. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. TH]-; AGRICULTURAL XKW8. April 25, 1902. hi.'sitrtliiFii in cutting nW tin- I'ggs on tlii' leaves. Ha\ing got the eggs they sliould be spread out in the Sim near the young eanes so that the parasites (those friends of the sugar planter) may esca]>e anil find their \va\ back to the canes. At this time of the year there ai-e tew jjarasites in the eggs. In a batch of five bundled vgg clusters recently collected on an estate in liarbadiis, only one percent, showetl parasite attacks: but as the season advances and th
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. TH]-; AGRICULTURAL XKW8. April 25, 1902. hi.'sitrtliiFii in cutting nW tin- I'ggs on tlii' leaves. Ha\ing got the eggs they sliould be spread out in the Sim near the young eanes so that the parasites (those friends of the sugar planter) may esca]>e anil find their \va\ back to the canes. At this time of the year there ai-e tew jjarasites in the eggs. In a batch of five bundled vgg clusters recently collected on an estate in liarbadiis, only one percent, showetl parasite attacks: but as the season advances and the parasites have less difiiculty in finding an abundance <if eggs on the young canes, this projiortioii will grow nuieh larger. The jilanter can do much to encourage the iu<Tease of the parasites, so that by the time thi' canes ?iire getting t(jo tall to be searched for eggs the jjara- sites become numerous enough to do very effective woi'k in checking such moth boi'ci's as may still be found in the canes. The time foi- this work is neces- ..sarilv shoit but the ojiportnnity should not be alloweil to ]iass this year. PREPARATION OF COMMERCIAL PAPAIN. It is well known that the milk obtainable, especial- ly from the fruit, of the pij)aw ti'ee (Carlfd. Papitt/d ). ]),ses the jn'operty of rendei'ing meat tender and in fact of partially digesting it. In recent years this ])roperty has been utilized l)y evajxirating the milk into ,-1 dry )]owder known as ' ])apain.' There is a. moderate demand for this substance and where the papaw tree is abundant it might be advantageous to jii-epare it. The following account of jn-ejiaring crude (?!? coiiimapain is a comparati\e- Iv easv matter, provirK'd that att'-ntion is jiaid to <-cit;iiii matters of detail. (•!)l,l,i;( i-ixi: TIIK MILK. Tlic juice. (.]• milk, which jbi'ms t'ae starting-point is prcjcuri'il by making a sci'atch or shallow incision in the skin ol I lie ti'uit of the jiajiaw while in a green <-on(litioii. I
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