. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 261* THE AGRICULTURAL XEWS. AudusT L'i, A limited number of the 1914 edition of the 'West Indies in Canada" is availalile at office for distribution locally for educational purposes. In view of the fact that the ]iulilication fully describes the products and exports from the West Indies with particular reference to Canada, the booklet should prove of value in the teaching of geogra)iliy in the secondarv schools of the West Indies and Canada. GLEANINGS. A large amount of (government aid is being giv
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 261* THE AGRICULTURAL XEWS. AudusT L'i, A limited number of the 1914 edition of the 'West Indies in Canada" is availalile at office for distribution locally for educational purposes. In view of the fact that the ]iulilication fully describes the products and exports from the West Indies with particular reference to Canada, the booklet should prove of value in the teaching of geogra)iliy in the secondarv schools of the West Indies and Canada. GLEANINGS. A large amount of (government aid is being given to the agricultural population in Hungary. Various courses and lectures have been instituted, and the authorities have distri- buted , or at cost price, a great number of appli- ances for fruit growers, as well as over .")0(J,000 nursery fruit trees at reduced prices. A useful publication for reference, and as a guide to prices, is the Special Supplement to the Chamher of Com- merce Journal, July 191-i, entitled 'Trade Products of the British Empire.' It is a statistical account of the resources of the British Empire as a supplier of foodstuffs and of raw materials for British industries. An article on co-operative credit in the Tropical Aijri- cuHurist for May 191-t deals with the problems that have to be faced at the present time in Ceylon. The Oi-dinanco now in force in this colony is framed on the Indian Act No. 2 of 1904, and the ordinance is stated to be such that it can hf ? applied to all kinds of trades and occupations. (Juinea grass has recently been introduced into the Phili|jpine Islands, and according tfi the I'ldlipjnne Agricul- tural Rfi'iew for May 1914, has been found to he -uperior to the local grasses as green forage. In one yield i^xjieri- luent, the rate of production in round ininibers was 7l' inetric tons in 183 days from ,ii-heetare. It is reported that Sir .lohn Anderson, Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, has made a recover
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