Feb. 2, 1903.] Snpphmcni to the " Tro}>ical Agriculiurist} 
579 
ing that we should have to subsist on the flesh of 
animals that have been well-nigh flayed alive 
under the rod of the cart driver, their tails twisted 
out of joint, their necks galled with-many a sore ? 
I should like to see bulls classed under two heads: 
(I) Draught bulls, (2) Bulls for meat, and the one 
should not encroach on the functions of tlie other. 
It may be said that such a regulation will reduce 
the meat supply. If so, there should at least be a 
rule to the eflfect that the cart bulls must have 
been out to pasture or stalk-fed for a certain 
period after giving up the yoke and bef«re coming 
under the pole-axe. An age limit should also be 
placed on animals brought to slaughter. 
In the meat stalls, beef should be labelled so as 
to distinguish ox meat from bufilalo meat. Further, 
I would have ox meat classified as 1st, 2ad or 3rd 
quality beef. All this should be done by the meat 
inspector or whoever has to supervise the slaughter 
of cattle and inspect meat stalls. For in- 
stance, let the prices be regulated something in 
this way : Ox meat, 1st 20 cts, 2ud 18 cts, 3rd 15 
cents. Buffalo meat, 1st 18 cts, 2iid loots, 3rd 
12 cts. In this way we shall not be at the mercy 
of the cook and the meat seller. 
The question is, are the proposals I liave made 
practicable ? . That is a question for the represent- 
atives of the people, who have or should have 
the health and well-being of their constituents at 
heart, to decide. A conscientious ofiicer can do a 
great deal even without the aid of tlie Law and 
the Municipal piophets. I have heard it said 
that by the enforcement of stringent measures 
and close inspection, the medical oiHcer of tlie 
town of Matale has materially improved the 
quality of the beef sold there, and that the people 
do not object to pay a higher price for good 
meat, seeing that i a lb. supplies as much nutri- 
ment as twice that quantity of poorer stuff. 
Cannot the capital city of the Island emulate the 
example of the little town of Matale ? 
Yours truly, 
A. C. 
[AVe are doubtful whether the classification of 
auimals as suggested by our correspondent is 
feasible, but there is something in his suggestion 
regarding the classification of meat ; and of one 
thing we are convinced, and that is that 
conscientious inspection of cattle and meat can, to 
a great extent, remedy the evil complained of. — ■ 
Ed. A.m.] 
THE JACK {ARTOCARFUS INTEGRI- 
FOLIA). 
{Concluded.) 
The jack tresis also useful as a timber tree. The 
wood is bright yellow when first cut and is hard. It 
soon turns darker on exposure, however, and when 
old and polished, compares very favourably witli 
mahogany in durability, beauty of grain, and 
colour. From India and the South Seas the 
timber is sent to England, where it is used for 
cabinet and furniture making, and largely in the 
manufacture of bush backs. It takes a very high 
polish, and works up very like satinwood. In 
ludia the wood of the roots is used for carving, 
and small boxes and articles cf this wood, after 
seasoning and being artificially scented (','enerully 
by being packed together witii sandal wood) 
are passed off as of this more valuable wood. The 
principal use of tlii,> jack tree in the northern portion 
of this State would be as fodder, and in thi,^ way 
it would probably prove as valuable as the 
Aigaroba or Jlesquit bean tree. The leaves are 
readily eaten by stock, and it is a tree tliat will 
grow in a dry as well as in a hot climate. In 
some of the-dry parts of India it is extensively 
lopped annually to feed cattle. The fruit also are 
greedily eaten by all kinds of stock ; pigs and 
calves are very fond of them. Tiie frui'-, how- 
ever, unless allowed to become overripe and drop, 
should be split opej. As a shade tree in paddocks 
it is always green and cool. 
Like all other artocarpuds, the jack exudes a 
considerable quantity of viscid milky juice, from 
which the best bird lime is made in India. This 
sap i,s also used, mL-ted witii other material, for 
caulking small boats and canoes. A yellow or 
khaki dye is extracted from the wood, bark and 
roots (and Bernays says, also by boiling the saw 
dust). As an ornamental tree in the tropical 
landscape gardening it is in demand, and in farm- 
yards or their vicinity is a grateful as well as 
handsome shade, and if used for no other pur- 
pose adds considerably to the too little used com- 
post raanure heap by its shed leaves and fruits. 
As a shade for coffee it is popular in some parts, 
especially steep land, where the soil is a bad 
reUiner of moisture. I have also seen the leaves 
plaited or pinned together with thorns to make 
plates for the native's meals of rice, &e. Altogether 
the tree is thought highly of and considered second 
only to the bread-ftuit in economic value in its 
native land, where it is one of the few trees left 
standing and preserved when new scrub land is 
opened for cultivation. 
In India several seeds are oftien sown together, 
and the young plants subsequently grafted together 
into one stem by approach, making a stronger and 
somewhat quicker growing tree. This is supposed 
to make the tree come into tfearing earlier also, but 
this is very doubtful. Bernays states that whole 
fruits are planted for subsequently grafting as 
above. I have not seen this done, but, if the 
whole 100 or 200 seeds germinated, the subsequent 
grafting or inarching must prove a somewhat 
complicated process. In the same article by 
Bernays which is about the best I have yet met 
■with on this too little appreciated tree, a method 
of growing a long stem is described, which I have 
carried out with some success. By this method 
of cultivation the seedliug jack is made to grow up 
a hollow bamboo till 2^ to 3 feet high ; then the 
stem which is thin and pliable, is twisted round 
like a spring or corkscrew — more ofteu in one 
large circle — on the ground and covered in with 
earth. This stem grows with the tree, and, if 
bearing on the stems and branches is discouraged, 
will often bear on the buried portion of the stem. 
This procedure is not- invariably successful, how- 
ever. It is an experiment easily made, and the root 
fruit, if obtained is so vastly superior to others aa 
to be well wortii the time and trouble. The first 
indication of a root fruit is a slight upheaval of 
