320 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [lL April, 1900. 
pear. The plants were all dormant at the time the work started, and it hae 
proved that when the sap is actively circulating the plant dies much qucs®, 
anes whole of the plants treated at Jondaryan are completely dried up 2 
dead. 
A couple of days after spraying, the leaves begin to turn mottled, My 
spots appearing irregularly over the surface. These continue to ena 
merging into each other, until in about ten days the whole leaf preset 
dirty-yellow colour. This colour is communicated to the stem and gradu 
extends to the root stock. In the case of very old plants with a thick wo a 
stem, death is hastened by making an incision in the stem with a spud ieee 
other implement, and inserting about a teaspoonful of the liquid. In@ 
twenty-one days from the time of treatment the plants are dead. x 
accompanying illustrations convey some idea of the method of treatment a 
the effect produced. No.1 shows the workmen in the act of applying the 
destroyer by means of knapsack spray-pumps. No. 2, the tank in which ‘3 
chemical is conveyed to the scene of operations; one of the spray-pumP® is 
being filled from the tank by means of a rubber hose. No. 3, the workin tt 
tent, where the men are at lunch. No. 4 shows two plants of the peat hak 
were growing side by side. The one on the left had been sprayed five d ar 
before this photograph was taken; all the leaves and stems have fallen ° 
and present a pulpy yellow appearance, while the right-hand plant, which ‘i 
not been sprayed, remains rigid, and is quite green. No. 5 gives a genera : 
of what prickly-pear infested country is like when overrun with this plant. : 
many places it is impossible to walk through without first beating down a 
with a heavy stick or a crowbar; this has to be resorted to by the wor sted 
when spraying heavy patches. No. 6 shows a large plant which has been ki i 
At the time this picture was taken, every leaf presented the appearance 
pieces of cardboard, while the thick stems were rotten down to the roots. 
Statistics. 
QUEENSLAND PRODUCTS IN BRITISH MARKETS. — 
LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES. 
: few 
Burrer.—Choicest colonial, 98s. to 100s.; finest, 92s. to 96s.; choicest Ne 
Zealand, 98s. to 100s. ; choicest Danish, 110s. to 112s. per ewt. 
Cunese.—New Zealand, 56s. to 57s. per ewt.; American, 578. 
Prices will inevitably advance owing to short supplies and increased cons 
tion. 
Sucar.—£15 to £15 10s. per ton ; Java, £12 5s. per ton; Germal be 
88 per cent., 9s. 9d. to 10s. per cwt. 
Motasses.—7s. to,10s. per ewt.; Queensland, none. 
Rice.—Patna, 14s. to 24s. ; Java, 14s. 6d. to 20s. per cwt. he 
Correr.—Finest Coorg peaberry, 65s. to 124s. per ewt. ; Ceylon play F 
tion, 115s. to 120s. per ewt.; bold blue, 86s. to 97s.; Santos, 40s. to 525: 
Maragopipe, 75s. to 86s. 
Annowroor.—73d. to 2s. per lb.; Bermuda, 2s. per lb. Dull of sale: 
Wueat.— 28s. 6d. to 80s. per quarter; 3s. 7d. to 8s, 9d. per bY 
Quiet sales at full prices. 
: : ‘ $e 
Gincer.— Calicut, rough, 32s. per ewt. Jamaica: Finest, 110s. to sp 
fair, 58s. to 60s. ; fine, 90s. to 100s. ‘per cwt. 
to 588. 
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