. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 188 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. June 11, GLEANINGS. The last sugai- crop in Natal was the largest which has yet been known, and amounted to 63,000 tons. It is estimated that the output for the coming crop will be nearly 75,000 tons. The Chetiiical TraJv Journal, Vol. 45, pp. 354 and 364, contains a brief note of a method, known as Serpek's process, for manufacturing aluminium nitride, employing nitrogen of the air, using this crimiiound as a manure. A report by the ^'ice-Consul at Puerto Plata shows
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 188 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. June 11, GLEANINGS. The last sugai- crop in Natal was the largest which has yet been known, and amounted to 63,000 tons. It is estimated that the output for the coming crop will be nearly 75,000 tons. The Chetiiical TraJv Journal, Vol. 45, pp. 354 and 364, contains a brief note of a method, known as Serpek's process, for manufacturing aluminium nitride, employing nitrogen of the air, using this crimiiound as a manure. A report by the ^'ice-Consul at Puerto Plata shows that 13,959,047 lb. of cacao was exported during the year 1909. This is a record quantity, and is probably accounted for by an increase in the area of cultivation. The total amount of cotton imported into the United Kingdom during the quarter ended March 31, 1910, was 744,060 bales. Of this quantity, 2,768 bales were shipped from the British West Indies. (The Board of Tradi- Jomndl, April 7, 1910.) The Journal of llyijitne, Vol. IX, No. 2, contains a paper by Kaufmann, , in which it is held that persoDS employed in starch factories, under conditions which lead to the inhalation of the starch dust, show a comparative immunity from res|jiratory disorders. Consul at Newchwang reports that the quantity of .soy bean cake exported from Manchuria during 1909 was 594,000 tons, of which about 90 per (x-nt. went to Japan, and most of the rest to South China, in which places it is used as a manure for rice and sugar-cane, respective!}-. Several shipments to Europe vi-ere a failure, giving rise to the general opinion that it is impossible for soy bean cake to travel through the tropics to Europe in good condition. In a paper which appears in the (Joiuptt'x Hemlus de rAi-iidrii/ie des .SVvV«ces, Paris, it is claimed to have been demon- strated that the fa>ces from animals suspected to be ill with anthrax, and the f;ecal matter of those that have died from the disease, wil
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