Agricultural news . be accurately measured. The follo^ving is a summary of the main resultsai-rived at:— Nitrogen is the only fertilizer which in this experimentseemed to exercise a specific effect on the composition oforanges. Applications of nitrogen to the soil resulted in a slightlylower amount of sugar, a somewhat coarser fruir, and a juice in the orange. The ettect of nitrogen was the same, whether appliedalone, in conibinatim with either potash or phosphoric acul,or both. The effect of nitrogen was greater in 191-5 than in the crop was picked about two months later i
Agricultural news . be accurately measured. The follo^ving is a summary of the main resultsai-rived at:— Nitrogen is the only fertilizer which in this experimentseemed to exercise a specific effect on the composition oforanges. Applications of nitrogen to the soil resulted in a slightlylower amount of sugar, a somewhat coarser fruir, and a juice in the orange. The ettect of nitrogen was the same, whether appliedalone, in conibinatim with either potash or phosphoric acul,or both. The effect of nitrogen was greater in 191-5 than in the crop was picked about two months later in , itwould indicate that some effect other than delayed matuiitywas caused by the nitrogen. (Jomparison with fruit from similar trees grown cjutsidethe fertilizer plots shows a fair agreement of compositionand quality. The analyses show a higher percentage of nitrogen fromall plots receiving it. while no such ettect was obtained witheither phosphoric aoid or potash. 1D8 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. April 7, The (lovernment Meteorologist, Jamaica, has prepareda paper, which was published last year, on cloud drift asobserved at Kingston during 1907-13. The report dealswith cloud movements at different levels, and furnishesinformation as to the movements in the upper classes of clouds are dealt with, low cloud at 1,000 feet,middle , and upper 10,000 to 12,000 feet. Account istaken of the frequency of cases of observed direction of thedrift at 7 and .5 daily. GLEANINGS. In the Agricu/tvA-al Niivs fur March 10 was publishedan article on rice as human food. Further details concerningthe composition of Indian rices will be found in the recentlyissued Bulletin (No. 6_) of the Agricultural ResearchInstitute, Pusa. During 1915-16 the large total of ,78) seedlings wa>distributed fur planting from the Antigua Experiment included 3,7.)6 coco-nuts, 2, Eucalyptus, 30,.)00onion plants, anil 254,617 cane plants. Besides these, ac
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