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Xn the rich vall-y of the Sautambnio River in Califorui-i,' 

 it has been tounJ ihit rict- can l)e produced very rearlily. and 

 in beivv'-rjps oi" line grain. It is planted at the rate <jf 85 

 to .'JO li per acre for the rfrst crop, and up to 130 lb. in sub- 

 s«-'j '.lent years. F' ir the first anii second crops 40 sacks of 1 00 &. 

 each is regarded as the minimum successful yield, and crops 

 of (.bout 50 .sack.s on a whole plan!aii<n -ire m>: rare. 

 {Tropical Life. September 191S.) i 



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. . II'..'. ii|).>ii H'.ir.J m ui^ i. uiteii .>'.iiiw u >s 

 i, , ; I ii\ tor the ouiing crop. The Cuban l!)l^■l9 



lp>p price h.t.-! i.>ocii the most impiitaiit . one under con- 

 sidcraiion, Cuiia lias 5i'cn . holding out for an incivase j 

 of Ic. p'-r Ifi.'over tlic priJscnl figure of l''>'^c., on the, 

 around that i-vt-ti that, tnciease «ill do little more than . 

 cover- the ri^e in I'ost of production. Tine data supplied . 

 liv ihf Cuban minnfacturers have been, too convincing to be 

 iirnoied, for the Board hatliiially fi.\ed on the price of 5-aOc., 

 only 0:10c. below the djiban demaml 'Tlif /^-u >■■•■•'■: --ff 

 S'/giir /i>t/r /III/, Oi^lobur lOl.S. ) 



In an ariiclc ra tho .development of the ((round nut 

 indu.stry in liritish India, 77/i' HmitJ nf Tnuic //ii/nia/, 

 September \'2. 1918, .states tlfat there should be ab-^ohiiely no 

 waste with proper organization of ihe industry. Rp.«ides the 

 value of the oil as human food, the ground nut c*ke is valu- 

 able as a cattle fo.jd, and even the plant itseit makes cseellent 

 fodder and hay for cattle. The p< per like ha.sk contarning 

 the seel may be used for .siutiiuss mattresses and cn.shions, 

 and possibly also as a sO-urcc of cellulose for paper-making. 

 If ihe.sf husks are burnt as fuel, the ash, being rich in phos. 

 phates, makis a good manure, as ai.so docs the thin refl o lat- 

 ins' to the kernel. 



Not only is the production of camphor declining raarlc- 

 oUy in -fapaD, but considerably less menthol and mint' oil 

 is beina; prud'.iced. The Japanese farmers are turning their 

 att'_'ntion to peas, beans, and other esculents, wliick they find 

 ja<<v profitable to grow than mint. . Kstimales of this years 

 crop indicate that the yield will be about one-third short of 

 the average. (The /'ertuiiiiry iii,1 Exsenfia/ Oil RiConl, 

 September 1 9.1 "5.) 



The Jnh-nuitionat Sui^ar /ounlili, tjctober 1918, his a 

 short note on the working of three sugar factories on the. 

 Zambesi l.'iver in Portuguese Kast .Africa. Each estate 

 harve.sts annually .some 1 fO,000 tons, of Cine, mostly of the 

 Uoi variety, which give-> up to 90 tons per acre in plant canes, 

 sixtijen and eighteen months old. I'lrst raMons give 30 to 35 

 tons: other ratrions go down to 15 tons per acre. The fibre in 

 the f'b,^ cane ringes from !•> to :.'0 per cent. 



.icdiding li' lilt- /-•i/w /.'//;//-r^ lor Nuvuinuer lyi.S — 

 a .i'lurnal publ-shtfd in Philadelphia— the United .States pro- 

 duceci bef'iie th>- war more swine th»n any other nation in 

 th>- world. 'lermany b'jiiig second. .The number if liDgs in 

 thf I'nitfd .States befoi.- the war wi,- esliimited at nearly liO 

 niilli'>ns, and in < Jerui my about '!■> millions. At present, it 

 i.> e-liiii:lted that in the I'nitcd States the pig populaiinn has 

 jn'jri-.-'d to uiOre than 7" millions, while in 'Jerininv it, his 

 dimiii'^hed to )tJ.f)ut li' million.') 



Ii. thi Piciti.:: , . ...( A,^hft{lhiral Society o/ Triiiiti'iul 

 and Tcli'i,4,», .September 1016, in an atticle on the banana, it is 

 Btited that 'he lo'- il I ''ij artment o( A'^ricalture has doOe g'wd 

 service in pipuhri/.ing ih'- use of green bananas as a diluent 

 for wli'-at Hour in iiread. .Many reciges have been recoiumen- 

 deil, but the following siwiii.-. to be wdrth a trial 'in account of 

 it.- siiiipliciis : r. lil green bsnau.is ia salted water, and when ■ 

 th"ronL'Ii'> •••) ik'.'d, (jour off the ivaterj mash the banaiia«, and 

 t.i .'iO [»r ewnt iif that )nash add 70 per cent, of flour d' .igh; 

 tl.i- wil .("••■I've H rTPid of v.'ry piKtable qUH'i'T. 



Arraugemcnts Uavij' been niaie, siys the Tnifiial 

 Agriciilti/risl. .)uly 1918, between the College of Hawaii and 

 the .^ligar Planters' J'!\peritnent Station, for the institiuion 

 of "a four-.years' course in Sugar Technology. This includes 

 general science as applied tn agriculture, the agricnlture of 

 the sMga-rcane under Hawaiian conditions, the chenii.siry of 

 sugar, and the clit-uiislry and engineering of sugar manufac- 

 tures. Arrangements have been made for practical training 

 in chemistry and engincerini! in factories while at work. The 

 proposals follow closely -thoie which have been successful at 

 Audubon Park, Louisiana, and at the School uf AgrjcuU'tre, 

 Mauritius. 



The ciglitcenlb annua' balance sheet ol the 'Joastal Farm- 

 ers' Co-operative Siiciciy, Ltd., for the sale of f^irui and dairy 

 produce, the head olfice of which is at Sydney, Ne«" .South 

 Wales, affords a wfurderful example of progress and benefit 

 as the re.-nlt of i;> operation a.mong lariiiors. The sjles of 

 the first your of it.s oporalion ( 1 901) were .£7 1,855. yieldin^t 

 a dividend upon paid ujJcapital "f i.U.5. and a bonus returned 

 to C'lnsignors of £l,'J(?"i. The total sales for the year ended 

 .March ;n. 1918, of dairy aixl farm iiroduce were .£ J,:>I,S.324, 

 the dividend upon p.aid up capital at the rate of 7 per a-ot. 

 was i"2. 170. anil the -bruiua returned to con-iignors wa.* 



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In an article on Qanada and the West ladies in the 

 l-iihwdcr itn,/ HiilliDir'st, October '^O, 191,"^. it is stated that 



'even iimler pru'^cn' unsatisfactory commercial treaties and 

 lack of aulHi^ient direct transportation facilities, the e.\pjris 

 from t'anadato the West Indies have more than doubled 

 during the V.yal three yertfS. and the import* have increased 



■from about i?8,000,d00 t<i .J-JKOOO.OOO. If tlio Canadian 

 wm.-'Uinption of ttopicd ppxlucts inc:reases in the same i.ilio, 

 in teii years they would .uuount to more than *."iO,OiiO,000 

 Canadians are bound I'l realize more and inore how nuu'h the 

 world depends upon tropical produce, and that the (jriju. 

 rivilry of the future 'vilHefoi control of the trojuc*. 



