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THE AORIOtrLTURA.L NEWS. 



FKBBnAR\ 22, iai-9. 



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EDITORIA 



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 L J^' i; NOTICES. 



Bbad Officb '**i^ J 



— Bark A DOS 



Letters aud matter lor publication, as well as ail 

 ♦pecimens lor naming, should be addressed to the 

 dommissioner. Imperial P-oarrment of Agricnltrire, 

 3 {arbados. 



Al! appliCAiions foi r-opies oi the 'Agneuiturai 

 Jv'ews' and other DepartnuTital publications, should be 

 *»ddressed to the Agents, and not to the Department. 



The complete list of Agents will be found on 

 |»age 4 of the cover. 



Impeital Cmnmiisioner of 

 ^griculturt for the Weitt Indur 



Sir Francis Watts, K.C.M.G.. 

 D.Sc, F.T.C.. F.C.S, 



SCIENTIFIC STAFS. 



i8:ieiitt/i<; Asfistrmt and 

 Aisiftattt Eiiiinr 



JfytnXogUt 



A*»i»fa ■( for Oofto>» Jifjtenreh 



/W. R. Dunlop.* 

 tRev. C. H. Branch, b.A. 

 H. A. Ballou. M.Sc. 

 W. Nowell, D.I C. 

 S. C. Hailand, B.Sc.t 



OLBRtCAt STAFF. 



Chief tUrk 

 lyUrical Aanistantt 



Typint 

 Assistant Typixt 



A'tisfont for Piiblicatiuns 



A. G. Howell. 

 (L. A. Corbie. 

 Taylor.* 



C. Foster 

 Miss B. Robinson. 

 Miss W. Ellis. 



A. B. Price, Fell. .toum. Inst. 



[L. A. ( 

 { P. Tay 

 [K. R. 



* SffJ/iidKi for MilUury Suvict. 



iPtovided hy Ihv Imprriid JJepartmeiU of ScieMtific and 

 JiidustrtaJ Bt.search. 



Agricultural llciufi 



ToL XVIII, SATUUIJAY, FKiiRUARY 22, 1919. No. 439. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Oontenta of Present Issue. 



The editorial c ■-nt-.iiT.z ad-ice to agriculturists in the 

 ^est Indies with rngard to theirnecefi.sary work in the 

 future. 



Under Insect Notei, on page 5H, will be (ound the 

 conclusion of the article on mosquito control, the first pari 

 of which appeared in the previous issue of this journal. 



I'he rirsfc article under I'lant^IHswwes, on ]«ig(! (i'i, 

 deuis With foot rot on lime trees, the second give.-^ an 

 account of the latest rosemcbes with regard to the 

 mottling disease of sugar-cane in Porto Rico. 



Royal Society of ^rts Medals. 



At the meeting of the R)y!il Society of Arts, 

 November 20, 1018, the Chjirmm prcstnttd ihe 

 Society's Medals, which were awarded for papers lead 

 (hiring last s-ession, among which the following have 

 been noticed in the AgricnItaraL New: — 



W. Latvtence Ba:ld, Sc.D., 'Examples of A{>plie4 

 seience in the Cotton Industry'. 



George Murtiheau. C.H Sugar from several 

 1'" lints ot view'. 



Professor J. Bretiiind Farmer. D.Sc. F.RS' The 

 HnbberPlanting Industry'. 



Sir Waller Egerton, K C.M.G. LL.D.. liiiii.sh 

 Guiana and the Problem of its Development.' 



Mbmordica Cochinchinensip 



A bo.\ of seeds of this plant has recently been re- 

 ceived from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, by the 

 Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture for the West 

 Indies, to be distributed in the West Indies for trial. 



In forwarding the seed, Mr. Arthur W.Hili Assistant* 

 Director of the Ivew Royal Koranic Gardens, writes- 

 that they contain an oil similar to tung oil which 

 is extracted from Aleurites. Preliminary investig>»tion» 

 of this oil show that it is remarkable for its drving^ 

 properties, and is likely to be valuable in connexion 

 with aeroplane work. 



As the development ofacioplanes is certain to take 

 place in the future, the oil from the Momordiea seeds 

 may be of some commercial importance. 



According to the description of, Momordiea 

 lOckivchinevsiii given in ihe CyvUvpcdia of Ameiicnn 

 Hdrtuidturt: it must be a ^'ery showy plum. Like the 

 other species of the genus it is a dimbei-, with three- 

 lobed leaves, pale yellow purple-eyed flowers 4 inches 

 across, and an oblong, bright led fruit, from 4 to 7 

 mches long, enclosing curiously sculntnred. fiat seeds 



> to be hoped thtD this 

 n these islands. 



Another species of Momordici is well known in 

 (he West Indio This is Moiaordha cli<iiunli.a, 

 locally known by various names; in Antigua it is called 

 'Maidens blush'; in Barbados, 'Miraculous'. In 

 American seed catalogues it is listed as Balsam Pear.' 

 It is an ornamental annual vino belonging to 

 the natural order Cucurbitacfae. Its yellow flowers, 

 about an inch across, are succeeded by briaht orange 

 coloured fruit, 2 L(» 3 inches long, which when ripe split 

 and disclose the bright scarlet arils surrounding the 

 brown seeds. • 



The F'ood Value of Maize Oil. 



In the Tranxnctioni< oj ihe Aawsac Academy of 

 Voftrjte, Vol. XXVIJI, iai7, Inhere is an interesting 

 article b}L. E Sayrr on this subject. It seems th.it 

 the writer had ji/lready sh(jwn in a previoits f>aper the 

 Mihie (if this pniduci. in m(fkmg medicinal preparations. 

 'I'iie (jiesenr paper, from which the following is 

 abstracted, records the authors conclusidins as to the- 

 v;ilue i>f enrn oil ii> Hbe form pf salad nit .ind as food. 



about an inch in diameter. It is 

 species may become acclimatized 



