870 
Sv/pplement to the "Tropical Agriculturist*' [June J, 1900. 
timber is hard and good. It is of a dar it yellow, 
and is useful in malting furniture. Tiie tree is 
Itrolific. I have had over seventy fruit on one tree, 
averaging 35 to 40 lb. each, some fruit bein? 65 to 
70 lb. each The fruit h is a strong but not un- 
p!e isant smell, though many object to it. Onca 
the taste is acquired, the fruit becomes very uo|iu 
hif. riie sesds make an excellent vegetable, and 
are a g lod substitute for potatoes when boiled. 
When dried and ground the seeds or nuts give a 
wholeso enual. The nuts roasted are not unlike 
Knglish chestnuts. The fruit, seeds, pulp, skin, 
and all except the rough outer covering are readily 
eaten by cattle, and pigs are specially fond of 
them and fatten on them. 
The Farm and Dairy in referring to the pr oposal 
made by the Principal of Hawkesbury College 
NS. W.' to grow maccaroni vvheat along the 
costal districts of the Colony and the subsequent es- 
tablishment of maccaroni works, quotes the follow- 
ing IJ3spatch received from Her Majesty's Consul 
at N iples, giving an account of miccaroni manu- 
facture in that part ot Italy : — Maccaro ii is made 
of hard red wheat from tin Black Sea, mixed with 
Italian wheat, grown mainly in fie plains around 
Foggia. This is ground into semolina (not flour), 
the bran and hu-<ks are removed, and the semolina 
kneaded in hot water till it has the appearance 
and consistency of dough. The dough is then 
placed in a vertical brass cylinder, about eight o.' 
nine inches i'l diameter, the bottom ot which is a 
plate like the rose of a watering po% which is line 
or th'ck, according to the maccaroni required. 
Thus for making vermicelli and all kinds of solid 
maccaroni the holes are very small, while for mak- 
ing tube maccaroni the holes are much larger. In 
the latter case also a conical blade is fixed in the 
middle of the hole to form a tube. The dough 
being placed at the top of the cylinder, it is driven 
down by hydraulic pressure thiougb the perforated 
pUte and cut off by hand in lengths of about three 
feet. It is then hung on canes in the sun to dry. 
In the case of the solid maccaroni there is no diffi- 
cn'ty ill grasping the process. In the case of the 
tubular maccaroni the conical blade and its attach- 
ment cut through the dough and the maccaroni 
issues with a slit all along ic. This, however, 
shrinks together at once and forms a perfect tube, 
the join being practically invisible. No maccaroni 
is now m;i,de by the laborious hand process. There 
WIS for a loiia; time a prejudice a^aiiLSt machinery, 
but this has been overcome. The best maccaroni 
is made at Cragnamo and Tjrredell' Annuriziate. 
A little also of the best quality is made at Amalfi, 
AlfonsT Girofalo, of Gragnamo, b?ing the most 
im|)ortant manufacturers. About a million boxes 
are senfc annually to the United State-, and ab<)ut 
10,000 to London. The remainder is sold in Italy. 
The following represents the amount of money 
that the New South Wales G overnment spent dur 
ing the last financial year, endeJ 30th June 1899, 
on agriculture : — 
£ 
Department of Agriculture ... ... ... 29,218 
Live Stock — 
Kegistration of Brands 563 
Importe I and Introduced Stock 11,008 
Pastures and Stock Protection Act ... 3,790 
Management of Pounds and Conunons ... 440 
Control, Marking, Pe uciiig, and Improv- 
ing Travelling Stock and Camping 
Reserves &c. ... .. ... 464 
Special Prizes to be devoted to the Improve 
ment of Agrlculc ire ... ... 824 
Distribution of Seed Wheat to Distressed 
Farmers ... ... ... ... 97 
Vine Diseases Act — Expanses in connection 
with the Eradication of Phylloxera, and 
the Administration of the Act 2,499 
Agricultural, Horticultural, and Pastoral 
Societies — 
Subsidy not exceeding 10s on every £ 
awarded in Prizes for Agricultural, &c., 
objects ... ... ... ... 9,598 
Special Grant to Agricultural Societies... 3,975 
Subsidy lo Horticultural Societies ... 250 
Cooma Pastoral and Agricultural Asso- 
ciation, levote of 1895 ... ... 100 
Broken Hill Pastoral and Agricultural 
Association, Special Grant ..... ... 300 
Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural So- 
ciety, Sjiecial Grant ... . 200 
Board of Export ... ... ... 2,095 
Total ... • £65,421 
