Agricultural news . ast resources of raw materials which theDominions possess. The difficulty has lain in suggestingacceptable measures for the realization of the proposals iiuuIp have been mainly the work ofadvocates of bouil- particular fiscal or other theory, whichthey have pressed in season and out of season, as a universalremedy. In our judgment these counsels however impor-tant they may be. cover only a part of the problem. AnImperial policy in the broadest sense must include much thatis not fiscal. There is no short cut to the formulation ofsuch a policy; what is
Agricultural news . ast resources of raw materials which theDominions possess. The difficulty has lain in suggestingacceptable measures for the realization of the proposals iiuuIp have been mainly the work ofadvocates of bouil- particular fiscal or other theory, whichthey have pressed in season and out of season, as a universalremedy. In our judgment these counsels however impor-tant they may be. cover only a part of the problem. AnImperial policy in the broadest sense must include much thatis not fiscal. There is no short cut to the formulation ofsuch a policy; what is needed is detailed examinationof existing conditions, and practical and definite proposals forthe removal of difficulties and for securing co operation. The present volume is regarded as a small contributionto that task of detailed examination. A book such as thiscan safely be commeiiJi-d to the general reader, who willamply be repaid for the time spent in its perusal. i:8{ THE AGraCULTUKAL NEWS. SEiiEKbKi; 7, According to tbe Proiimf Miirkets^ Jitfifw, .June 2ii,1918, operatioDH are in for the ereation of a plant onthe Brisbane River for the intnufacture from molasses of anacetate of lime which will ultimately be utilized for certainpurposes; this may eventually involve the use of a Fery large• juantity of molasse* which annually runs to waste in ueens-land. The enterprise is understood to be in the hands of the(ominonwealth authorities. GLEANINGS. The Colonial founial, .July 1918, is responsible for the statement that, in some countries very sweet honey is ?extracted from the ripe cotton plant, and it should be more -generally known that this is one of the best honey-yielding (ilants. The honey granulate^ readily. A number of factories in Natal extract the wax fromthe tilter-press cake, using the benzol process. The filter-?press cake contains up to 17 per cent, of wax, and 14 pei- cent,is common. This is where the cane is trashed, but shouldthe cane be bur
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