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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



Pkbruaey 13, 1913. 



GLEANINGS. 



The importance - ggs foi inarki 



and this subject is dealt within Leaflel So. L3 of the 

 English Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, under the e 

 heading of marketing oi .■ ■ The testing of this produce 

 is also discussed. 



It is reported in the Monthly Bulletin of Agricultural 

 Plant Diseas -, fori Ictober L91 I. thai 

 li in Berlin has proved thai it is quite out of the [lies 

 tion to think that bees havi of colour in an] 



comparable with thai pos d j man. 



The English Board oi Agriculture and fisheries Leaflet, 



No. 285, gives a useful practical account of bi i curing on 



the estate. The weighl pigs, slaughtering, preparing the 

 carcass, curing, pickling, and smoking are all dealt with in 

 considerable detail. 



A paper in the /■'<■ Bulletin for April and July 



1914, deal with the effi it of salicylic aldehyde on plants in 

 soil and solution cultures. As regards it- effect on the 

 growth of Indian corn, growth in the treated plots was ! i 



smaller than in the controls. Tl ffectof salicylic aldehyde 



in sand is greater than in claj soil. 



The shipments of cacao for the year ended December 31, 

 lonstituted an he < 'ninny of Trinidad. They 



amounted to 63,447,876 ft)., against 48,116,377 lb. in 1913. 

 Prices mighl have been better, but these have been quite 



equal to the average of the last seven years. (Pi 



of the Agricultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago, 

 Deo n bi i 19'J I.) 



In connexion with the note on drj farming on this , e 

 i interesting to observe that, according to the Agricu 

 Gazette of Canada (November 191.4), the field crops of the 

 Dominion for I'M I were many thousands ol tons short of 

 1.111..1I yield, owing to insufficient moisture available 



during the growing season. . The importan t dry-farming 



systems under tl ditions is obvious, especially where 



irrigation is oul of the question. 



Those responsible for the management of scl 

 will find much thai is g on h bject in 



Eleventh and Twelfth Annual Keport issued bj tl 



Scotland Vgricultural College, to 1 btained on applii 



to the Seen tary, pi : cee. \ 



note boo! to be kepi bj pupils, and syllabus of instruction 



are given. The whole chi •■ \i naturally adapted to 



rate ci md tions, bu 1 hod tl I 



bear consideration 1 S\ Indian mdpoint. 



11 hensive experiments have been carrie I 

 with a view to preserving cut ' the addition ol salts 



to the water in which the stalks are placed. In no cases 

 have ai alts 1 obtained, The best treatment 



to adopt is to niil 1 ' sulphate f copper sul 



phate to the water, which will p clue to ba 



acl ion. I is il . ri tnoval of r 1 he cut end oi the Lks ha 1 



found to ;n ilon« the life of the flower. These, and other 

 facts '■ me subject, are discussed in the Gardeners' 



ibei 26, 1914. 



In the- issue ol Nattm For January 7, 1915, Sir II. mild 

 Ro irticle entitled Attempts to Manufa 



tific Discovery. The writer draws an interesting 

 tinction between major discovery and minoi n earch 



;ed in the former kind of investigation need 1 

 unlimited freedom, whilst in the cased the latter, I 

 more possibility for the introduction of systems ol co-i 

 tion and centralization. Real discovery, involvin 



ideas, 1 iquire 1 peculiar and rare type of mind, h 



loI be forced, and only supei a very limit. >il 



extent. 



ording to Colonial Reports, Annual, So. 809 

 Bahamas in 1913-14 exported sisal, valued at £69,950. All 

 this wen. to the United State- of America, 

 worth fruit was sent to the same country. The 



exporl of oranges was valued at £599 compared with l" 72 



for the preceding year. 'I % exporl nuts has also 



increased. The pine : apple canning factories had a 1 

 better year during 1913, though their ren.nl season 

 in 1910, when the valui of tinned pine-apples sh I 

 was £9,219, compared with £6,208 for 1913. 



The objects of deep ploughing are summarized is 

 follows in the agricuitura ion ol the Wealth of India 



(September 1914) (1) to destroj and prevenl 



of weeds and othei vegetation not desired ii] the ground; 



(2) to place b ia1 h I he surfai , ma lire and org! 



where it will not be in the way, and where il may bi 



verted rapidly into 1 1 1 1 to develop various degre 



opem id 1 uniformity of soil condi! : 



some cases to modify the movements of -oil moisture and of 

 soil air; and (3) to change conditions so as to make 

 the -"il either ivarraer or colder. Deep ploughing is an 

 essential part of dry farming. Associated - b his 

 also is the mai ol a dust mulch at the 



of the soil. 



Considerable discussion has taken place recently in 

 ; "ii with the prop I revival of the natural i 

 industi 1 ciallj in India. Ma ding with the 



I I of the Royal Society of Jrls 



for January laud 8, 1915. The first paper was n 

 Dr. Perkins, and in the d u i Steuart Bail 



forward the opinion that although during the next t 



ears the market would be favi urable for natural i 

 it was doubtful whethei i a eding years the po 

 would b .■ 11 in the past, li seems to I"- gener- 



reed thai t he prim tsl come from the growers 



themselves, tn 1 he hi publication already 



referred to, Professor II. E. Vrmstrong makes a point of this, 

 and says that the recover] ol the position ol natural 1 

 may be a costly business, but ii one t< nth ol the zeal p 

 lermans into the production of the artificial treatmi 

 ii to bear on the problem, he believed ii would be 

 solved "lily. 



