra-floral nec- 
 taries. (4) To determine, if possible, the factors influencing 
 granulation. (5) To determine the causes of abnormal ash com- 
 position. 
 
 This work has been under way for about one year under the 
 joint auspices of the entomologist and chemist. A large series of 
 samples have been secured from bee keepers throughout the Is- 
 lands. The estimated cost of this work is about $1000. 
 
 Project No. 11 \ Manganese in Hawaiian Soils. Object: (1) 
 To determine the form or forms in which manganese is present 
 in such Hawaiian soils as contain manganese in large amounts. 
 (2) To determine in such soils the amount, if any, of water solu- 
 ble manganese. (3) To determine the relation, if any, of large 
 amounts of manganese in the soil to the presence of ferrous iron. 
 (4) To determine changes in form of combination and solubility 
 in water, resulting from cultivation. (5) To determine the effect 
 of small quantities of water soluble manganese naturally present 
 in the soil on plant growth. 
 
 The observation was made early in 1906 by the station chemist 
 that certain soils at Wahiawa, on Oahu, contain as much as 10% 
 manganese, a small portion of which is. in some cases, water solu- 
 
ble. The expenditure to date amounts to about $100 and the ulti- 
 mate cost will be $1000. 
 
 Project No. 12, 'The Marketing of Tropical Fruits. Object: 
 (1) To determine what Hawaiian fruits can be safely shipped to 
 mainland markets. (2) To determine the best methods of gather- 
 ing, packing and shipping tropical fruits. (3) To investigate 
 the market conditions on the mainland in their relation to Hawai- 
 ian fruits and the possible extension of our trade. 
 
 The horticulturist has made large shipments of fruit to the 
 mainland , himself accompanying one of these shipments, to 
 secure information not obtainable by correspondence. The total 
 cost to date amounts to about $1000, and $5000 will be required 
 to carry the work to completion. 
 
 Project No. 13, Banana Cultivation. Object: To investigate 
 cultural methods in relation to the banana crop in Hawaii and 
 determine the most desirable varieties. 
 
 A fertilizer experiment is under way on grounds of the Hilo 
 Boarding School at Hilo, and a collection of over forty varieties 
 has been brought together at the Experiment Station in Hono- 
 lulu. This Station cooperated with the Territorial Board of 
 Agriculture in introducing, propagating and distributing a variety 
 known as the Bluefleld banana, suckers of which were obtained in 
 1904 from Costa Rica. Over 1000 suckers of this new variety 
 have been distributed to applicants throughout the Territory. 
 The cost of the work has been about $600 to date and will prob- 
 ably amount to $200 per annum. 
 
 Project No. 14, Cacao Cultivation. Object: To determine the 
 adaptability of the cacao tree to Hawaiian conditions. 
 
 An experiment is under way on the grounds of the Hilo Board- 
 ing School at Hilo, Hawaii. Seeds have been obtained from 
 Tutuila. Samoa , and a large number of plants have been received 
 from the U. S. Department of Agriculture at Washington, com- 
 prising the best cultural varieties grown in the West Indies. 
 About three acres of land have been prepared, planted with shade 
 and are being planted with young cacao trees. The cost of this 
 experiment will be about $200 per annum. 
 
Project No. 15, Pineapple Investigations. Object: To investi- 
 gate the cultivation of pineapples in Hawaii. 
 
 Work was commenced by the horticulturist in June, 1906, and 
 a bulletin is in preparation. The cost of this investigation will 
 be about $500. 
 
 Project No. 16, Rice Culture in Hawaii. Object: (1) To de- 
 vise more thorough and cheaper methods of tillage than are now 
 in vogue. (2) To compare the relative value of broadcast sow- 
 ing and drilling with machinery with the expensive method of 
 transplanting from seed beds as now practiced in Hawaii. (3) 
 To study the duty of water in irrigation and the value of drainage 
 in the culture of low-land rice. (4) To determine the adaptabil- 
 ity of harvesting machinery to Hawaiian rice conditions. (5) 
 To investigate methods of milling rice. 
 
 Experiments are now under way on a tract of land at the corner 
 of King street and Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu. The Station 
 has purchased a rice binder, bog plow, disc cultivator and disc 
 seeder, types of machinery used by rice growers on the mainland, 
 and demonstrations will be made on a field scale. One hundred 
 and ten named varieties of rice are being grown at the trial 
 grounds. The cost of this experiment will be $3000 annually. 
 The Bishop Estate, Ltd., and The Ii Estate, Ltd., have given 
 financial assistance to the work. 
 
