May, 1910.] 432 



channel, provision will need to be made 

 to store some water for this purpose as 

 the channel will, in all probability, be 

 empty for longer intervals than the 

 plant will stand. Tanks are chiefly con- 

 structed, and with a pump available, 

 the soil may be used to form a basin 

 above the level, from which the water 

 may be gravitated as required. 



The above notes will serve as a general 

 answer to the queries given at the head 

 of this article, but it is well to lemember 

 that only broad principles can be given 

 the cultivator on paper. The irrigator 

 himself must solve most of the pro- 

 blems—and they will not be few — that 

 will arise. Hired labour will seldom be 

 satisfactory. The successful irrigator 

 will always be the small holder who can 

 give his personal attention to a small 

 area and work it thoroughly. As for 

 the larger holders, profits are to be 

 made even with rougher and cheaper 

 methods of distribution ; but not to the 

 extent possible with the smaller man. 



As a parting word, never let the water 

 touch the stems of growing plants in 

 hot weather, else you ruu serious risk 

 of injury to the plant. As to results to 

 be aimed at, if fruit growing is the 

 selected way, little improvement is 

 possible upon the existing methods of 

 cultivation and watering in vogue in 

 Mildura and in the Goulburn Valley. If 

 fodder and its conservation into animal 

 products per medium of the cow or the 

 sheep is chosen, then use all endea- 

 vours to get a good standard of lucerne. 

 Do not graze, but cut it and hand feed ; 

 and prepare to cut it out at intervals of 

 from five to eight years and resow after 

 an interval of other crops. 



LITERATURE OP ECONOMIC 

 BOTANY AND AGRICULTURE. 



By J. C. Willis. 



Olives :— 



D'Aygalliers. L'olivier et l'huile 

 d'olive 1900. 



Pickling green and ripe olives. Gras- 

 by in Queensl. Agr. .11., Feb. 1910, 

 p. 56. 



Examination of olive oil for the pre- 

 sence of Arachis oil. Hackman in 

 Chem. and Drug., 20. 2. 1910, p. 329. 



Opium :— 



The Bengal opium department. Ind. 

 Agr. 2. 3. 1908, p. 80. 



Miscellaneous. 



Da,s Opium ; Seine Gewinnuug and 

 Verbieitung, Tropenpfl., May 1909, 

 p. 208. 



Opuntia :— 



Prickly pear as fodder. Queensl. Agr. 

 Jl., 21 Aug. '08. " T, A." Oct. 1908, 

 p. 142. 



A new forage plant for India. Ind. 



Agric, Nov. 1909, p. 327. 

 Prickly pear : a pest or a fodder 

 plant. Ewart. Jl. Dpt. Agri. Vic- 

 toria, Sept. 1909. " T. A.*' Feb. 1910, 

 p. 115. 



Palmyra Palm :— 



The Godaveri palm disease. "T.A." 

 Sept, 1907, p. 203. 



Pandanus :— 



Pandanus, Str. Bull., Aug. 1907, p. 241. 

 Papatv : — 



Correlation of flower and fruit struc- 

 ture in Carica Papaya. Wester: 

 Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, '08, p. 41. 

 Packing and shipping of fruit. 



" T.A." Feb. 1909, p. 148. 

 Papaya juice, Philippine Ag, Review, 

 April 1909, p. 178. "T.A," Sept. 

 p. 217. 



Carica Papaya. TropenH., Nov. 1909, 

 p. 542. 



Paper :— 



The manufacture of paper and paper- 

 pulp in Burma. " T.A." June 1907, 

 p. 355. 



Lalang as a paper material. Ridley 

 in Str. Bull. 1907, p. 379. 



Lalang grass possessing good paper- 

 making qualities, do. May 1908, 

 p. 177. 



Paper from wood pulp. "T.A." Dec 

 1907, p. 4U7. 



Wood pulp and wood pulp mach- 

 inery. Queensl. Agr. Jl., 1904, p. 44. 



Lalang as a paper making material. 

 Agri. Bull. Sfcr., Dee. 1908, p. 585. 



The supply and manufacture of wood- 

 pulp. Ind. Tr. Jl., April'0!). " T.A." 

 Nov., p. 409. 



Pa per making in India. Madras Mail 



25. 10.09. "T.A." Feb. 1910, p. 107. 

 New fibres for paper. Jan- 1910, p. 31. 

 Paper making in India, do. p. 102. 



Paspa lum : — 



Pohath. A note on amu cultivation. 

 "T.A." July 1907, p. 52. 



Patchouly :— 



Patchouli. Str. Bull., June 1908, p. 195. 



