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country districts it would be well to give a diet of a laxative green food 

 such as Spanish Needle to promote the excetion of the parasites. 



The writer considers, from personal experience with his own horses 

 during the past three years, that the thymol treatment should be regu- 

 larly administered to all horses once a yea-^, preferably in the Spring, 

 The market price of thymol varies considerably , at present the ruling 

 price is 7s. &d. per lb. in Germany. One oz at 6d. would provide 28 

 single doses, so that the actual cost of thymol per horse would not ex- 

 ceed one penny. Supposing one ounce of thymol were purchased this 

 should be dissolved in a little sprit of wine and the solution stirred 

 well into 10 ounces of white " Albion" sugar. If placed in a tin pan 

 and steamed for a short time, the spirit will evaporate and the residue 

 can be bottled for use. The dose for a horse would be one-third ounce 

 night and morning for two successive days. 



SUGAR IN JAMAICA. 



The following communication from Mr. W. H. Farquharson of 

 Eetreat will be read with interest. It was written last November : — 



I have in now on this estate 100 acres seedling canes ; last crop the 

 average yieid of the seedling canes was 40 tons to the acre, some pieces 

 I got as high as 46 tons yielding 3 tons sugar and 2 phns. rum, so 

 that I got three casks to some of the seedling canes. 



They grow beautifully here and the average density of the juice 

 was 9° B I do not think they are so rich in saccharine as the 

 Mont Blanc; I am now cultivating this particular cane here, and I 

 must say it has made a great difference in the out-put of sugar. I 

 shipped 734 casks of sugar and rum from 310 acres of canes and the 

 average cost per cask including interest and all charges was just about 

 £7, this including new buildings that I put up in the works 



I have a new mill coming out from Glasgow, one of McNiel's 5-roll 

 mill ; last year I got by extraction 139 gal. to a ton of canes, I am 

 looking for an increase of 15 fo. Too much attention cannot be paid 

 to the importation of good mils, and if this is done, I think we will 

 be able to hold our own at Cornwall Estate where I have a vacuum 

 pan and doubling crushing. The extraction was 159 gals, to a ton of 

 sugar, but of course the out-put of rum was not so good as Retreat in 

 proportion. I am buying canes this year from small s-ettlers at 8/ per 

 ton, delivered at the works and I am expecting to get 5,000 tons ; the 

 black people are fully aware of the advantige of planting canes and the 

 industry is spreading very much ; in the next Estate to Cornwall, 

 namely Shrewsbury, I have just put up a verj^ fine and improved plant, 

 double mills, green megass furnace, eliminators, and vacuum pan, and 

 we turn out a very high class su^ar, testing 98 in the States. I am 

 also buying canes for this estate and a difference in the wealth of the 

 people round about is quite apparent 



Next crop I intend ti> send you every week a statement of the amount 

 of canes ground, the amount oi juice contained in the canes, amounts 

 of sugar and density of juice, and I would like very much to get some 

 seedling tops from the Gardens. I will be glad if you will send me 

 some of what you consider the best description. 



In i903 at Hetreat estate we carted 5,340 tons canes and made 355 



