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% he Supplement to the Tropical Agriculturist 



Manihot Glazlovii for normal tropical climates. 

 Manihot Dichotoma for rather dry regions. 

 Manihot Piausensis for Sight sandy soil only in 

 rather dry regions. 



These three varieties are very suitable for elevations; especially Dichotoma 

 and Piauiensis which have been successfully planted up to 5,500 feet. 



Seeds true to name 



carefully prepnred and tested, we supply for trial orders, postage paid to all 



countries, in 



Parcels of tOibs net at £3, 



after receipt of money order or cheque. 



10 lbs. contain about '6, 700 seeds of Dichotoma or Piauhiensis; about 6,300 

 seeds of Glaziovii ; if requested the parcels can also be assorted, according to 

 orders in two or three of these varieties. — Prices for bags of 135 lbs. on 

 application. 



Gevekoht & Wedekind 



Hamburg 1. 



Telegraphic-Address: "Geveklnd Hamburg." 

 :: A. B. C. Code 5th Edition. :: 



CANNI NG MAN GOES. 



New Indian Industry. 



Mr W H Michael, United States Consul- 

 General, Calcutta, writes in a recent report: — 



A few years ago a young Hindu named A B 

 Sircar conceived the idea of canning mangoes in 

 India. After giving the matter considerable 

 thought he went to the United States to learn 

 the art of canning peaches and othpr fruits 

 grown in California, and also the trade of tinner 

 or at least enough of the trade to be able to 

 manufacture tin cans and to solder the cans in 

 the best manner when filled with fruit. He 

 spent several years in different canneries in Cali- 

 fornia and also obtained degrees in chemistry 

 and bacteriology. He returned to Calcutta and 

 secured sufficient financial backing to 



E8TABUSII A PLANT AT MDZAFFARPUK, 



which is about 350 miles from Calcutta on the 

 East Indian Railway. About Rs75,000 has been 

 expended on the plant and all the machinery 

 was purchased in the United States. Although 

 just starting in the business, 20,000 cans of 

 mangoes and pineapples ware shipped to Europe 

 in 1910, mostly to London, in 1911 shipments 

 aggregated 18,000 cans of mangoes and 12,000 

 cans of lichis to Europe. At the branch here a 

 case of 24 2-^-pound cans sells for Rs42, and it 

 coBts RslO freight to land a case in London. The 

 company also sells lichis put up in 1 J-pound tins. 



THE PROCESS 



of canning the maDgo is precisely the same as 



that employed in canning freestone peaches in 

 California. The mangoes ace carefully pared 

 and the stones taken out. Overripe, bruised or 

 otherwise unfit fruits are rejected. The man- 

 goes thus stripped of their peel and stones are 

 put in cans, which are then weighed and filled 

 with syrup. Then the cap is soldered on to the 

 opening of the can with a capping steel, leaving 

 a vent hole in the middle of the can for driving 

 out the air inside, Steam from a boiler is paseod 

 into water in a large wooden vat and the cans 

 are placed in the boiling water in crates sus- 

 pended from a crane. This is called exhausting. 

 After the air has been driven out the vent hole 

 is soldered up and the cans are put in boiling 

 water. This operation is called processing. 

 After a certain time the cans are taken out and 

 placed in the cooling vat. Some of the cans are 

 put in an incubator and the fruit examined with 

 a microscope to see whether it is free from 

 bacteria. Last year the canning plant employed 

 more than 80 persons per day. The common 

 labourers receive 5 to 8 anna3 a day, and those 

 who peel the fruits are paid by the hundred. It 

 is said that the employees show wonderful adap- 

 tability to the work, and at the end of the sea- 

 son were able to do three times as much work as 

 at the beginning. Even persons belonging to 

 high-caste families took an interest, and some ot 

 them became employees in the cannery. It is 

 believed that plenty of intelligent labour can be 

 obtained. — Times of India, June 4. 



