Guam Agricultural Experiment Station

Author : Guam Agricultural Station
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230035154
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Report of the Guam Agricultural Experiment Station written by Guam Agricultural Station and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...wastransferred to the island government during the monthof September. As explained later, it was considered advisable to discontinue the horsebreeding work with the except1on of that phase pertaining to the upgrading of the native ponies of the island. A complete set of instruments was received from the Weather Bureau of the United States Department of Agriculture and installed during the latter part of the last fiscal year. The taking of observations was begun on July 1, 1917. The second Guam Industrial Fair was opened in Agana on July 3, 1918. A creditable display of agricultural products and live stock was presented by the farmers of the various districts. The station's exhibit (Pl. I) emphasized the importance of seed selection in connection with the work of increased food production. It was planned to continue the fair until the morning of July 7, but the event was suddenly terminated by the typhoon which swept the island on July 6. W. H. lVeston, jr., a plant pathologist of the United States Department of Agriculture, spent the month of March studying plant disease conditions in Guam. Doctor Weston is to be commended for the amount of work accomplished during so short a stay on the island. His report 1 emphasizes the need of an entomologist-pathologist on the station staff. There is also urgent need for an extension worker. The station duties make it impossible for the present staff to spend more than a very limited time in the field, and the disposition of the Chamorro farmer is such that in order to properly conduct cooperative demonstration work continuous supervision is necessary. To provide for this increase in the staff and for the proper development of the various lines of station work more funds are needed. 1 Guam Sta....