Vol. XI. No. 2-53. 



THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



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STUDENTS' CORNER. 



Antigua 



RESULTS OF AGRICULTURAL 



EXAMINATIONS. 



The results obtained by candidates in the last Prelimi- 

 nary, Intermediate and Final Examinations, held in October 

 and November last, in connexion with the Courses of Read- 

 ing of the Imperial Departinent of Agriculture, are as 

 follows : — 



Centre. 

 St. Lucia 



Dominica 



Montserrat 

 Antigua 



Seven candidates presented themselves for examination 

 in this stage, of which six passed, as is shown. 



INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION. 



Centre. Xame. Result. 



Montserrat Howes, S. W. 2Dd class 



/Gomes, C. A. 3rd ,, 



(^Stamers, A. L. 3rd „ 



For the Intermediate Examination, four candidates pre- 

 sented themselves, and as is sliown, three passed. Among 

 these, success was obtained in the special subjects, as follows: 

 Howes, S. W., Cotton and Limes; Gomes, C. A., Sugar — 

 General, and Cotton; Staniers, A. L., Sugar — General, and 

 Provision Crops. 



FINAL EXAMINATION. 



Centre. Name. Result. 



I Hallpike, C. J. A. 3rd class 



I, Shepherd, C. H. 3rd „ 



For this stage there were four candidates, and two 

 passed, in accordance with the particulars given in the above 

 list. These obtained success in the special subjects, as 

 follows: Hallpike, C. J. A., Sugar— General, and Cotton; 

 Shepherd, C. H., Sugar— General, and Cotton. 



The two candidates wlio failed in the Final Examination 

 showed a fair knowledge of the theoretical side of the sub- 

 jects, and dealt with the.«e in a way that would have been 

 fairly creditable in the Intermediate Examination, but was 

 not up to the standard required for the Final. The evidences 

 of their practical ability were also greatly lacking, and 

 these facts preventedthem from being classed. 



The Local Examiners at the ditferent centres were as 

 follows: -- 



Antigua 



Mr. G. Barnard 



,, C. R. Kennaway 



,, J. C. Moore 



,, A. J. Brooks 



,, -J. .Jones 



,, G. A. -Jones 

 The Hon. F. Driver 

 The Rev. Canon Haines 

 Mr. W. Robson 

 ilr. R. S. D. Goodwin 



„ J. J. Roden 



;, H. A. Tempany, B.Sc. 



,, T. Jackson 



St. Lucia 



Dominica 



Montserrat 



Antigua 



Although the percentages of passes obtained by the can- 

 didates were high, particula«ly in the Preliminary and Inter- 

 mediate stages, there was no ea.se where a pre-eminenHy gnod 

 knowledge of the subjects was shown. This was apparently 

 due to the fact that candidates had been mostly content, to 

 pursue their work and studies only to such a degree as seemed 

 necessary for them to attain tTiQ pass mark, and to the circam'- 

 stance that they did not answer thoroughly the questions 

 attempted by them. Credit,, cannot be given for the pos- 

 session of knowledge that is merely implied, and it is recom- 

 mended that students follow4ng the Reading Courses should 

 try to gain a more intimate acquaintance with the subjects, and 

 that they should practice the answering of questions in order 

 that they may acquire the ability to do this in a methodical, 

 complete and speedy manner. 



Anthrax Serum for Human Anthrax.— The 



results of the serum treatment of anthrax in veterinary 

 practice have awakened interest in the specific treatment 

 of anthrax in human medicine to such an extent that 

 Sobernheim's anthrax serum has been used on an increa.sing 

 scale as an addition to the older forms of medicinal treatment. 

 Recently Koelsch has again drawn attention to the value of 

 this serum. It is best given intravenously in doses of 10 c.c, 

 repeated several times. The most conservative local treat- 

 ment should be used with it. Beyer used pyocyanase for 

 the local treatment. In the two cases reported by him the 

 infection occurred in a tannery. One patient had a pustule 

 on the right cheek. He was given two intravenous injec- 

 tions, and the pustule was treated locally with pyocyanase. 

 The case ran an afebrile course and ended in recovery, so that 

 there was practically no scar to be seen. In the other case 

 there was fever and oedema extending to the ej-elids. The 

 treatment consisted of three injections of serum, amounting 

 altogether to 50 c.c, and moist dressings with pyocyanase. 

 On the fourth day a complication occurred in the form of 

 erysipelas, starting from the primary lesion. The pustule 

 healed, but a scar was left which necessitated a plastic 

 operation. 



The serum injections should be commenced as soon 

 as anthrax is diagno.sed. It is therefore advisable, in 

 vocations in which anthrax infection is known by experience 

 to be Hal lie to occur, that serum be kept at hand so that too 

 much time may not be lost in procuring it. (From E. Merck's 

 Annual Rtport of Recant Aili'ancex in. P/iormaceutical 

 Ghcmistri/ and Thernpi utics, 1910, p. 331.) 



The Third International Rubber and Allied 



Trades Exposition. In the last number of the Aijrii-id- 

 tiual JViws, p. il'2, it was stated that information had been 

 received by the Commissioner of Agriculture, from the Organ- 

 izing JIanager, Mr. A. Staines Manders, to the effect that 

 this exposition will be held at the New Grand Central Palace, 

 -16th and 47th Street and Lexington Avenue, New York 

 City, from .September 23 to October 3, 1912 The Commis- 

 sioner has since been informed, further, by the Organizing 

 Manager that, in order to render more information available 

 concerning the participating countries, planters will be 

 encouraged to exhibit other products, besides rubber, and 

 that it will be advisable to have full information prepared, 

 in booklet form, for distribution to visitors. 



