. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. interest which strikes one is the principle of combined action. This depends on the circumstance that the sum of th» maximum efforts of a number of men engaged in a certaia piece of work is much less than the sum of the efforts whea each is working independently. The familiar habit amongst the labouring classes to sing whilst exerting combined effort is therefore seen to have a scientific basis and is to bo encouraged. Another point of much significance brought out l)y the foregoing results, is the usefulness of a
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. interest which strikes one is the principle of combined action. This depends on the circumstance that the sum of th» maximum efforts of a number of men engaged in a certaia piece of work is much less than the sum of the efforts whea each is working independently. The familiar habit amongst the labouring classes to sing whilst exerting combined effort is therefore seen to have a scientific basis and is to bo encouraged. Another point of much significance brought out l)y the foregoing results, is the usefulness of a rope. attachment. In pulling a cart a rope passed round the shoulder enables a man to exert a maximum effort 12 B>. greater than would be the case without one. In the VVast Indies, the tractive powers of men are chiefly used in con- nexion with the shipment of cargo. The trolley system is still in vogue on many of the island piers, whilst the hand- (15) Fig. 23. cart is used for conveying sugar and other produce from tho warehouses. No harm can accrue by bearing in mind, ia regard to these operations, the results of the tests indicated Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Great Britain. Imperial Dept. of Agriculture for the West Indies. Bridgetown, Barbados, Bowen & sons;
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