. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Novembkb 20, GLEANINGS. Ac Demerara Dai!;/ Chronicle (Mail Editioi ? ' '? L, a rious leal disease of rubber trees has broken oul in British Guiana. The disease appears to be due to Dothx i. which has been investigated bj Mr. Petch, in Ceylon. A portable rack for feeding animals in the field is illustrated in the Journal of th> Department of Agriculture i For September 1915. These racks are designed to prevent waste which i tee when fodder and other f Istuffs are thrown on the ground
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Novembkb 20, GLEANINGS. Ac Demerara Dai!;/ Chronicle (Mail Editioi ? ' '? L, a rious leal disease of rubber trees has broken oul in British Guiana. The disease appears to be due to Dothx i. which has been investigated bj Mr. Petch, in Ceylon. A portable rack for feeding animals in the field is illustrated in the Journal of th> Department of Agriculture i For September 1915. These racks are designed to prevent waste which i tee when fodder and other f Istuffs are thrown on the ground for the animal to eat in that way. Observations upon glanders in mules form the subject of an interesting article in the Veterinary Record for October 9, 1915. It appears that the mule, compared with the enjoys, generally speaking, a greater immunity to bacteria] invasion. To this one must attribute a more complete and a more active immunizing and protective uisni. In the Agricultural News, vol. XIII, No. 311, p. 109, a book "ii date growing by Mr. Popenoe was reviewed at some length, and in connexion with this, Bulletin No. 071 (Bureau of Plant Industry) United States Department of Agriculture; dealing with the dates of Egypt and the Sudan will be found of interest. The publication is well illustrated, and the different varieties of fruit are well described. Further details as to the damage done in Jamaica by the August hurricane are given in the Journal of the Jamaica A dtural Society for September 1915. In regard to the Parish oi St. Marj and Western it is said that the whole of I i .tiding crop oi Ian,mas was destroyed, and that these in falling damaged cacao trees by breaking the limbs. Beyond this th to crops was not extensive. X' ? i I neni under the United States V 1 and ;V t are novi published in collected form. The issue For September 24, 1915, shows that the work which is being ?till, provided it can be carried on consistently. One interesting ca c recorded is
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