APKiti 1, 1902. J Supplement to the " Tropical Agriculturist." 
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ounce of dripping to § gallon of water. If very 
large, cut them in half, but it is better to cook 
them -whole, if there is time, as the flavour will 
be superior. Turnips are hardly a summer vege- 
table, and they are generally served mashed ; they 
require peeling thickly, as their skins are very 
woody ; boil with meat if possible ; if not, use a 
little dripping in the water. Make them as dry 
as you can before mushing, then mash with a fork ; 
mix with a small bit of butter and a little milk, 
return to the saucepan, and stir over the fire until 
all the milk has dried up. The use of cream 
instead of milk makes them very delicious ; they 
are served piled high in a hot vegetable dish, with 
a strainer at bottom, as, even with the utmost 
care, there will almost sure to be a little moisture 
to drain away. 
Parsnips are also a winter vegetable ; they are 
peeled and cut in slices across, and boiled in the 
same manner as carrots and turnips, and will take 
from 1 hour to 1| hours to cook ; generally served 
plain in the vegetable dish, or round the meat. 
Sometimes, however, thsy are mashed like turnips, 
with a little butter and milk. 
Vegetable marrow is a late summer and autumn 
vegetable, and suitable also for any kind of hot 
meat. Peel it, and cut in thick slices across with 
a sharp knife ; remove the seeds from each slice, 
BO as to form rings ; boil these in salted water for 
20 minutes, drain in a colander, and serve in a 
vegetable dish upon toast. Moisten the toast in 
the vegetable marrow water, and pour thick 
melted butter over all. 
Tomatoes are frequently eaten raw, or prepared 
as a salad ; if cooked, they are best baked. 
Simply lay them in a tin with a small bit of butter 
on cop of each, and bake till tender (about j hour). 
Serve with the juice poured round. They may 
also be cut in slices and fried, and are good done 
in this way with chops, steaks, and broiled 
bacon. 
GENERAL ITEMS. 
The use of trap lanterns, for trapping insect 
pests iu the garden, would seem to be of question- 
able benefit, to judge from results obtained at the 
Ontario Agricultural College. Of the insects 
captured during three months, a large percentage 
was found to be decidedly beneficial insects. ' ' If," 
says the reporter, " all the traps were in operation 
for four months, probably forty millions of 
decidedly beneficial insects were captured and 
destroyed." 
Mr. J. D. Ormbsy, of Lime Hall, St. Ann, writes 
to the Journal of the Jamaica Agricultural Society : 
" I think I have found out an insecticide for 
spraying plants which is superior to the kerosene 
emulsion. Hitherto, I have used the Hubbard's 
formula of kerosene emulsion, but I find if I am 
ever so careful with it, it burns the young leaves 
and tendrils, unless it is so much diluted as not to 
affect the insects. Knowing how averse all 
insects are to castor oil, I thought I would try an 
emulsion of it. I tried the soap — boiling water 
and oil as in the Hubbard's formula, but it would 
not emulsify, then the thought struck me to add 
carbonate of soda, and it is quite a success. My 
formula is — -one quart of castor oil, 1 lb. hard 
soap, \ lb. carbonate soda, 1 gallon water — boil 
soap and soda in the water and when melted and 
boiling hot stir in the castor oil. You can dilute 
in 10 or 20 parts of water for spraying, and you 
can take a brush and paint the stalks of plants 
the ants or other insects are troubling without 
diluting — no insect will face it, and it does not 
burn the young leaves or sprouts. I shall be glad 
if this is found useful to the public at large." 
A heavy application of paint is recommended 
by those who have had experience in the matter, 
as the best dressing for pruning wounds. 
The following reply by Mr. J. H. Maiden, 
Government Botanist, N. S. W., to a corres- 
pondent is no doubt correct enough for that 
Colony, but it sounds strange enough to us who 
are familiar with hundreds of thousands of acres of 
tea : The tea plant is closely allied to the camellia, 
and requires somewhat similar treatment. The 
plants must be well watered and kept steadily 
growing. The tea plant likes good deep soil, and, 
in my experience, it does best where it can get a 
touch of the frost. 
An American Correspondent, quoted by the 
N. S. W. Agricultural Gazette, recommends a 
cure-all remedy for sick pigs, whether they suffer 
from rheumatism, paralysi-^, ccour or what-not- 
This is a mixture of fresh new milk and turpen- 
tine. Grade the dose from a teaspoonful of 
turpentine for a six week's old pig to a table 
spoonful or more for a mature hog. The milk 
may be given ad lib. The remedy is said to be 
the best known for all the ills that pigs are heir 
to, and when anything is wrong should be resorted 
to at once. 
We read of what is spoken of as a " new 
variety of fowls," the Aucoua, considered the 
best laying breed of any. An Exchange refers to 
the experience of a lady who has had hens laying 
for two years beginning when five months old. 
They are non-sitters, and in shape and general 
appearance resemble the Leghorn but in colour 
the Houdan. 
Still another way of preserving eggs is to take 
them quite fresh, clean thoroughly with a damp 
cloth, rub dry, rub a few drops of boiled Linseed 
oil turned into the palm of the hand, and lay on 
a shelf protected from dust. Too much or too 
little oil should not be used. About the third day 
a fine skin, which hermeticuUy seals the eggs, 
forms over them. 
The Jamaica Agricultural Journal recommends 
clean wood ashes as the best condition powder for 
horses, [t may be given twice a week in the 
feed, at the rate of an even tea spoon each time 
