. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGEICULTUEAL NEWS. Pebevaey 20, GLEANINGS. A disc plougli with a second shaft bearing blades which break up the slice, is figured in the Monthly BulUtin of A'iriculiural InteUvieiiceand Plnnt Diseases iox April 1915. The main features are a number of sharp discs, mounted near each other on the same shaft, which cut into the soil by the weight of the whole machine, and lift by friction a slice of earth which is then broken up by a series of knives- mounted on a .second shaft, which may be situated over or
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGEICULTUEAL NEWS. Pebevaey 20, GLEANINGS. A disc plougli with a second shaft bearing blades which break up the slice, is figured in the Monthly BulUtin of A'iriculiural InteUvieiiceand Plnnt Diseases iox April 1915. The main features are a number of sharp discs, mounted near each other on the same shaft, which cut into the soil by the weight of the whole machine, and lift by friction a slice of earth which is then broken up by a series of knives- mounted on a .second shaft, which may be situated over or behind a disc. In order to prevent the rapidly revolving knives being injured, by stones, or the like, they are not rigidly attached to the shaft but are mounted in such a way as to allow relative moticju between them. The above plough is a recent German invention. A note in the Monthly Bulletin (fence and Plant Diseases for May method of examining bone-marrow confirmation of anthrax diagnosis is mining the presence of micro-organ this disease. This information will in places like Demerara and St. attention to the question of of Agricultural Intelli- , states that the for the bacteriological a sure means of deter- lisms which give rise to be noted with interest Vincent, where special has been given. The effect of the war on chemicals and compounding ingredients used in rubber manufacture is dealt with in the India Rubber World for December 1, 1915. The effect has been to increase the price in some cases to an extraordinary extent. For instance, toluol has risen from 40c. per gallon to $4-25 per gallon. White beeswax has jumped from 10c. per ib. to 55c. per ft>. Acetone, which by the way can be prepared by a simple process from molasses, has risen from •12c. per lb. to 'SOc. per ft. As usual, the West India Committee CiVcit/ar (December 28, 1915) devotes a large amount of its space to a consideration of agricultural affairs in the West Indies, and particularl
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