

THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



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Vol. XIV. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1915. No. 355. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Contents of Present Issue. 



Ajowan Seeds for Thymol in the West Indies. 



Mention has been made in the present volume ot 

 this journal of the increased demand forthe antiseptic 

 thymol obtained from ajowan seeds (of Curui um) 



on pages 313 and 7:'.. It was stated that thi 

 Impi ommissioner of Agriculture had obtained 



I of this plant through \\,w, and that this had been 

 distributed for trial in all the Windward and Leeward 

 Islands. We are now informei he seed received 



in St. Lucia germinated well. The plants grew to an 

 average height of "2 feet, and flowered freely. 

 Mr. Brooks, the Agricultural Superintendent, states 

 further that, although the ram- rather beat them down, 

 sufficient seed has been sec ired to continue the trials. 



In forwarding the on i Mr. A. W. Hill 



Assistant Director of Kew, pointed out that 

 ajowan crop in India is a cold weather crop, which 

 would appear to make it scarcelj suitable for cultivation 

 under the strictl} tropical conditions of these islands. 

 The St. Lucia trials, however, indicate thai the general 

 climatic conditions there may not be unfavourable. 

 Reports from the Other islands have not vet b 



received. 



The editorial to this issue discusses the uses of 

 museums in relation to scientific work and agricultural 

 education. 



A valuable summarj of ten years' results of the 

 working of the Antigua Central Sugar Factor) appears 

 oi! page 388. 



Anrw hook on the development and properties of 

 raw eotton is ro\ iewed on pag< 390. 



New manut ■ - pi riments with coco-nuts at 

 \ 3 are di sci ibed on ] 198 and 399. 



Insect Notes in this issue deal with rool boret as 

 tor in manurial experiments with cane; under 

 Plant Diseases will be found an article on the usi ol 

 j iind\ mixture as a substitute for Bordeaux. 



Pig Raising in the Tropics. 



Great success has attended efforts to improve hog 

 breeding in the island of Guam ( Philippines), and it is 

 regarded as the most interesting and most encouraging 

 line of animal breeding. The rapid increase in this 

 class of stock, according to the Report of the Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, 1!U4, renders possible 

 a distribution of half-blood hoars to the various 

 localities of the island. The most popular hind fo] 

 improving local strains is the Berkshire, and it is said 

 that the results of disseminating the blood of the 

 Berkshire breed is most encouraging. 



In connexion with the present subject of 

 improving the local breed of pigs attention maybe 

 called to the valuable importations of pedigree 

 animals into British Guiana, and to the satisfaction 

 evinced by the local press as to the benefit of th 

 importations to the public. 



In a recent issue of the Barbados Advocatt 

 attention was called to a report In Mr. E. II. S. Flood. 

 ( ianadian Trade < lommissioner, in which reference was 

 made to the scarcit) of pork in Canada, On the basis 

 of information published by the Imperial Department 

 of Agriculture forthe West Indies, Mr. Fl I consid- 

 ered that it should be possible to inaugurate a trade ii 

 this community, for there are large areas in the \\ 

 Indies which will support pigs but will not as satis- 

 factorily produce profitable crops. 



The whole question of pig raisin-- in the W 



Indies will he found i prehensiyely dealt with bj 



Dr. Francis Watt-. C.M.G., in the II'. 

 Bulletin, Vol. XIV, No. 1. A shorter ace,, nut oi the 

 proposals appears in the Agricultural News, bhi 

 pi. sent volume pag 1 L8. 



