. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 396 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Decembei; , An interestiag note on the chemical composition of Agave americana appears in the Experimott Station Record for June 1919. Amongst other matters referred to, the possibility is sujtgested of extracting the juice of the leaves and evaporating it in vacuo, the resulting product being a sweet, slightly acid marmalade suitable for_ human con- sumption. GLEANINGS. According to the September report of the^ Department of Land Records, the estimated area under cotton in Assa
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 396 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Decembei; , An interestiag note on the chemical composition of Agave americana appears in the Experimott Station Record for June 1919. Amongst other matters referred to, the possibility is sujtgested of extracting the juice of the leaves and evaporating it in vacuo, the resulting product being a sweet, slightly acid marmalade suitable for_ human con- sumption. GLEANINGS. According to the September report of the^ Department of Land Records, the estimated area under cotton in Assam (1919-20 crop) is 33,000 acres. The prospects of the crop continae lo be fair. A note on Aleurites oil appears in L'At^roriomie Coiimiale for July-August 1919. This oil, which is obtained from the nut, has a purgative action, which, however, is not as violent as that of the residual oil cake, showing that the purgative principle tends to remain behind during the crushing of the nuts. According to Nature for October 1'3, 1919, the follow- ing research associations have been formed by the British Department of Scientific and Industrial Research : British Rubber and Tyre Manufacturers Kesearch Association, ard, the Linen Industry Kesearch Association. The Annual Report for 1918 on the Forest Administra- tiori iif Nigeria shows the number rf forest reserves to be gradually increasing. Their total area now amounts approxi- mately to 1,462 square miles in the Southern Provinces, ;ind f' .square miles in the \orth ern Provinces. According to a note in the Expi-rinunl Station Rean-d, Vol. XL, No. 9, a tea can be made from avocado leaves thoroughly dried in the shade, the test reported being made with leaves of the Northrup avocado. The infusion was made in the usual way, using grains of the dried leaves to a ijuart of water, and allowing it to stand for five minutes. There is no change in the aiea under sugar-cane (32,500 acres) reported in the previous forecast to the Sept
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