 Project No. 17, Rice Breeding. Object: (1) To improve ex- 
 isting varieties of Hawaiian rice. (2) To select and originate 
 varieties which mav prove more productive. (3) To develop a 
 superior variety more tolerant to the brackish waters prevalent 
 near the sea. 
 
 These investigations are being conducted at the same location 
 as in Project Xo. 16. 
 
 Project No. 18, The Relation of Chemical Fertilizers to Ha- 
 waiian Rice Culture and a Study of Rotation of Crops. Object: 
 To investigate the uses of chemical fertilizers in manuring rice, 
 and experiments with crops which may be substituted for rice 
 on swamp lands. 
 
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 A series of pot experiments have been completed indicating the 
 value of commercial fertilizers. These observations are about 
 ready for publication. 
 
 Project No. 19, A Study of the Injurious Insects of Hawaii 
 and Their Control. Object: To determine the injurious insects 
 of Hawaii, their local occurrence, life cycle, habits, food plants, 
 injury, and methods of control, including natural and active 
 measures. 
 
 This line of work has cost about $9000 to date, and will cost 
 about $2500 per annum. This work should be carried on as long 
 as the Station is in existence. The publications are Bulletins 
 Nos. 3, 5, 6 and 10; Press Bulletins Nos. 7, 10, 14, 16 and 17. 
 Ai collection comprising the more important injurious insects of 
 Hawaii has been made. A good working library of economic 
 entomology is on hand and much valuable information has already 
 been gained. Publications are in preparation on the insect ene- 
 mies of the banana, mosquito control work in Hawaii, insect ene- 
 mies of the citrus trees, insect enemies of coffee, insect enemies 
 of garden vegetables, insects affecting forest trees, insects in- 
 jurious to stored products, household insects, the melon fly, the 
 horn fly and the Japanese rose beetle. 
 
 Project No. 20, The Use of Insecticides in Hawaii. Object: 
 To determine the practical use of insecticides in the control of 
 injurious insects, and determine the insecticides suitable for Ha- 
 waiian conditions, and the method of their application. The 
 standard insecticides have been prepared and applied with appara- 
 tus purchased by the Station. This work is practically completed 
 and has cost to date about $500. Publication, Bulletin No. 3. 
 
 Project No. 21, Mosquitoes in Hawaii and Their Control. 
 Object: To determine the species of mosquitoes occurring in 
 Hawaii, their distribution, breeding places, life cycle and habits. 
 (2) To determine the extent and results, of attempts to control 
 mosquitoes in Hawaii, the causes of their failure, the methods 
 that will prove effective and the approximate cost of effective 
 methods of control. 
 
These investigations have cost to date about $2500 and will cost 
 about $200 more. A Citizens' Committee campaign against mos- 
 quitoes was organized in Honolulu, and a complete demonstra- 
 tion made in cooperation with the Territorial Board of Health of 
 the fact that any community can be freed from the mosquito 
 nuisance if the proper measures are enforced. Publications, Bul- 
 letin Xo. 0, Press Bulletin Xo. 7, Reports 1904 and 1905. 
 
 Project Xo. 22, The Avocado Mealy-Bug. Object: To deter- 
 mine the distribution, food plants and extent of injury of the 
 Avocado Mealy-Bug and to attempt its control by cultural 
 methods and spraying. 
 
 Experiments were conducted, showing that this injurious in- 
 sect can be easily controlled. The cost of the experiment was 
 about $300 and has been completed. Publications, Press Bulle- 
 tins X'os. 8 and 16. 
 
 Project Xo. 23, Introduction of Mosquito-Eating Fisli. Object: 
 To determine the species of fish that would become special ene- 
 mies of the mosquito larvae, and attempt their introduction, dis- 
 tribution and establishment in natural breeding places. 
 
 A number of top minnows were collected in Texas and brought 
 to Hawaii by an employee of the U. S. Fish Commission. They 
 were propagated and distributed throughout the Islands by the 
 Territorial Board of Health and the entomologist of this station. 
 Wherever introduced they have propagated enormously. The 
 cost of the experiment has been about $1700, $1500 of which was 
 appropriated by the Territorial Legislature and expended under 
 the supervision of the President of the Board of Health. 
 
