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is, however, very great and consequently nearly all growers of 

 Ramie have so far lost money on it. The opposition to be over- 

 come by those endeavoring to introduce a new fiber renders its 

 success almost impossible, as no manufacturer will buy unless 

 it is better and cheaper than standard libers and can be guar- 

 anteed regularly in large quantities. The price offered by the 

 Ramie mills it at present much below the cost of production. 



CHILI SAUCE. 



The following recipe is from the Journal of the Jamaica Agri- 

 cultural Society for May: Thirty ripe tomatoes, ten onions, six 

 green peppers, two cups sugar, five tablespoonfuls salt, one pint 

 vinegar. Peel the tomatoes and cut, chop the onions, boil for 

 two hours. 



PINEAPPLES IN JAMAICA. 



Pineapple growing as an industry has not been profitable in- 

 Jamaica, although ideal conditions exist and shipping facilities 

 are good". The cause of this failure is said to be attributable 

 solely to the choice of a wrong variety of fruit. The Smooth 

 Cayenne and the Rippley pines are reported as the rocks upon 

 which the industry has been wrecked. It is now proposed to 

 give more attention to the Red Spanish pineapple of which much 

 is honed. 



MEAD OR HONEY BEER. 



The following recipe is taken from the Queensland Agricul- 

 tural Journal. Its simplicity of manufacture should commend 

 this excellent beverage : 



Take five gallons of rain water and add one quart of honey. 

 Boil gently for one and a half hours, skimming often. Empty 

 into an earthen vessel, and when blood warm pour into a clean 

 cask. The bung should be fitted loosely. If kept in a warm 

 room, fermentation will begin in from five to fifteen days. After 

 fourteen days fermentation, draw off into another cask, leaving 

 the dregs. In the second cask fermentation should be allowed to 

 proceed from lo to 14 days. When the mead Is calm, so that 

 nothing more is heard in the cask, close the bung. After thirty 

 days draw off into bottles, cork well and pack in sand. 



The ancient Germans attributed health and longevity to the use 



