December i, 1891.I 
THE TROPICAL AtJTntnJLTURlST- 
ensilage. We do not know wbat hay or grass she waR 
fed, bub presume sbe would have what she would eat 
of these lood.^ Sbe came through the test in good 
condition, and was never a day “oflf her feed.” She 
gave during the time 18,6d9 poundri, 9 ounces of milk, 
or an average of 16.17 poiindn of milk for a pound of 
butter. The t*ow weighs 1,450 poandi>, and she there- 
fore prodticOil in the year, nearly four-ffths of her oim 
ioeif/ht in butter. Her butler, at twenty-Hve cents per 
pound, was worth §288.75, Taking the cost of her 
grain ration, nt au average of §1.00 per hundred 
pounds, the total would be $109.50. To this must be 
added the hay or other forage which would not, we 
assume, bo more than the weight which would have 
auOiced to feed any other cow of a similar size, and 
could not therefore well have cost more Ilian $80. To- 
gether, therefore, the whole cost of the keep would 
nut be more t han $139.50, as against a batter proluo- 
tion aloDC worth $288.75, and to which should bo added 
the value «»f the skim milk, her aad the nunurc. 
The milk and mauuro alone would pay for the forage 
and her can-, whilst ihe calf from such a cow would 
be worth a small fortune. Without taking these items 
at all into the account, there is shown a net profit of 
^170,25 \ and yet in the face of such a record as this, 
there are to be fouud men who say “keep scrubs!” 
What astonishes us most in the matter, is that a Hol- 
stoin cow has beeu found to make such a record, as 
hitherto their strong point lias been milk, not butter. 
It only, however, goes to show what can bo done by 
Eeloction and bre»‘d!ng for a purpose. In the future, 
the Holntoina must take rank as butter cows along 
with the Jersey, and the battle will now be bttween 
the two breeds, aud not as between Jersey and Jersey. 
With the eimtinuauce of such a rivalry, who shall say 
that the days of the “ eornb ” are not numberod. No 
farmer with a knowledge of what is possible from tho- 
roughbred or graded stocky will, fora m..ment, hesitate 
to clear out the “t^criibe, and replace tliem with a 
reduced number of bettor stock; in fact, to apply the 
intensive system to bis stock as wcT as to his farm. 
Wo tay “Godspeed” to tuch a course. Itcauonly 
result in advantage to the man who pursues it. 
♦■■■ ■ 
MINOU INDUSTRIES JN THE EAST 
BAMBOOS AND THEIR USES, 
®re thus treated by the editor of the Trinidad 
A(jriculUiral Record 
Ooe staple advocates iu Trinidad have always a 
covert sneer for ** JUlioor ludnstries,” and by that token 
they imderstaud any enUivation new totho Colony, no 
mnttor what may be its proxpuct of future dcvelopmeut, 
The poor down-trodden planter 1 as the West Indian in 
Loudon terms him (who can he mean 1) must not be 
dinlarbed, aud labourers must not leave the station to 
which God has beeu pleased to oall them. 
The “poor dowu-trndden,” may help him— even ag\inst 
his will I! Pone and sugar ORtatos which were unsaleable 
ft few years ago have in that riMog Colony increased in 
value five and eix-fold owing to a “ minor industry ” — 
bananas. Tho purchase-money of ft mortgaged sugar 
estate the other day was subscribed in Kingston in hve 
hours, for the pnrpo.se of planting bananas. The amount 
Bubaoribed was §150 090. 
In contrast to the itioredulity and cynicism of some of 
our people sen how the minor (minimum if you like) in- 
dustnos are pushed in tbo Bast. Wo have heard of 
bamboos as a psper material j it was to have been tried 
the other day inDometAra, aud Sir John Gorrie at the 
late Exhibition showed huw they oonidba utilisod, with 
ft coating of Trinidad pitch, as subsoil drains or for 
verandah posts, otc. The following price list of bam- 
boos imported from Singapore and other eastern ports 
will give some idea as to the variety of ooonomio uses, 
what wo regard as triHing objects, can bo applied in a 
Great Qoxintnj like England i— 
Inches leches 
long. About, thick. Doz. Gross, 
i and 2 fo? poK 3d 2/6 
24 i and g for Caruatione, &o, .,.8id 3/ 
38i 
27 
and 
4 for Fuchsias, ho. 
