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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[June i, 1882. 
their hauds pretty full— and with the support of true 
friends of Indiau tea,* I fully expect to see the con- 
sumption of Indian tea just doubled in Victoria, and 
increased throughout the colonies. 
Apologizing for trespassing so much on your space, 
—I remain, your obedient servant, 
J, 0. MOODY. 
PUBLIC SALE OF CINCHONA BARK. 
Mr. E. John disposed of the following lots of hark 
at a public sale held in the Fort today (19 April) :— 
Eillamulla — 19 bags Succirubra chips and twigs 20c ; 1 do do 
Dust 10c ; 12 do Officinalis chips 45c. 
Fruit Hill.— Sue. : 4 bags twigs and chips 10c ; 19 bags twigs 25c. 
Elbedde.— 2 bags Succirubra stem pieces 62|c ; 4 do do stem 
quills 874c ; 1 do do root 60c ; 4 do do branch quill 40c ; 103 do 
do beaten twigs 24c ; 1 do Officinalis stem quill E1'55 ; 4 do do 
beaten twigs 20c ; 1 do do stem pieces El '30. 
Gouagalla. — 133 bags Succirubra branch anal. "51 Sulph. of Q. 
30c. V ; ' ' 
St. Eegulus.— 12 bags Succirubra root and stump pieces 57}c ; 
18 do do chips and pieces 37£c ; 25 do do branch and twigs 21c ; 
2 do do papery quill and branch 22-Jc ; 53 do do branch 25c ; 
46 do do stem quill anal. T35 Sul. of quinine 75c ; 26 do Of- 
ficinalis chips and twigs 22c ; 7 do do branch 21c ; 6 do do quill 
El-35 ; 5 do do stem chips El. 
Glashaugh.— Succirubra : 65 bags chips and scrapings and 15 do 
do do27Jc; 76 do large branch shavings anal. -96 Sul. of Q,., 50c. 
Fordyce. — Succirubra : 39 bags twigs iiOc ; 23 do chips 67|-c. 
Wavendon. Officinalis: 54 bags twigs lie ; 3 do root 92 Jc ; 
13 do stem chips 87i; J do quill 75c. 
Templestowe.— 6 bags Succirubra bold twigs 21c ; 1 do do 
root h2Jc ; 3 do do stem pieces 82£c ; 2 do do broken quill 82£c ; 
2 do Officinalis stem chips 20c. 
Abbey Craig— Officinalis : 10 bags twigs 19c ; 1 do root 67Jc ; 
1 do chips and tv igs 14c ; 24 do stem chips and shavings 85c. 
Bogahawatte.— 15 bags Succirubra stem chips 75c ; 5 do do 
root 62^c ; 2 do do chips and twigs 12c ; 1 do Officinalis root 40c ; 
3 do do chips 30c. 
Agra.— Succirubra : 26 bags shavings anal. 1'62 Sul. of Q. El'05: 
35 do branch and twigs 27ic. 
Eadella.— 40 bags Succirubra bold twigs 21c ; 2 do Officinalis 
chips and twigs 25c. 
Derryclare. — 3 bags Succirubra t wigs 10c. 
Avoca.— 33 bags Succirubra chips anal. 1 '30 Sul. of Q.; 87-Jc, 
Galkandewatte.— 78 bags Succirubra twigs and chips 30c ; 9 do 
do twigs 15c; 4 do Officinalis twigs 15c. 
Duunottar.— Succirubra: 25 bags branch and twig 25c ; 46 do 
branch and stem shavings anal. '53 Sul. of Q.; 32£c. 
Maskeliya.— 7 bags Officinalis scrapings 18c ; 5 do Succirubra 
scrapings 45c; 2 do do quill 35c; 15 dodo twigs 21c : 29 do do 
twigs 21c. 
Bridwell.— Succirubra 8 bags branch and twigs 25c ; 112 do stem 
shavings Bi'30. Analysis 1'83 sulph quinine. 
Halloowella.— 6 bags succirubra root stem and branch 65c ; 1 do 
officinalis do do42£c. 
K. G.— 171 lb succirubra root 65e; 642 do do stem shavings 
80c ; 79 do do shavings and root 70c ; 137 do branch shavings and 
twigs 25c. 
Ambewelle.— 470 lboflit-iroilfc<wi«*13r : 380 do succirubra twigs 16c. 
L. — 154 lb succirubra good dust 25c. 
Lippakelle.— 329 lb succirubra branch and twigs 20e. 
Troup.— 9 lb succirubra stem quill 80c ; ; 42 do sue. stem and 
branch chips and twigs mixed 50c, 
Mossend.— 1,516 lb officinalis chips 60c. Anal, 1'13 sul. quin ; 
292 do succirubra do 30c. 
