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THE AGKICULTTJRAL NEWS. 



.1 \M \i:\ 16, 1915. 



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GLEANINGS. 



The repi ol the Acting Curator of the Bob 

 Gardens, Tortola, states that veryheavy rains fell in th I 

 island durii onth of November, 9 - 6 1 inches I 



been ri I the Experiment Station. Tl tton fields 



have bi I improved thereby. The plants look grei i 

 and promise a e I second pic] 



The Louisiana Planter, December 19, 1914, states th 



in Jamaica two of the sugar cane districts will have a i ler 



ate crop ol : art | eai . i mi w ill have an avi rage cr< 



and the other district will not have any crop. The district 

 from which no sugar will come is one of the be I 

 districts in the world, but the lack of rain has caused the 

 loss of this crop. 



The V" island Agricultural Journal (Novembei 1914) 

 teful pract ice in sugar ram- cultivation in the 

 Philippines: 'the ashes from the bagasse we usually applied 

 in the mad-, or used to fill up depressions about the i 

 They might be combined with the filter press refuse, and thus 

 a complete fertilizer made for canes, which might be applied 

 with benefit on practically all cane soils. 1 



During the firsl fortnight in December the cacao 

 market has continued to display a very firm tone, all des- 

 criptions showing a further substantial advance in value. 



An active demand, chiefly for export, caused [petition, 



and the bulk of the supplies were disposed of at figures 

 which mark an advance of 8s. to 10*. per cwt. on last 

 quotations. {Fortnightly Market lt< port, Gillespie, Bros. 

 & ( '..., London, I tecember 1 8, 1 91 1. 1 



No pasture, however rich, will stand continuous closi 

 grazing ep. Where possible, l>"th cattle and 



should be kept, the latter invariably following the former; 

 jheep only are kept the pasture should recei^ 



ionalspelloi rest, to permit the recovery of the finer 

 grasses and clovers, which constant close grazing will 

 eventually kill. (The Journal of Agriculture, Victoria, 

 Novembei 191 I I 



The Rubber Growers' Assoeiati August 25, 1914), 



issued a Circular from whiclr-the following is taken: 'the 

 i;,u I,,. i>i i ial fi i the production of ai I, namelj calcium 



i deri from the North American ' onti 



) i<-ii t . This is converted to glacial acetic acid chiefly on the 

 Continent of Europe. There are only two English manufac- 

 turers. At I i ent time we understand the manufacturers 

 are be iieged « ith ordi i uuiot undertaki : I he 



in mpply any acid, although they may be in a better 

 position lateror 



- . in common with other grasses, 



a limited range in depth of root development. Oi some 

 thirty varieties under cultivation ai the Coast Expert 

 Station in Natal some time ago, the Uba and I '. 7 1 



■ I a deep! - ing habit. The roots ol I ba plants 



traced t<> a depth of 12 feet, and those of D.74 



]ith of 5 feet, none of tl ther varieties having i 



trated ' ol 18 inchi - beneath the - 



(Durban A N t, < tetober 15, 19] L) 



The reason whj the young fruits drop in certain hi Ldfruit 



trei so ' hat i mature, i because there i- too ! i 



r in t be tree, usually caused by a too plen- 

 tiful supply of water at the wrong time. The own 



a breadfruit tn which the fruit will not hold might try, 



a- an experiment, girdling the tree with a win- drawn tight 

 round the trunk, just when the fruit is setting. This will 

 generally prevent the falling of the fruit. When the fruit 

 i- halt ripe i he w ire can b I i iff, and i he bark will heal 



over in three months. (The J m na i A 



t,<ral Socit ','/, I lecemher I'M I.) 



With refen no to the dropping of bi m I 



above, it may be. stated thai this appears to be similar 1 i 

 dropping of the cotton bolls when, at certain critical 

 he cotton plants experieno a udden change in the amount 

 of moisture available, eithei an i tcessor shortage, [n Barba- 

 dos, il has been observed that breadfruit trees drop 

 young fruit if the supply of moisture becomes deficient it 

 certain t imes. 



I n ,i short ai i icle, in the ' '■• > a I > IF ' In li i \la i 

 for December 191 I. it is pointed out that by no means the 

 hi the changes brought about by the 



opening of the Panama Canal i tl pportunity this will 



give to the West Indies fot ling a profitable trade with 



New Zealand and Australia. Within a very liorl I 



time it can be expected that ships from North America, and 

 to some extent from Europe, will be making use of thi 

 waterwaj en route to the Colonies in the Pacific, in 

 event they must pass bj or near the West Indian col 

 With d ■ asportation facilitie thus assured, or i 



with r ly facilities offering for transhipment at Col 



catch the outgoing steamers, the needs of Australia and New 

 Zealand point tn i he fact thai a profitable ' i ade i 

 developed. 



A new cane-cutting machine has been in opera 

 during the last few weeks at the Clotilda plan tat i - in 

 I isiana. It has been harvesting cane in a verj successful 



■ i . and those who b il have been 



favourably impressed, The inventor, Mr. Lure, does not 

 claim that the apparatus i- at present perfect, i 



■ - that his machine, if built unit- present Inns, oi 



; rade material, stn i to withstand the 



h il subjei ted, will bo a success. He h is up 

 tn now used at iron and similar inexpensive mat, rial, 

 avoiding the use of steel gi u or similarly high-priced 

 equipment. The result i> that while Ids p nachine 



works well, the oci isionally break, but the substi 



ol steel will, he iys, certainly obviate this diss 



Louisiana Planter, Decembers, 1914.1 



