

THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



Novembkb 20, 1915. 



GLEANINGS. 



Ac Demerara Dai!;/ Chronicle (Mail 



Editioi ■ ' '■ L, a rious leal disease of rubber trees has 



broken oul in British Guiana. The disease appears to be 

 due to Dothx i. which has been investigated bj 



Mr. Petch, in Ceylon. 



A portable rack for feeding animals in the field is 



illustrated in the Journal of th> Department of Agriculture 



i For September 1915. These racks are designed 



to prevent waste which i tee when fodder and other 



f Istuffs are thrown on the ground for the animal to eat 



in that way. 



Observations upon glanders in mules form the subject 

 of an interesting article in the Veterinary Record for October 

 9, 1915. It appears that the mule, compared with the 

 enjoys, generally speaking, a greater immunity to 

 bacteria] invasion. To this one must attribute a more 

 complete and a more active immunizing and protective 

 uisni. 



In the Agricultural News, vol. XIII, No. 311, p. 109, 

 a book "ii date growing by Mr. Popenoe was reviewed at 

 some length, and in connexion with this, Bulletin No. 071 

 (Bureau of Plant Industry) United States Department of 

 Agriculture; dealing with the dates of Egypt and the Sudan 

 will be found of interest. The publication is well illustrated, 

 and the different varieties of fruit are well described. 



Further details as to the damage done in Jamaica by the 

 August hurricane are given in the Journal of the Jamaica 

 A dtural Society for September 1915. In regard to the 

 Parish oi St. Marj and Western it is said that the whole of 



I i .tiding crop oi Ian, mas was destroyed, and that these 

 in falling damaged cacao trees by breaking the limbs. 

 Beyond this th to crops was not extensive. 



X' ■ i I neni under the United States V 1 and 



;V t are no vi published in collected form. The issue 

 For September 24, 1915, shows that the work which is being 



■till, provided it can be carried on consistently. 



One interesting ca c recorded is where a luge quantity of 



cotton ±vr>\ hulls had 1 ii added to unadulterated meal. 



which was then sold as such. The defendant was lined 

 ts. 



The goal i f milk is discussed in the Hoard 



of Agriculture (1 for October L915. It is stated 



that there are two special qualities possessed by goats' milk 



which alone should make ii popular: (1) the ease with 

 which it is digested 03 children, and especially infants; 

 i 2) its almost complete iiiininuit \ 

 It is stilted that an avera it it- flush 3 pints 



a day. • 



Much of the work described in the Annual Report on 



the Distribution oi Granl jricultural Education and 



Research in England and Wales during 1914 L5 resembles 



imilar efforts in the West [ndi< . and should receive the 



il of educational authorities in these islands A special 



feature of the publication is the lists which il of the 



stud's at the various agi icultural and n ircl 



in-i itutes. 



Ordinance No. L oi 1913 oi Mauritius, provides for the 

 constitution and control of co-operative credil societies with 



tl bject of encouraging thrift, self-help and cooperation 



_ agriculturists, artisans, and p oi limited means. 



At the end of 1913, eleven had been registered 



under the pro\ isions of the < >rdin nice with a total membership 



of over 1,000, and a capital ot ; t Rs.20,000. (Co 



Reports — Annual, No. 826.) 



The Antigua and Montserrat Onion Grovi ers' Associations 

 have just issued an attractive handbill, which announces the 

 excellent equality of Wesl Indian grown onions and the 

 advantages which are gained by buyers from the co-operative 

 sale and grading of this produce. Enquiries and order- should 

 be addressed to the Secretary, Antigua Onion Growers' 

 Association, St. John's, Antigua, or to the Secretary of the 

 Montserrat Association in that island. 



Important definitions of different artificial feeding stuffs, 

 according to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture 

 standards, is given in the Official Bulletin No. 265 of the 

 Bureau of Chemistry of that institution. To show the 

 character of the definitions, it may be recorded that choice 

 cotton seed meal must be finely ground, not necessarily bolted, 

 perfectly sound and sweet in odour, yellow, free from excess 

 of lint, and must contain at least 11 per cent, of protein. 



A trap nest for poultry is a laying nest so arranged that 

 after a hen enters it she is confined until released by the 

 attendant. An efficient form of this trap is described in 

 Farmers' Bulletin Xo. 682, United States Department of 

 Agriculture. The principle is that when the hen enters the 

 nest her back raises the door which ; .leases a catch or 

 trigger and allows the door to shut. It is a very simple 

 contrivance and presumably \ei\ effective. This form of 

 nest is useful where the egg record of each particular hen 



has to be recorded. 



We have neoived a copy of the Twentieth Century Russia 

 and Anglo- Russian Review, which will be issued quarterly 

 until after the war. and then monthly. Th- Review is not of 

 immediate concern to those living in the tropics except in a 

 general way, and our. object in mentioning it lies chiefly in 

 the fact that it is the only English publication which is 

 devoted to the affairs of the Russian Empire, It may be 



mentioned that the present ami Brat number contains an 

 article on the future of Russia a- a trade centre, by 

 Mr. Ilamel Smith, the versatile editor of Tropical l.>fe. 