Etou. — SOU lb succirubra twigs 16c ; : 90 do do chips 60c ; 30 do 
do dusty chips 1 2c. 
Ardlaw.— 100 succirubra twigs 18c, 
AGRICULTURE ON THE CONTINENT OF 
EUROPE. 
(Special Letter.) 
Paris, March 25th. 
The SociM des A(jriculteurs has held its annual 
Congress, and discussed several questions of general in- 
terest. In the case of wheat it was admitted that much 
could be done to increase the yield, and so combat the 
effects of imported bread stuffs, by each agronomic sta- 
tion conducting experiments, bearing on varieties and 
suitable manures. Care shoidd be taken not to employ 
fertilizers too immediately soluble, more especially of a 
nitrogenous character, which would provoke the laying 
of the crop. A motion waB carried inviting railway 
• Who are not men of the Everard stamp.— Ed. 
companies to establish, in some of their principal sta- 
tions, a meteorological office. Respecting manures for 
vines : those of potash salts, and under the forms of 
sulphates and chlorides, were to be preferred, and emin- 
ently suitable to vines under treatment against the 
phylloxera. The superphosphates soluble in citrate of 
ammonia possess the same agricultural value as such 
salts soluble in water. On the important subject of 
trench-preserved green forage, it was decided that the 
plan deserved adoption ; that every kind of green stuff 
admitted of such treatment, even to rushes and broom 
and vine leaves, crushed or cut. It is not absolutely 
necessary for the successful preservation of green fodder 
to mix it with dry matter — straw, chaff, &c. — or to em- 
ploy even salt. When coming into flower is the best 
period for cutting forage intended for trench-preserv- 
ation, and neither rain nor dew interferes with that 
conservation. No special kind of trench is necessaiy, 
but such as are constructed in masonry have ever 
given the best results. The great aim is to exclude the 
air ; the fodder ought to be placed in the trench regul- 
arly ; chaffing the fodder is not indispensable, save in 
the case of the thick stems of maize and Jerusalem 
artichokes. The alimentary value of the forage ap- 
proaches more to that in its fresh than in a faded con- 
dition. The subject of agricultural education received 
much attention, and a petition was drawn up, that the 
state, not the locality, ought to defray the expenses of 
such instruction in the case of the primary schools. A. 
M. de Haut made some curious observations respecting 
the flooding of vineyards in the Crimea. In France, that 
operation is employed as a remedy against the phyllo- 
xera, and is familiarly known as the Faucon process, 
but in Southern Russia the plan has been found to im- 
prove the quality of the fruit. 
For sick horses carrots constitute a favourite diet ; 
now that root has prematurely decayed this mild winter, 
and many farmers are desirous of obtaining a substitute. 
M. Boussingault suggests Jerusalem artichokes, but ad- 
mits that the peculiar character of the tubercle renders 
cleaning a veiy difficult operation. M. de Behague 
removed the difficulty by placing the roots in heaps, 
leaving the rain to wash them, and which it did so 
effectually as to satisfy his sheep. 
A discussion is taking place as to the best period for 
castrating bulls. Ordinarily, those intended for the butcher 
are cut at the age of five or six months, on the ground 
that the animal then exacts less nutrition. Animals 
thus treated fatten rapidly, but, if destined for work, 
they will be found deficient in order and strength. In 
some regions the bulls are never castrated; they are 
thus unquestionably better fitted for work, though diffi- 
cult in point of docility ; but as for fattening that is 
out of the question. Expeiience, however, indicates that 
castration can be best effected between eight and ten 
months, when the animal exhibits signs of puberty ; it 
will prove easy to fatten or will take to draught work 
with facility. In any case bullocks intended for labour 
ought to be well fed from their earliest age. 
The steam plough is improved to suit the breaking- 
up of new lands in Algeria, where palm and other scrub 
are the chief difficulties against reclamation. The machine 
is made in forged iron and steel, very solid, and the 
sock descends to 14 inches in the soil, and can be 
arranged to penetrate to 20. M. Puzenat has introduced 
ameliorations in the articulated harrow which impart 
great elasticity. He replaces the movable bar by an 
assembly of bars, all of which are, however, independent, 
and preventing the teeth from following in identical 
wakes. The manure distributor of M. Couteau has the 
drums so arranged that the quantity of fertilizer dis- 
tributed, over a width of 88 inches, is regulated with 
mathematical accuracy, following the rapidity with which 
the horse travels, and whether the feitilizer be dry or 
pasty. M. Dauten has invented a veiy ingenious beet- 
dibbling machine. The drums can be set to meet a 
