. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 12 THE AGEICULTUEAL NEWS. January 2, GLEANINGS. Information desirelasses, e.\ceeds the average of the previous five years by S127,806'89 aiul amounted to 29 per cent, of the total value of the exports of the colony. It may not be generally known that ramie is used in the manufacture of mantles for incandescent lamps. Indian Plauiinif and Gardening quotes the Journal of (ias Light- ing to the effect that ' the demand for ramie mantles has grown enormously of late, and most large buyers are specifying rami
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 12 THE AGEICULTUEAL NEWS. January 2, GLEANINGS. Information desirelasses, e.\ceeds the average of the previous five years by S127,806'89 aiul amounted to 29 per cent, of the total value of the exports of the colony. It may not be generally known that ramie is used in the manufacture of mantles for incandescent lamps. Indian Plauiinif and Gardening quotes the Journal of (ias Light- ing to the effect that ' the demand for ramie mantles has grown enormously of late, and most large buyers are specifying ramie mantles in their orders.' The Mexican cotton lioll weevil is steadily spreading in the I'nited States. It has, however, not yet reached the eastern cotton-growing States. It is probable that Congress will be recommended to appropriate a sum of !?-5,000,000, to be expended by a commission under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture in combating this pest. A sample liox of sliced cassava tuber has been received at the office of the Imperial Department of Agriculture from St. Lucia. This sample was pre]>ared at the Dennery Sugar Factory where the slicing is done bj- a machine invented by Mr. A. J. Pollonais. Dried cassava is .shipped from several of the West Indian Islands to be used in the manufacture of glucose. Mr. Antoine Polimeni, of 12, Mark Lane, London, , is desirous of opening correspondence with growers or merchants, dealing with concentrated lime juice, raw lime juice and oil of lime in the West Indies. The new molasses food, molaseuit, originating in Denier- ara, is gaining ground rapidly. As we have stated in these columns, its success lies in the fact that sufficient of the cane celUdose is mixed with the molasses to permit its transportation as dry material, and this cane cellulose is found to be very largely digestible. Contracts for its delivery are now making in England on the basis of i)er cent, saccharine matter, and the Argentin
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