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Molasses a Valuable Fertilizer. 



Molasses has for a long time been 

 looked upon in Mauritius as a valuable 

 fertilizer for sugar cane lands. An anal- 

 ysis shows that this molasses, which is 

 not muscovado but that resulting from 

 the vacuum process of sugar making, 

 contains from 6.27 to 9.37 lbs. of nitrogen, 

 from 23.14 to 26.62 lbs. of potash, and 



"pVERY Railway Manager, Engineer, 

 -Lj Wharf Owner, Sugar Planter, Con- 

 tractor or other intellij^ent Citizen, 

 knows that WOOD if unpreserved, ROTS, 

 especially in tropi::al climates, and that the 

 Teredo Navalis and the Limnoria will 

 honeycomb piles in salt water in two years. 

 The only remedy is thorough 



CREOSOTING 



The U.S. Bureau of Forestry says: "Well Creosoted 

 Wood Will Last Indefinitely." 



WE FURNISH THE FOLLOWING 

 Railroad and Street Railway Ties, Bridge 

 Pilingr and Timbers, Derriclc and Cane 

 Hoist Timbers, Telephone and Tele- 

 graph Poles and Cross Arms, 

 Posts of All Kinds. 

 Timbers Framed io Blue Print 



All of the above preserved against rot, and 

 the attack of the Teredo and Limnoria. 



We Solicit Export to Any Port 



We Ship by Steamer or Schooner, Large or Small Orders 



SHIPPING PORTS, MOBILE, 6ULFP0RT, OR NEW ORLEANS 



Capacity 2,000,000 ft. b. m. per month 



A LARGE, NEW, MODERN PLANT 



Oulfport Creosoting- CO. 

 GUI^KI»OR.X, Bliss. 



from 0.79 to 0.88 lb. of phosphoric acid 

 per 100 gallons. The report further 

 states: "All the planters who use mo- 

 lasses as manure are satisfied! with the 

 results obtained, and it is astonishing 

 that the practice is not more general." 

 The method of applying molasses va- 

 ries. In some cases about a litre is 

 poured into each cane hole where the 

 cuttings are to be planted two or three 

 months later. A second method is to 

 apply it on the surface between the cane 

 rows, which are about 5 feet apart. A 

 third method is to make a mixture com- 

 posed of scum cake from the filter 

 presses, ashes from the megass furnaces, 

 and molasses; about half a kilo, is put 

 into each cane hole at the time of plant- 

 ing, or in some cases it is applied direct 

 around the cane stool instead of farm- 

 yard or chemical manure. Apart from 

 the plant food constituents contained in 

 the molasses, it is possible that this ma- 

 terial influences the soil fertility by serv- 

 ing as a source of energy to the nitrogen 

 assimilating organisms present. — Agri- 

 cultural News, Barbados. 



Receiver for Cuba Eastern. 



The Cuba Eastern Railroad, one of the 

 promotions of H. W. Bennett & Co., went 

 into the hands of a receiver Aug. 11. It 

 has been in the hands of a bondholders' 

 protective committee since the suspension 

 of the Knickerbocker Trust Company, 

 which underwrote the bonds and was heav- 

 ily interested in them. 



W. Harris Roome, who has been vice- 

 president and general manager since last 

 October, was appointed receiver. An order 

 was made returnable on August 25 to show 

 cause why the receivership should not be 

 made permanent. 



We Manufacture 



CANE CARS 



of All Types 



TheKILBOURNE& 

 JACOBS MFQ. CO. 



Columbus, O., U.S.A. 



HAVAN'V orFic"B: 

 Apirtado 932 



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