 Project Xo. 24, The Sugar Cane Leaf-Hopper. Object: To 
 investigate the life history, habits and extent of injury of the 
 leaf-hopper affecting sugar cane and make suggestions as to 
 measures for its control. 
 
 A detailed study of the life cycle of this insect was made in the 
 insectary and field at the station in Honolulu. Infested cane 
 fields of the Kohala, Hamakua and Waialua districts were visited 
 and the insect studied in its relation to cane. Various active 
 measures of control were attempted in cane fields and the con- 
 
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 tro! by cultural methods was given consideration. The work was 
 completed in June, 1904, at a cost of about $750. Publication 
 issued. Bulletin No. 5. 
 
 Project No. 25, Insect Enemies of Tobacco. Object: To deter- 
 mine the insect enemies of tobacco in Hawaii and the method of 
 controlling them. 
 
 A collection of insects affecting tobacco was made and studied 
 to determine their distribution and methods of control. This 
 work was completed in June, 1905, at a cost of $400. Publication, 
 Bulletin No. 10. 
 
 Project No. 26, Silk Culture in Hawaii. Object: To deter- 
 mine the race of silk worm best suited to local conditions, the 
 quality of silk that can be produced and the possibility of the 
 development of silk production as an industry. 
 
 Breeding experiments and investigations are under way at the 
 station in Honolulu. Two crops of worms have been grown to 
 maturity. The cocoons have been tested and the raw silk 
 analyzed for comparison with the product of other silk producing 
 countries. A crop of worms will be grown each year for demon- 
 stration purposes. Annual cost about $300, which must be con- 
 tinued for several years. Publication, Annual Report, 1905. 
 
 Project No. 27, Bee Keeping in Hawaii. Object: (1) To 
 study bee keeping in Hawaii with a view to extension of the 
 industry and improvement in races, and methods of apiculture 
 suitable to the semi-tropical conditions of the islands. (2) To 
 investigate the enemies and diseases of the honey bee and their 
 control. (3) To determine the sources of Hawiian honey and 
 the introduction of plants suitable for bee pasturage. (4) To 
 determine the chemical composition of Hawaiian honey. (See 
 project No. 10.) 
 
 Cooperative experiments are under way with the Garden 
 Island Honey Co. in the introduction of improved strains of 
 queens. The bee moth has been studied ; together with a disease 
 believed to be due to the shortage of pollen at certain seasons of 
 the year, with a view to introducing plants which will flower dur- 
 
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 ing these periods. The expense to date has been about $50. 
 Publication, Annual Report, 1905. 
 
 Project No. 28, The Pineapple Scale. Object: To determine 
 the distribution and injury due to the pineapple scale in Hawaii 
 and the measures for its control. 
 
 Experiments have been made with insecticides and reports 
 made to the owners of plantations. Work completed August n, 
 1904, at a cost of about $200. Publication, Press Bulletin Xo. io, 
 two editions. 
 
 Project Xo. 29, Ftiilcr's Rose Beetle. Object: To determine the 
 distribution, food plants and injury due to the Japanese beetle in 
 Hawaii and the measures for its control. 
 
 Investigations were made on the islands of Maui and Hawaii 
 and the life-history was compiled from Station records. Work 
 was completed Oct. 19, 1905, at a cost of about $100. Publica- 
 tion, Press Bulletin Xo. 14. 
 
 Project No. jo. The Mango Weevil. Object: To determine 
 the life-history and habits of the recently introduced mango 
 weevil, its local distribution, injur}- and the possibility of its con- 
 trol or extermination. 
 
 A study of the life-history of this insect was conducted in Ho- 
 nolulu. Work completed August 14, 1906, at a cost of about 
 $500. Publication, Press Bulletin Xo. 17. 
 
 Project No. ?i, Propagation of Mangoes. Object: To deter- 
 mine the methods of propagating mangoes in order to improve the 
 quality of the fruit. 
 
 A large number of experiments have been carried on in bud- 
 ding and grafting mangoes and a collection of varieties is being 
 assembled in order that cross-breeding and selection may be car- 
 ried on. Cost to date about $500. Publication, Bulletin No. 12. 
 
 Project No. 32, The Avocado Pear. Object: To study the 
 propagation, improvement, cultivation and marketing of the avo- 
 cado or palto pear. 
 
