. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 172 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. M\v -2-2, GLEANINGS. \.r. -I I issue of the Aim igua •s. been shown in America thai rubber will stand a greater pressure than the bighesl grade of steel. Steel pistons with rubber washers were subjected to high pressure and the steel softened, merging into the pores. A reference t" the cultivation "I' limes in Sierra Leone appears in the African Mail for April 2, 1915. This crop grows very well mi both the Iaterite and alluvial soilsof that Colony, ami it is hoped that in
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 172 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. M\v -2-2, GLEANINGS. \.r. -I I issue of the Aim igua •s. been shown in America thai rubber will stand a greater pressure than the bighesl grade of steel. Steel pistons with rubber washers were subjected to high pressure and the steel softened, merging into the pores. A reference t" the cultivation "I' limes in Sierra Leone appears in the African Mail for April 2, 1915. This crop grows very well mi both the Iaterite and alluvial soilsof that Colony, ami it is hoped that in the future an export trade may lie developed in limes, which appear to grow as well in Sierra Leone as in the West Indies. In the Chamber of Commerct Journal for April 1915, reference is mule to the Philippine plant known as Blumea t/ahamifera, which produces camphor. This plant is ashurb anil is one of the most common weeds in the Philippines. It grows to from 5 to 8 feet high and has, it is said, been used for a long time for medicinal purposes in China. The trade of the Cayman Islands (Dependencies of Jamaica) receives lengthy consideration in the Financier and Jiullionist for April 10, 1915. Special reference is made to the turtle industry, and it is said that contracts have been made bj the representative of a company that contemplates establishing a turtle canning factory in Grand Cayman. An article entitled 'Manuring Experiments on Castleton Estate' appears in the Agricultural Bulletin i>J the Federated Malay States, Vol III. No. 3, and although the name of the tires experimented on is not given, it may be assu .1 that they are Elevea. There ull bovt that none of the various treatments which included lime had any noticeable influ cue,- on the ->'?<•: tl oi I he tree-. A i,-view appears in the Bulletin 0) the Imp Jnstitutt (October-Decembei 1914) of a recent work entitled 'The 0 ford Survey of the British Empire'. In this 1 k t Jii' e chapti devoted Brit
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