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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



February 18, 1911. 



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Vol. X. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1911. No. 230. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Contents of Present Issue. 



The editorial gives a review of the subject of the 

 Acclimatization of Stock in the Tropics — a matter that 

 is of increasing interest, both in those parts which have 

 been settled for some time, and in those which are being 

 exploited at the present moment. 



The subject-matter on page .53 is confined to 

 various point's of information concerning Toggenbiirg 

 goats, and an illustration is included of an animal which 

 is a cross between the Toggenburg and Anglo-Nubian 

 breeds. 



An account of the eighty-thiid meeting of the 

 British Cotton Growing Association is contained on 

 page .54. 



The greater part of page 55 is taken up with 

 a review of the report on the Botanic Station, etc., 

 Grenada, 1909-10. The issue of this report completes 

 the series published by this J )epartment for that season. 



Under the heading Insect Notes, on page .58, a con- 

 clusion is made of the articles commenced in the last 

 issue of the Agricultural Ni'ics, presenting a summary 

 of entomological information contained in this journal 

 and the West Indian BuUetiv during last year. 



An interesting paper, which describes a method 

 recently adopted for studying problems in soil fertility, 

 is abstracted on page .59. 



The Fungus Notes (]». (i2) deal with The Secretion 

 of Poisons by Fungi and the Cireen Muscardinc Fungus 

 of Frog-hoppers. 



Publications of the Imperial Department of 

 Agriculture. 



Vol. XI, No. 2, of the West Indian Bulletin has 

 just been issued. The first article in this consists of 

 a Report on the Prevalence of Some Pests and Diseases 

 in the AVest Indies, for the year 1909-10, by F.W.South, 

 B.A., JTycologist, and H.A. Ballon, M.Sc, Entomologist 

 on the Slat!' of the Department. This is completed by ^ 

 an index consisting of two parts, dealing respectively 

 with the diseases and pests; each part treats of its sub- 

 ject from tiie side of the diseases or pests, and fi-om that 

 of their distribution, so that the index is particularly 

 handy for purposes of reference, and contains a large 

 amount of useful information, in itself. This is followed 

 by An Account of the Report of the Royal Commission 

 on Trade Relations Between Canada and the West 

 Indies, to which is appended a Memorandum by the 

 Imperial (Commissioner of Agriculture for the West 

 Indies on the Development of a West Indian Fruit 

 Trade. 



The remaining articles in this issue are by W. N. 

 Sands, Superintendent of Agriculture, St. Vincent. 

 The first of these presents a report by Mr. Sands on 

 his recent work in Canada, in connexion with the 

 Canadian Exhibitions, as the representative of the 

 Imperial Department of Agriculture. The second gives 

 the results of investigations conducted by Mr. Sands ^ 

 into the position occupied by British West Indian limes 

 in the New York Market. 



The West Indian Bulletin may be obtained from 

 the agents for the publications of the Department, price 

 6d., post free 8d. 



It may be mentioned that the Report on the 

 Botanic Station, etc., St.. Vincent, for 1909-10 has just 

 been issued, while the similar report for Grenada will 

 be distributed shortly. The price of these is, respec- 

 tivel}', 6d., post free Hd., and -id., post free 4d., and they 

 are obtainable from the agents for the publications of 

 the Department. 



The Yield of Camphor from Different Parts of 

 the Plant. 



Experiments that have been conducted in .lamaica 

 and Antigua, and in the Federated Malay States, notes 

 on which have been given in the Agricultural iVeius, 

 Vols. VIII, p. 328, and IX, p. 233, have shown that the 

 youngest parts of the plant give the greatest yield of 

 camphor. 



In connexion with this result, it is of interest that 

 a note in the Planters' Chronicle, for December 17, 

 1910, based on information contained in Der Pflanzer 

 (1910, 0, 80), states that experiments made at the 

 Biological Agricultural Institute at Amani, Ciernian 

 East Africa, showed that young twigs and leaves are 

 richer in camphor than the wood. The trials were 

 carried out with about 3, .500 trees, mostly three and 

 a half years old, a few being older than this The trees 

 were cut back to about one-third of their height, 

 without ill effect. 



