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I shall begin my discussion of the stock-food trees with the Hawaiian algaroba, commonly called keawe in those islands. I start with keawe because the facts about it have been worked out by American agricultural officials; because the evidence that these men have produced is official; and because of the astonishing, convincing, and yet almost unbelievable nature of that evidence. I shall present much of the material in the exact words of officials of the American Agricultural Experiment Station in Honolulu.

E. V. Wilcox, Special Agent in charge, Agricultural Experiment Station, Honolulu, said:

"The algaroba, or keawe (prosopis juliflora) is commonly recognized as the most valuable tree which has thus far been introduced into the Territory of Hawaii.

"There are eighteen or more species of prosopis, the natural