 Experiments have been conducted at the Station with budding 
 and grafting pears. The shipping qualities of the different van- 
 
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 •eties are being determined. Studies of the behavior of the dif- 
 frent varieties of the fruit in cold storage have been made. An 
 orchard is being planted on the station grounds to determine the 
 cultivation methods and provide material for plant breeding. A 
 bulletin is in preparation. Cost of work to date about $500. 
 
 Project No. 33 f The Strawberry in Hawaii. Object: To in- 
 vestigate varieties suitable for Hawaiian conditions and deter- 
 mine the best methods of cultivation. 
 
 About 25 named varieties were grown at the Station in 1903 
 and an experiment was made to determine the effect of shading 
 strawberry beds. Further experiments are under way. Cost to 
 date about $200. 
 
 Project No. 34. The Wine Grape. Object: To determine the 
 -adaptability of the European Wine Grapes to Hawaiian condi- 
 tions. 
 
 A collection of varieties were imported from California in 1902, 
 from Australia in 1903, and from California in 1906. A coopera- 
 tive experiment is being conducted with vineyardists on the 
 Island 01 Maui. No definite results have been obtained. Cost of 
 work to date about $200. 
 
 Project No. 35. The Testing of Miscellaneous Economics. 
 Object: To investigate the possibility of introducing crops new 
 to the Territory or of extending the cultivation of those now of 
 only local importance. 
 
 A collection of economic plants propagated from seed or intro- 
 duced from abroad is maintained in the station green houses and 
 experimental plots. The cost of this branch of the work is about 
 $700 per annum. No publications have been issued other than 
 lists in the Annual Reports. 
 
 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 
 
 Bulletins Nos. 
 
 1. Chickens and Their Diseases in Hawaii. 
 
 2. The Root Rot of Taro. 
 
 3. Insecticides for Use in Hawaii (2 editions). 
 
Bulletins Nos. 
 
 4. Sisal in Hawaii 
 
 5 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 10 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 (Out of print.) 
 A Sugar-cane Leaf-Hopper in Hawaii. 
 Mosquitoes in Hawaii. 
 The Banana in Hawaii. 
 Methods of Milking. 
 Citrus Fruits in Hawaii. 
 Insect Enemies of Tobacco in Hawaii. 
 The Black Wattle in Hawaii. 
 The Mango in Hawaii. 
 
 The Composition of Some Hawaiian Feeding Stuff; 
 Hawaiian Soil Studies, No. 1 (in press). 
 
 Press Bulletins Nos. 
 
 1. The Function of the Experiment Station. 
 
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 11 
 12 
 
 13 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 1; 
 
 The Castor Bean. 
 
 Preliminary Experiments with the Quick Blight of 
 the Potato. 
 
 A Resume of Bulletin No. 2, in the Hawaiian Lan- 
 guage. 
 
 Manila Hemp. 
 
 Vanilla. (Out of print.) 
 
 The Mosquito Poster; in English, Hawaiian, Chi- 
 nese, Japanese and Portuguese. (Out of print.) 
 
 The Mealy-bug of the Alligator Pear. (Out of 
 print.) 
 
 Two Plant Diseases in Hawaii: (a) The Pineapple 
 Disease of Sugar-cane; (b) The Brown Eyed 
 Disease of Coffee. 
 
 The Pineapple Scale (2 editions). 
 
 The Common Liver Fluke in Hawaii. 
 
 Tobacco Experiments in Hamakua, Hawaii. 
 
 Rubber in Hawaii. 
 
 Puller's Rose Beetle. 
 
 Lime an Essential Factor in Forage. 
 
 The Avocado Mealy-bug. 
 
 The Mango Weevil. 
 
Annual Reports 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905. 
 
 Bulletins and Press Bulletins are issued in editions of 4000 
 copies. They will be distributed, free of charge, to anyone mak- 
 ing application for the same. 
 
 STATION STAFF. 
 
 Mr. Jared G. Smith, Special Agent in Charge. 
 
 Mr. D. L. Van Dine, Entomologist. 
 
 Dr. E. C. Shorey, Chemist. 
 
 Miss Alice R. Thompson, Assistant Chemist. 
 
 Mr. J. E. Higgins, Horticulturist. 
 
 Mr. F. G. Krauss, Rice Expert. 
 
 Mr. C. R. Blacow, Tobacco Expert (P. O. Paauilo). 
 
 Mr. 0. O. Bradford, Farm Foreman. 
 
 Jared G. Smith, Director. 
 Honolulu, T. H., October 10, 1906. 
 
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