. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. XIV. No. 346. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 243 pei i I aiti -I States. Thi ig is wha't Dr. ' : in i -rial: B i. uld b d -in i bat tin- wea drying thi resulted in some loss of orgai through b The drying process usually practised would thus appear ti inl a dei rease in the volatile organic matter, md i i enl increase in the ash contei ' Fori unately, as our results, a- well I leerr, would h igen during the weal bering i u ?? not of imj at d tnensions. The important constituents ol the cake from the er point of view ar
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. XIV. No. 346. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 243 pei i I aiti -I States. Thi ig is wha't Dr. ' : in i -rial: B i. uld b d -in i bat tin- wea drying thi resulted in some loss of orgai through b The drying process usually practised would thus appear ti inl a dei rease in the volatile organic matter, md i i enl increase in the ash contei ' Fori unately, as our results, a- well I leerr, would h igen during the weal bering i u ?? not of imj at d tnensions. The important constituents ol the cake from the er point of view are the nitrogen, pho phot i . lime, and organic matter. The nitrogi ontent (about 2 per id cake) itself makes the press-cake valuable as a Fertilizer. The phosphoric acid is present to a lai in the citrate-soluble, or'available'form, and all the cakes examined, but most especiall) the numbers I, lamia from houses where phosphoric arid is used in clarification, arc rich :n i in constituent. In the lime, too, whichis contained in good proporti in all a valuable fertilizing material for most soils; while the organic matter of which the cakes contain 50 to 70 percent., is a humus-producing material. whose worth should not I"1 lost sight of. Altogether, we see that the press-cakes should be a valuable fertilizing material, being rich in the elements most needed by the cane—nitrogen and phosphorus, and in the aees wliieh bring about general soil improvement—lime aial organic TROPICAL READERS FOR SCHOOLS: (1) The Star of India Readers. Price 4 to 10 annas. (21 The Rambler Travel Books. Price Sitf. each. (.'!) Rambles among our Industries. Price 9d. each. £ lac kie. and Son Limited, London. The popularity of Messrs. Blackie and Sons' 'Tropical Reader" (a ne\i one of which is-now under preparation) has ted the desirability of bringing the above series to the notii I West Indian educationists as well. All of thi little 1 ks an attractively written and illustrated,
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