... 4d 
3/8 
i5 
i 
and 
g useful Garden Size , 
... 6d 
6/ 
45 
i 
and 
4 for ChryBautbemums.- 8d 
7/ 
45 
i 
aud 
4 for Dahlias, Rose 
Feet 
Treca, ko. 
...lOd 
9/ 
lot's- 
Doz. 
6 
Aod 
ft slight ly tapering 
... 
2/6 
6 
i 
aud 
ft do. 
... 
3/ 
7 
S 
an 1 
2 do. 
3/6 
9 
i 
and 
3 taporiui; to point 
... 
4/ 
10 
1 
and 
14 at thickest end 
••• 
12/ 
In. thick. 
15 
li 
slightly tapering 
3 each. 
,30/ 
Each , 
22 
H 
for Pant Polos, Spars- &o. 
5/6 
22 
2 
do. do. 
... 
10/6 
23 
2i 
do. do. 
... 
12 6 
30 
24 
for Flag Staffs and Mnsta 
• •• 
16/ 
30 
84 
do* Marquee Poles, 
&a. 
21/ 
30 
44 
do. 
... 
31/8 
33 
64 
do. 
... 
42/ 
About 
Feet. Inches, iu. thick. 
6 
C 
2 dark, for Furnituro Mak- 
Doz. 
ing 2 each, 
20/ 
6 
6 
li do. do. 1 
/ 
»» 
10 
18 ft. long, tapering to twig lop, for Fishing Rods 2/8 
Gross. 
Bamboo twig tops, for Pot-plant Training... 4 
N.B.— Tho giant bamboos of Trinidad wonld bo de- 
cided novelty in Europe, and it was suggested to us that 
they might come into considerable demand. 
The giant bamboo, which flourishes in Ceylon 
from sea level to over 5,000 feet altitude, has 
been used in sections coated with tar as roofing 
tilep, for such they are rather than shingloa. Well 
preserved too, by asphalts or petroleum, there is no 
reason why they should not bo used for many other 
purposes, above and underground. 
THE FOOCHOW TEA TRADE. 
Tho annual Consular report for ISOO^aaya 
Tho groat falling oif in the export of tea again 
ooDstitutes, AS it has done for some years now, the one 
all-absorbing feature of the trade during 1890. Iu 
round numbers this decline amiuints to 67,000 piculs, 
and is made up of dcort-aaes of 31,000 pionis to Kagland 
and 86,000 piculs to the Aui^trAliau colouiea. Iu 1890, 
tho year when it reached its bighost figure, the report 
fiOTJ Foochow was 737,000 piculs, iu 1886 it was 665,000 
piouU, and since then it has steadily and rapidly 
declined to 616,000 pionis in 1887, 553,000 piculs iu 
1888, 467,000 piculs iu 1889. and 390,000 piculs in 1890. 
The diff<*reuQo botweeu 1886, wh oh maybe called au 
average ye»r, aud 1890 (275,000 ploaU), represents a 
decrease in ihe yeai 'd earuiugs to the people of this 
ueighboarhooj of some four milUou taels, aud to this 
Governmonl a diminution iu the export duty aud 
reveuaes of over one million laols. The present position 
is this: ludia and Oeylou have certainly succeeded in 
besting not only the lower but also somo of the bettor 
grades of Foochow teas in both price aud (Loudou 
rated} quality, and are fast alienating from qs our host 
markets— EnglHud and its colonies. Although roftlly 
good tea still finds a bnyer, yet the majority of Foochow 
tes.s no longer come up to the London standard, and 
are bought “ for price *’ only, that is at « price some 
25 per cent, cheaper than iho equivalent quality of 
Indian tea. The poorer and cheaper grades aru re- 
quire! in London ezolusively for mixing with Indian 
teas. Their cheapness seems to reduce the higher price, 
and their smotU toco helps to lessen the strong 
flavour of their Indian rivals. This mixture is the 
beverage of the day, and is sold throughout Eng- 
land nudor the name of Indian tea. These 
facts show conclusively that the outcry* of tho 
FoDohow merchants for better and stronger tea 
is justified, for such a tea would not only hold 
