Agricultural news . , and assisting thedigestibility ot the cabbage palm nuts. Therefore the con-clusion is arrived at that the cabbage palm nuts shouldbe fed entire to hogs without stripping them of theirrind, and preferably fresh, or at least air-dried, becausefurther desiccation tends to get rid of the stimulatingprinciole, which has been mentioned. The following table gives the average composition ofthe fruit: — Fresh. .^ir-dried. Stove dried, Water 42-27 lG-78 Oil 17 33 21-16 Protein 3-43 ir08 ther foodstuffs wliich possessconsiderable reputation. 172 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS Jl
Agricultural news . , and assisting thedigestibility ot the cabbage palm nuts. Therefore the con-clusion is arrived at that the cabbage palm nuts shouldbe fed entire to hogs without stripping them of theirrind, and preferably fresh, or at least air-dried, becausefurther desiccation tends to get rid of the stimulatingprinciole, which has been mentioned. The following table gives the average composition ofthe fruit: — Fresh. .^ir-dried. Stove dried, Water 42-27 lG-78 Oil 17 33 21-16 Protein 3-43 ir08 ther foodstuffs wliich possessconsiderable reputation. 172 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS JlSe 1, GLEANINGS. The extraordinary price ot £236 per ton hiis been paidfor flax in Dundee. The tias was part of a consignment<1aniaged by water, and this is perhaps the highest figureever paid for the fibre. (77/< Times, February 28, 1918.) The future position of the worlds sugar as regards pro-duction and distribution depends entirely upon the positionof the British Empire in the direction of fostering sugarproduction, and upon the future attitude of the TnitedStates towards its protective policy in that direction. (TheWest India CommHtee Circular, April 4, 191t<.) The Louisiana Planter for April 20, 101S, says thatCanada is coming to the fore with her maple sugar produc-tion. It is reported that the output for the present seasonwill be 40 million ft), with 4 million gallons of is estimated that at the present prices of majile sugar andsyrup this crop will be worth close on to 810,000,000. The average price being jtained for plantation rubberis lower than it has been for
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