Supplement to the "Tropical A gricuHumt.'^ 
796 
[April I, 1892. 
Xntada Scandou, Sin. ruswel.— Is a strong 
jungle rope. 
Deirin Uliifinoia, Bentli. Sin. Kalnwel. — Yields 
a jungle rope. 
PUliostiffma liacrmo/uo, llenMi. Sin. Myila- 
gaha. — Yields a tough fibre from its bark. 
Phoeni.r Si/lveafrin, Sin. liuli. — Yields a fibre 
from its leaf stalks. 
Nepenthen J)intill<itoria, Sin. liandiirawel. — 
Yields a strong jungle rope. 
W. .\. D. S. 
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GENKJlAk mjfS. 
Sir James Caird, k.c.b., i.l.d., p.b.S., died on 
the 9th of February. It ■will be recollected that 
ho ■was appointed on the Famine Ci^mission 
to enquire into the circumstances of 'the great 
Indian famine of 187(1-7. Sir James was the 
author of seTenil works on agriculture, whioH 
passed though numerous editions, and were 
translated into foreign ianguages. 
The EgypHmi Oasetteot February 17th contains 
a report on tho Tewflck College of Agriculture, 
Gheezeh, by Ifr. Williamson iVallace, who is 
the Director of Agriculture in Cairo, and a 
brother of Frof. Wallace of Kdinburgh Univer- 
sity. From it we gather that the College pos- 
sesses a Director, Sub-Director, A Professors and 
•2 liCCturers, and 6-1 Students, and that a farm of 
'2!io feddahs is attached to the institution, which 
also has a Chemical Laboratory, Veterinary Mu- 
seum, Librarj’, &c. The following are the subjects 
embraced in the four years’ course : Agriculture, 
General Chemistry, Practical Chemistry, Agricul- 
tural Chemistry, Botany, Geology, Vet<>riuaiy 
Science, Gartleuing, Entomology, Land-Surveying, 
Practical Gardening, Practical Agriculture, Book- 
keeping, and the Arabic and English languages. 
The Mawah (Ra»»m LatifoUn) jilants presented 
by Mr. J. P. William (seedsman) to the School 
of Agriculture, are coming iqi well. One plant 
put into almost s. pure silicious soil is tlourish- 
ing as well as the rest on a better soil. 
According to the Prodme Markeln' llevitir, tho 
Government of the United States is most anx- 
ious to introduce Indian Corn among tho or- 
dinary foods of Europe, so as to find an e.xport 
outlet for the vast home crops which are lliree 
times greater than tho immense wheat produc- 
tion which has revolutionized the trade. The 
following figures show the production of cereals 
in the States : Indian Corn 7(1,204,000 acres produc- 
ing 2,060,1.54,000 bushels. Wheat :19,917,(KKX) acres 
pro<lucing 611,780,000 bushels. Oats 2.5,i582,0(X) 
acres producing 73(i,.‘i94,(XX) bushels. Few people 
have an idea of the enormous consumption of 
maize in America. It is also one of the princijial 
articles of iliet in the South of Europe. Indian 
Corn is of course well known in the shape of 
corn (lour and hominy, and is a cheap and most 
nutritious food, and makes good bread mi.xod 
with a certain proportimi of -wheat flour. 
Within the past few years, says the Indian 
Ay run.lt uriet, the Cotton Manufacturing Industry 
has made trememlous strides in Jnjian, tho 
effect of which has been palpably visible in the 
lesseneil imports of the raaniifacturod stuffs from 
Lancashire. Both finer and coarser stuffs are 
now manufactured and exported to India. 
.\part from the question of purity, the nutri- 
tive value of milk de]ihmls to a great exttmt on 
the nature of the food given to cott-s, and it 
would be a ptu-fect system that would ensure 
to purchasers of milk the fact that the cattle 
which supply their mifk are allowed a diet cal- 
culated to produce milk of good nutritive value. 
As the result of careful experiments at the Iowa 
Agricultural Experimental Station, it has been 
found that the kind of food had a decided and 
material effect upon the quality of milk produceil 
ns regards percentage of fats and solids ; the 
rations compnreil produced an average difference 
of over ! lb. of fat and nearly | lb. of solids 
per l(X) lb. of milk. 
A first shipment, consisting of the major 
jiart of tho exhibits from Ceylon, has been made 
to London for the Imperial Institute. Tho re- 
maining e.xhibits will be despatched very shortly, 
and Dr. Trimen, who has undertaken the 
arrangement of the collection in London, follows 
about the middle of Ajiril. 
I At tho March meeting of the School of Agricul- 
; ture Imiirovement Society, a paper on the “ Kitul 
Palm ” was read by Mr. T. D. Kehelpanella. 
I The subject for the next paper is to be the 
[ Palmyra Palm, tho render Mr. Nallatamhy. 
