Annual Report Of The Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station For 1908 Classic Reprint

Download or read book Annual Report of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station for 1908 (Classic Reprint) written by Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Annual Report of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station for 1908 The investigations described in the accompanying report were all begun under the supervision of the former Special agent in charge, Mr. Jared G. Smith, who severed his connection with the station at the end of the fiscal year. The report, however, was prepared under the direction of the present special agent. During the year considerable attention was given to the im provement of the general appearance of the station grounds and buildings. A number of Old and unsightly structures were torn down and replaced by others more serviceable and of better appearance. One structure was erected to contain a tool house, seed storehouse, and carpenter shop, on the ground floor, and a rice laboratory in the second story. An addition was made to the stable, in which a blacksmith shop and implement shelter an. Provided. The experimental grounds and pastures were sur rounded with new and substantial fences, and about feet of new pipe line was laid for irrigation purposes. In addition to these changes and alterations, an old office building was torn down, and a new gallon water tank was erected near a 2-acre rubber plantation on the slope of Tantalus at an elevation of about 700 feet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.