100 Journal oi the Department of Agriculture. — Aug., 1922. 



8. The cardboards in which books are packed should be utilized 

 when returiiiug the books to the library, and care should be taken 

 that the works are properly wrapped up. 



9. Applicants will be advised of the dispatch of any books, and 

 should at once inquire at their post office regarding any non-receipts, 

 at the same time informing the librarian. 



Fines. 



10. Any one who tails to return a work within the specified time 

 may be fined Id. for each day that he keeps the book beyond the 

 time appointed, providing the whole amount of the fine does not 

 exceed tne value of the book. Such defaulter can be refused the 

 loan of another book from the library until the missing work has 

 been returned and the fine paid. AVithm six weeks the deiaulter must 

 eitner provide a copy of equal value or pay the value of the book. 



11. Any one returning a book to the library in any way damaged 

 or destroyed is liable for the damage done, the amount of which sfiall 

 be determined by the librarian unless the damage is due to ordinary 

 wear and tear. Any one scribbling in or defacing a book may be 

 fined by the Department not less than Is. for each book so defaced 

 or written in. 



12. Any one who does not do so after receiving notification from 

 the librarian to return a work shall be liable to a fine of 2s. 6d. 



The well-known agricultural scientist, Professor L. H. Bailey, 

 of America, states in one of his books that as far as he can ascertain 

 not one farmer in four reads an agricultural book, bulletin, or news- 

 paper. "It is all well enough," he writes, " that the farmer thinks 

 in terms of experience rather than in terms of books, but a sound 

 reading habit is essential to his progress and his success." So far 

 as the Union is concerned, every endeavour is made to place before 

 the farmer sound and timely literature in the form of the Journal 

 and the various bulletins published by the Department from time to 

 time. In addition, the wealth of the Department's library is avail- 

 able to him, and it is trusted that increasing numbers will seize the 

 opportunity thus offered. 



South African Grround-nnts : Oversea Confectionery 

 Trade. 



In last month's issue of the Journal reference was made to the 

 satisfactory report received from the Trade Commissioner on two 

 samples of shelled and unshelled ground-nuts from South Africa. 

 In the course of the report it was pointed out that the quality of the 

 samples was of such an order that they would readily be bought by 

 the confectionery and fruit trade, for which purpose they would 

 command higher prices than if bought for crushing or extraction. 

 Further information on the subject has come to hand from the Trade 

 Commissioner, who states that the sample of undecorticated nuts in 

 question is considered to be equal in quality to the Chinese nut, but 

 not in colour. When known to the trade, it is expected that the price 

 our nuts of this quality would obtain would be about that ruling for 

 the Chinese nut, which is 24s. to 26s. per cwt., although at present 

 from Is. to 2s. less per cwt. may be expected. In China, it may again 

 be mentioned, the practice is to hand-pick the ground-nuts, reserving 

 the better ones for the confectionery trade, and selling the remainder 

 as second-grade to local mills for crushing. 



