Vol. XI. No. 272. 



THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



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The West Indian Bull' tin, Vol. XII, No. 4, will 

 -shortly be obtainable from the agents for the sale of 

 the publications of the Department, price tjd.; post 



Analysis has sho.vn that Brotmeh! has a similar 

 composition to wheat bran as regards nutritive sub- 

 stances; it possesses some objection in that its ash con- 

 tent is high. Trials in feeding cows or. the product 

 have proved successful. 



Hew Plants at the Grenada Botanic Station. 



The Commissioner of Agriculture has recently 

 obtained from Kew a collection of plants for the 



•^irenada Botanic Station. 



This collection comprises the following, in some 



■cases there being included more than one plant of 

 a species: Agave twenty species. .Vloe nine, Cereus four, 

 Cotyledon two, Crinum one, Dasylirion two, Dyckia 

 ■two, Furcraea one, ( Jasteria three, Haworthia one, 

 Kalanchot^ two, Mammillaria one, Mesembryantlienium 



■si.x, Opuntia eleven, Portulaearia one, Senecio one 



■species. The collection >:omprises seventy-eight indi- 

 vidual plants in all. 



The Hibiscus in Hawaii. 



In the Annual Report of the Hawaii Agricultural 

 Experiment Station for 1911, )). 41, mention is made 

 ajf the successful holding of an exhibition of Hibiscus 

 in Hawaii, and methods are also given for the propaga- 

 tion of this useful ornamental plant. The first exhi- 

 xion, held during the month of .June 1911, is said to 

 have astonished even those most familiai- with these 

 plants, by the number and beauty of the varieiios 

 which were brought together. The Hawaii .Vgricul- 

 <tural Experiment .Station co-operated in this under- 

 taking by exhibiting Howers; over 8.000 cuttings of 

 different varieties have been sent out from the station. 

 A method has been adopted in this propagation work 

 by which the plants can be multiplied rapidly at 

 :i nominal expense. Beds of ordinary beach sand are 

 prepared in the open; the cuttings are tied up in 

 bundles of fifty or 100 and planted in the sand where 

 they root rapidly. They are thus quickly put in, and 

 can be speedily removed. 



A Source of Food for Animals. 



An account is given in .Uitteilungen der Deui- 

 •ichen Landtvirtshafts-Gesellscliaft, XXVII, pp. 254 

 and 272, May 1912, of a product used for feeding 

 Animals, called Brotmehl. 



The source of this product, which has originated 

 in Charlottenburg, is the leavings from the table 

 sAfhich, by order of the police are saved separately 

 from the other household waste products. The leavings 

 are collected by a company which deals with waste 

 substances, freed from anything that they may contain 

 that is nob useful for food, ground after having been 

 •wetted, pressed and dried, and then mixed. The pro- 

 duct has a light-brown colour and a pleasant smell; it 

 liis fed alone or mixed with molasses. 



Fruit-Selling by Measure in Jamaica. 



Reference was made on page 268 of this volume 

 of the Agriiidtv.ral Nev.s to Law 11 of 1912, .Jamaica, 

 which is a Law to prescribe a measure to be used in the 

 purchase of citrus fnii*) by licensed produce dealers. 

 It is to b? cited as the Sale of Citrus Fruit Law, 1912. 



The law provides that all citrus fruit sold by 

 measure to a licensed produce dealer shall be sold by 

 a measure described in the schedule or by such other 

 measure as the (Jovernor, on the recommendation of 

 the- -Jamaica Agricultural Society, may prescribe, the 

 size and dimensi>>ns being those mentioned in the 

 schedule. Provision is made, farther, for punishment 

 for offences under the Act. 



By the term Licensed Produce Dealer is meant 

 any pei-son holding a current license under Law 31 of 

 190:? entitled The' Produce Protection Law, 1903. The 

 expression Citrus Fruit includes orange.«, grape fruit, 

 shaildocks, lemons and limes. 



The schedule describes the package for the sale of 

 the fruit as a bo.x measuring on the inside 2 feet in 

 length, 1 foot in breadth .xnd 1 foot in depth, and 

 usually known as the Florida standard orange box. 



A Lecture on Tuberculosis among Stock. 



At a special meeting of the Agricultural and Com- 

 mercial Society of Antigua, held on August 23, a paper 

 dealing with the residts of tests for tuberculosis was 

 read by Mr. P. T. Saunders, M.R.C.V.S., Veterinary 

 Oflicer of the Imperial Department of Agriculture. 

 Attention was drawn to the nature of the disease, its 

 symptoms, and post mortem appearances, and the 

 causal agent was described. The tuberculin test was 

 also explained. The tests recently carried out were 

 then analysed. The total number of animals tested 

 was lt)2, and of these forty reacted to the test, giving 

 a percentage of 24 7. Of the number tested, forty- 

 three were working cxen, twenty-six bulls, sixty- 

 six cows, seventeen heifers and ten steers. The oxen 

 were affected to the extent of 41 9 per cent., the bulls 

 2(39 per cent., the cows 13'tj per cent., the heifers 

 17'6 per cent.: an<l the steers 30 per cent. 



It was pointed out that the tests could not be con- 

 sidered as representing an average incidence of the 

 disease, because many were suspected animals, but the 

 seriousness of the disease was emphasized from the 

 fact that of 137 animals not suspected, twenty-three, 

 or 168 per cent., were found to be affected. 



The means for suppression of the disease were 

 finally dealt with and the generally accepted methods 

 of eradication were outlined. 



