. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, Jamaica. Jamaica. Dept. of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Jamaica. 11 ICE Meal. Per Cenl Moisture 14-11 Fat 0-23 (Crude) Albuminoids* . 6-12 Carbohydrates 35-04 Fibre 31-32 Ash 13-IH *Containg Amides The above analysis is that of a sample of rice-raeal from Walter "Wooll'serofi, Esq., of Georges Plain, Westmoreland, who has esta*'- lished the rice industry on that i roperty. This product is readily eaten by horses and should be regarded rather as a substitute for corn than for oats, since it is by no means rich in Nitrogenous Constituents. 1
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, Jamaica. Jamaica. Dept. of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Jamaica. 11 ICE Meal. Per Cenl Moisture 14-11 Fat 0-23 (Crude) Albuminoids* . 6-12 Carbohydrates 35-04 Fibre 31-32 Ash 13-IH *Containg Amides The above analysis is that of a sample of rice-raeal from Walter "Wooll'serofi, Esq., of Georges Plain, Westmoreland, who has esta*'- lished the rice industry on that i roperty. This product is readily eaten by horses and should be regarded rather as a substitute for corn than for oats, since it is by no means rich in Nitrogenous Constituents. 1 7. THE ORANGE WEEVIL. By E Stuart I'antox. The Orange Weevil* familiarly called " Fidler," represents a West Indian group of snout-beetles, said to number some 70 or 80 species, and is a member of an extensive family termed Ciuculiouidae, which contains many insects of very I rilliant colours. The weevil generally measures from half an inch to an inch and a quarter long, and constitutes a variety of local forms, most of which are brightly coloured, and it is likely that several, if not all, feed upon Citriis. The van', ty called rubro vittatus is probably that oftenest found cling- ing to Citrus trees. The male, (fig. 1 ] which is generally smaller than the female, (fig. 2) is shining black, with two bright red, longitudinal stripes on tlie elytra, or wing-cases, which enclose another similar, but white stripe down the mid- dle of the back; while the female is generally, but not always, more or less covered with wliitisli scales,which the two red stripes on the elytra but faintly visible, and the white me- dian one, not at Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jamaica. Dept. of Agriculture; Fawcett, William, 1851-; Cousins, H. H. (Herbert Henry), b. 1869. Kingston, Dept. of Agr
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