Am.Jonr.  Pharm.-! 
December,  1894.  j 
A  Danger otis  Experiment. 
595 
soil,  a  pit  might  be  filled  with  alternate  layers  of  bush  and  manure 
everything  in  the  nature  of  manure  or  decaying  matter  should  be 
thrown  in,  and  a  layer  of  soil  directly  over  the  manure  would  be 
useful.  The  pit  ought  to  be  lined  with  clay  to  prevent  the  very 
valuable  part  of  the  liquid  of  the  manure  from  escaping,  and  a  cover 
of  some  kind,  e.  g.,  a  sheet  of  corrugated  iron,  should  be  fixed  in 
some  way  over  the  pit  to  keep  out  rains.  I  noticed  several  head  of 
cattle  in  the  Seaford  Town  district,  and  apparently  the  manure  is 
lost,  because  the  cattle  wander  about  in  search  of  food.  Possibly 
grass  or  clover  might  be  grown  in  old  ginger  grounds,  and  the  cattle 
tethered  so  as  to  confine  them  in  one  place  and  the  manure  easily 
collected. 
To  facilitate  curing  and  even  sometimes  to  save  the  crop,  the 
chief  storekeeper  in  a  district,  who  buys  the  ginger,  might  find  it 
advantageous  to  himself  and  the  people  to  invest  in  an  American 
evaporator  and  dry  the  ginger  artificially. 
Possibly  the  Government  could  take  steps  through  the  Surveyor- 
General  to  prevent  the  forests  from  being  ruthlessly  destroyed. 
The  export  of  ginger  is,  on  the  whole,  on  the  increase,  as  seen  from 
the  following  table,  but  if  this  is  accompanied  by  the  gradual 
destruction  of  woods  and  forests  it  is  not  a  subject  for  congratu- 
lation. 
Year. 
Cwt. 
Value. 
1S87  
£17,789 
i8b8  
19.463 
1889  
18,615 
.......  4.948 
11,133 
1891  .  .  .  .      .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 
 10,885 
24,493 
1892  
40,681 
27,264 
44,796 
A  DANGEROUS  EXPERIMENT. 
An  explosion  occurred  in  a  drug  store  in  this  city  recently,  result- 
ing in  an  injury  which  came  near  to  the  destruction  of  the  eyesight 
of  the  person  injured. 
A  druggist  was  experimenting  on  the  action  of  ammonia  water 
with  oxide  of  silver,  and  had  left  the  mixture  in  a  porcelain  capsule 
covered  with  water  and  a  glass  stirring  rod  in  the  capsule. 
A  salesman  coming  into  the  store  thoughtlessly  took  up  the  rod 
and  without  agitation  was  replacing  it  in  the  capsule  when  a  vio- 
lent explosion  occurred,  shattering  the  capsule,  pieces  of  which 
