THE AGRICUL I URAL NEWS. 



SUITKMBKK C, 1919. 



GLEANINGS. 



Accordins; id Fkvslotiij;ual Abs/ncts for Jaly 1019, 

 550 loi.s of synip, Siu Iimis »f oil, -iOD tons ul lanuiug 

 extract ai d 1,600 uo 2 000 tons ..t caitli; feed a.e aDimilly 

 recovfred in California from thfS soeUs of gripes usel in 

 wiiit making. 



In connexion witii the ann"iiTiCi'iiient made in a prev.o is 

 KiWi li the Agiicu/iura/ A\ws of Mr. Fi.shlock'.s proir.ouon 

 to the Gold C'fust, it is nn.l^ rs'.ood tb-it Mr. Gcniez vill be 

 appointed to act in Mr. Fi.«bl"cii's pl.ce as Curalor of the 

 Eiptriineut Station, Tortola. 



A uteful aiticleon bacon eurini: on tlie farm i.-i pub- 

 lished ill I he Rhodesia A^:;ricultural Journal {qx Jane 1919. 

 Thi> article deals vNith sim.ble breeds of pij;.", the curing of 

 bacon and ham, the equipmsnc i, .juired, methods of 

 tlaughteriug, ol curinw and if sinouing. 



A Liverp'iMl sUainer arrived at Birbsdo.s on .August 

 23 wi h two .SHi'hdovvii rams and forty Suuiud wn ewes, 

 for the St. Madclein'.- esates, Trinidal. The anin^als were 

 in fair cmdiiion but seemed to be suffering somewhit 

 from the excesave h;ac which is usual at this lime of the 

 year. 



Information has been received to the etf.'ct thif. 

 Mr. Alfred Keys, of the Royal Gardens, Kew, has been 

 appointed lo the vacant post of Assistant Curator in the 

 Agricultural De[iartment, Oominici. Mr. Keys was expected 

 to leave Kng) nd by the liis' available opportunity after 

 the end of July. 



An arresting photograph of a Barbadian seedling cane 

 cop growing on an csiiie in .laniaica appears in the 

 Louisiitni Planter iw .July .5 The field is e.^timated to 

 «:ul over -'lO ton.*- per acre Tlie crop w,is fifteen months old. 

 The name of the vaiieiy is nui given, but tbe es.aie i^rcnving 

 it is named Cayamana-. 



West Indi in cedars continue to make rapid growth on 

 the Gold Coast. According to the lleport on the 

 Agricultural Deparlmenl for 1917, the Honduras maliog^ny 

 planted is a failuie. Teak treet have fruited we I but no 

 mature seeds were produced duiiag th > year. Michelia 

 chimpiua is making good growth. 



According to the Inlirnatinnal K'-^'icw oj the ScieiiCK ni:,l 

 PrMtke of A^riadliire for .January 1919, an auricultural 

 scho .1 was organized during 19 IS at Charpentier, Haiti. 

 Another school of agriculture has been established in the 

 Department of Leon, Nicaragua, and anothei opened in 

 the State of Sonora, Mexico. 



The Col, I, ii,H Journal for .luly 1919, slates that a 

 preliminary investigation of the bauxite deposits of Britisli 

 Guiana (other than those leased to the IVniPrara Bauxite 

 Coiiipaiiy) is proceeding, and that the resumption of grants 

 of facilties to prospect and mine will he c msidered as so .>n 

 as tlie investigation is sufficiently advanced. 



In connexion with the West Indies and Imperial pre- 

 ference, several writers including the editor of the West 

 India Committee Circular and Sir IvJwird Davstin are .«ui:- 

 gesting that, in return the West Indies should a Imit British 

 manufactured goods into West Indian markets at a lower 

 rate than the manufactured goods of Great Britain'.s 

 competitors. 



There have been large increases sin"e the war in the 

 shipments of rubber fnm the .Straits Sittlenien-s and fr.im 

 the E ist generally. For th' first five minths in 191S 

 tbe St aits Settlements e.\-p >rted 3o,665 tons of ri'-jner, 

 v.bile for the same period iu 1919 this r >se to 7^.06(5. 

 These figures are taken from the India Ruh'i:r Journil 

 for .luce 2S. 



Labour tr.vible-f "Ow exist throus;hout the world. 

 According to the Louisiana Fiaiitee, July T>. trouble is 

 being experience 1 on the su^ar estates in that country. This 

 is largely the rosultof men who have served in the army 

 or on war seriiiee not being willing to take u|) their former 

 occupations. Conditions sii;iilar to this o3?iii- in some of 

 the West Indian Colonies. 



Studies in nutrition, reported in Physiological Abstracts 

 for .July 1919, show tb-it 'h; coco nut posse.sses a really high 

 nutritive valee The globulin of the coco-nut was sutftjient 

 to support the growth of lats without any other source 'of 

 protein. I' is stated that coco nut press cake provides a 

 source of protein of high nutritive value, and it also contains 

 water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamines. 



West Indian beekeepers may be interested in the trial 

 of a sysi-m of l;"e;iin^' ! «•'! 'I'll ens in .i hive, described in the 

 Queensland Agricultural Journal iov July 1919. It is sta"cd 

 that the two prolific yo'ing queens caused the production of 

 more brood than in an ordinary colony containing only one 

 quepff. In fact, by this system it is claimed to be po.=sib!e to 

 double the numbe>rof colonies every year 



Although the full distribution of the trouble- is not yet 

 known, root disease occurs to a hrge extent amongst 

 sugarcane grown in Natal and Z iluland. .Vttention w.is 

 drawn to this originally by Dr. Tempany, Director of Agricul- 

 ture, M 'uritius, and the Depirtmenf of .Agriculture of the 

 Union of South Africa has issued a bulletin (No. 4 of 191 S) 

 describing the disease and suggesting measures for its 

 control. The disease appeTs to be ean.sed by ,\farnsmius 

 Sieclirri, but this is not definitely state. I in th" bu'letin under 

 notice. 



.\ not" appears in the fnternal.ioml Rez'iem of the 

 Science and Vraetice of Agriculture for Janua-y 1919, on the 

 utilization of rice straw in Italy It is recorammdod 'hat 

 nee straw should be dried and then baled. In such a 

 conditi II it can be used fer various jiurpo.ses. It will be 

 remembered that in British Guiana rice straw in an undried 

 state is being increasingly used a^ a manure. It isi 

 comparatively rcb in the essential ingredients of phnt food. 



