. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 68 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. March 5, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. USEFUL FACTS REGARDING THE GROUND NUT. Useful i(iformation in connexion with the ground nut has appeared from time to time in the Aijrl- cultural Ncivs, more reoently in Vol. VIII, pp. 137, 206, , , 372 and 404, and Vol. IX, p. 4. An oppor- tunity to supplement this has been afforded by the publication ot Bulletin No. 21 of the Station Agrono- mique of Mauritius, from which ihe following informa- tion is taken. Special .-ittention is directed to t
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 68 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. March 5, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. USEFUL FACTS REGARDING THE GROUND NUT. Useful i(iformation in connexion with the ground nut has appeared from time to time in the Aijrl- cultural Ncivs, more reoently in Vol. VIII, pp. 137, 206, , , 372 and 404, and Vol. IX, p. 4. An oppor- tunity to supplement this has been afforded by the publication ot Bulletin No. 21 of the Station Agrono- mique of Mauritius, from which ihe following informa- tion is taken. Special .-ittention is directed to the tables, which should prove useful both to the grower of the plant, and to those by whom it is exploited commercial!}'. The suitability of the ground nut for a principal crop is doubtful, in many instances, but it may be cultivated as a catch i-rop with the certainty that it will be profitable. Under ordinary conditions, when it is grown on exhausted soil, with the aid of labour hired for the purpose—that is to say, under circumstances in which its produce has to pay all the expenses in connexion with its cultivation—the gains can be, at least, only contingent. It is more especially suited to be grown in this way on small holdings, where the family of the proprietor can give the plant attention during such times as its labour is not required for other purposes. This is not so when it is employed as a catch crop, for in this case, part of its i reduce is not required to pay the rent of the land, as that p: rt'.on of the latter on which it grows ?would not otherwise be ct i^upied. To this is added another consideration, namely that, in its absence, such land would have to be kept clean, and in good condition, whereas once the ground nut plant had attained a reasonable development, it would cover the earth and prevent the growth of weeds. Cultivated in this way, the only special attention that it would require would be the preparation of the soil, the sow- ing of the seed, a
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