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Bananas. — Bananas, which are one of the staple feeds in 

 Jamaica, can l-e fed in varions ways. Ripe bananas produce the 

 best results, fjreen bananas should be boiled with salt and fed 

 cold. Admirable results have been obtained with green bananas 

 treated as follows : Strip off the fingers and throw into barrels, 

 cover over to exclude the air and leave to ferment, when the fruit 

 is reduced to a pulp bale out the solid mass and feed to the pigs, 

 the vinegar can be stored and ripened for domestic use. 



Styes and Pens. — The man who keeps pigs in a filthy stye 

 should be prosecuted ; insanitary quarters breed disease. A large 

 run is not necessary for fattening pigs, but if confined in a small 

 space Ihey must be kepi dry and clean. A concrete floor is per- 

 haps best, but boards raised a little off the ground do equally 

 w^ell, and when the ground underneath gets foul they can be re- 

 moved to a fresh place. Above ail, proper provision must be made 

 for a sleeping place, affording ample protection from rain. For 

 fattenmg pigs in larger quantities, select an old building (if you 

 have one) and make the roof water-tight, so that the pigs are 

 sure of a dry bed in all weathers; adjoining it fence in two runs 

 sufficiently large to give the pigs plenty of room to root, when 

 ihe gr'jund in one begins to get foul change to the other. 



Lime. — Always disinfect with lime all foul pens after clearing 

 away the manure. 



A. H. Pin NOCK. 



Lyndhurst, St. Andrew. 



GARDEN VEGETABLES. 



The production cf garden vegetables for the market is almost 

 entirely in tlie hands of Chinese, but products of better qualities 

 than the ordinary varieties commonly grown by these people, 'find 

 good sale at fair prices. Conditions are such that any settler can 

 grow almost any class of garden vegetables, excepting celery, 

 peas and cauliflower, in his ovv'ii garden at all seasons of the year. 

 Insect pests and plant diseases are as abundant in Hawaii as any- 

 where else, but here, as elsewhere, yield readily to the application 

 of scientific remedies. There are good openings in the islands for 

 people who wish to undertake the cultivation of the better class 

 of garden products. Cabbages, peas, sweet and Irish potatoes, 

 green corn, lettuce, parsley, tomatoes and many others grow as 

 well here as anywhere else. Vegetables of the melon and squash 

 Lypes are subject to damage by a fruit-fly, which stings the young 

 fruit and causes it to rot or drop off. Excellent celery and cauli- 

 flower are grown at elevations above 3000 feet. Green corn is in 

 the Honolulu market the year round. — Jared Sinif/i. 



