1 June, 1900. ] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL, 528 
TRANSMISSION OF COLOUR IN HORSES’ HATR. 
Tne transmission of the colour of the hair of horses is of some importance 
if you desire to rear pairs. On this point Professor Wilckens reports as 
follows:—If the horse and mare have the same colour, out of 1,000 foals 
the transmission of such colour can be expected on the average in 856 cases. 
If both are white, a large number up to 900 may be calculated upon; if both 
are bay, actually up to 976. If the colour of the hair of the parents is not the 
same, 437 foals take the colour from the father and 508 from the mother, 55 
have an altogether different colour, brown being prevalent where the colour is 
diverse. In 1,000 foals black was transmitted only to 116 where the horse was 
black, and to 92 where the mare was of that colour. 
AMERICAN TRADE IN SNUFF, TOBACCO, AND CIGARS. 
Mr. Nryrnuir, Queensland Tobacco Expert, says that snuff is used. by the women 
of the rural districts of the cotton States of America to a very large extent. 
They take the inner bark of the hickory and chew the end until it forms a kind 
of brush. This is dipped into the snuff, and they then rub it on to the teeth 
and gums. Jt is, in fact, a sort of substitute for chewing. 
In January, 1900, there were manufactured in the United States 1,571,646 
Ib. of snuff, 442,512,494 cigars, 44,559,420 little cigars, 221,932,133 cigarettes, 
and 24,467,372 lb. of chewing and smoking tobacco. 
FORESTS IN BOHEMIA. 
In his annual address before the State Forestry Association, President B. 8, 
Hoxie, of Wisconsin, in urging forest experiments, said:—We are not in the 
dark concerning the preservation of forests, because in the old world it is no 
longer an experiment. Bohemia is one of the most populous countries on the 
globe. Its climate is cool with rather severe winters. As a consequence large 
quantities of fuel are used, most of which is taken from the forests that cover 
the mountain sides. For many centuries these forests have furnished fuel and 
building material for a dense population, and retained nearly their primeval 
area. ‘This is due to the forethought of the Goverument in ordaining that as 
trees were cut down others should be planted to fill the vacancies. Now vast 
stretches of dense forests cover the mountain slopes. 
SALT FOR WEEVILS. 
Some time ago we heard of a farmer who had stored some corn in salt sacks, 
and found that, whilst the weevil had badly invaded some other corn in flour 
sacks, that in the salt sacks was quite uninjured. A writer in the New York 
Tribune now comes forward with his experience on the subject. He has made 
the same discovery, having sacked up a lot of cow peas in salt sacks with the 
salt still clinging to them. When he was ready to market the peas he unsacked 
them all, and found, to his surprise, that the peas in the salt sacks were in 
perfect condition, whilst those in the other sacks were almost destroyed by 
weevils. The next season he used the salt sacks with perfect success. When 
he pulled his corn and stacked it in the barn with the husk on, he dissolved a 
quart of salt in two gallons of water, and, as he threw the corn on, gave each 
layer a sprinkling. He has never been troubled with insects since. 
HAMBURG’S TRADE IN HGGS. 
Mx. Winrtax Warp, Her Majesty’s Consul-General at Hamburg, ina despatch 
to the Foreign Office, states that there has been of late years a considerable 
development in Hamburg’s import and export trade in eggs. The total value 
of the eggs imported into that port in 1898, by sea and land, amounted to 
£1,208,200, whilst the exportations in the same year attained a value of 
£833,400. These figures were larger than the corresponding totals of 1897 
