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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



Apkil 15, 1911. 



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Vol. X. SATURDAY. APRIL 15, 1911. No. 234. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Oontents of Present Issue. 



The subject of the editorial is The Degree of 

 Virulence of Fungus Attacks. It shows that the damage 

 likely to be caused by such attacks varies greatly in 

 different instances, and that the treatment will differ 

 with the circumstances of this; while in some cases, the 

 harm done may be .so great as to lead to the abandon- 

 ment of the cultivation of the plants of the species 

 attacked. 



( )n page 119, some facts are presented in connexion 

 with the forest resources of the world. 



Attention is drawn to a note on this page, setting 

 forth the contents of the We-si 7% Jia?? Bulletin, ^o]. XL, 

 Ko. 3, which is now being issued. It will be followed by 

 Pamphlet No. G7, entitled Secilling and Other Canes 

 in the Leeward Islands, 1909-10. 



The Insect Notes, on page 122, contain two articles 

 dealing respectively with pests of palms that have been 

 found to attack sugar-cane, and with some general facts 

 concerning the control of insect pests. 



Articles on the forthcoming International Rubber 

 and Allied Trades E.Khibition appear on ))age 123. The 

 second of these shows that the list of prizes for compet- 

 ition has been increased by the offer of two silver cups 

 by the West India Committee. 



An article on the same page presents the results of 

 work t hat has been done in connexion with the poisoning 

 properties of unripe sorghum. 



The subject of the Fungus Notes (page 12(5) is 

 .The Fungus Causing Pine-ajiple Disease. The article 

 shows that this fungus is capable of attacking a larger 

 variety of host plants than was suspected at first. 



Publications of the Imperial Department of 



Agriculture. 



The Wi'st Indian Bulletin, Vol. XI, No. 3, is now 

 being i-isued The first article in it is entitled Fungus 

 Diseases of Ground Nuts in the West Indies, by F. W. 

 South, B.A., Myculogisn on the Staff of the Depart- 

 ment. Ground nuts also receive attention in the next 

 article, Notes on Ground Nuts in the West Indies, 

 which presents the results that have been obtained 

 with this crop in recent years at the various experi- 

 ment stations. The third article consists of a report by 

 H. A. Ballon, M.Sc, Entomologist on the Staff of the 

 Department, giving particulars of a recent visit made 

 by this Officer to Florida, with special reference to the 

 methods that are employed in that State for the con- 

 trol of citrus pests. 



Matters not directly connected with agriculture, 

 but which are of much interest to those whose work is 

 concerned with the growing of crops are dealt with in the 

 information which succeeds A List of the Birds of the 

 Island of St. Lucia, by Austin H. Clark, B.A.. F.R.G.S. 

 Among other matters, this includes pai'ticulais enncern- 

 ing the introduction of birds — a subject which is 

 followed up in the next article, which consists of a short 

 note treating further of the matter. 



The remaining articles are comprised of An Account 

 of the Working of the Land Settlement Scheme in 

 St. Vincent, by VV. N. Sands, Agricultural .Superintend- 

 ent of St. Vincent; The .Sugar Industry of the I.-^land 

 of Negros, by Austin H. Kirby, B.A., Scientific Assist- 

 ant on the Staff of the Department; and Observations 

 on Mill Control Experiments in Negros, by Dr. Francis 

 Watts, C.M.G., Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture. 

 The second of these forms a summary of a report 

 recently issued on the sugar industry of Negros, and 

 the last deals with certain work on the efficiency of 

 sugar mills, the results of which are presented in that 

 report. 



The M^est Indian Bull/ tin may be obtained from 

 the agents for the publications (if the Department, 

 price ()(? , post free Si/. 



Pamphlet No, 07 uf the Department Series, deal- 

 ing with Seedling and Other Canes in the Leeward 

 Islands, is .about to be issued. It will be obtainable 

 from the same agents, at the j^rice of 6cZ,, post free 7 lei. 



Hygiene in English Elementary Schools. 



Information has been received from the Board of 

 Education, Whitehall, that it has been determined to 

 include Hygiene and Physical Training as an additional 

 optional subject at the Certificate Examination for 

 Teachers in Elementary Schools, to be held in December 

 1912. 



In order that candidates may become eligible for 

 examination in the subject, they will have to satisfy the 

 Board that they ha\ e attended an approved course of 

 physical training, which commenced not e.-irlier than 

 August 1, 1911: such an approved couivse should have 

 extendtxl over a period *>( not less than six months, and 

 have included not less than forty hours of instruction. 

 The tests to be passed by candidates will include botfc 



