. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. •I'm 5, GLEANINGS. W< adei md tlia i onsiderable development is to anticipated in the Dutch Island of St. Eustatius, which lies a few miles to the north of St. Kitts. A large amount of [in mai hinery for the produi cotton, and it i< said that the tint will be exported to thi 11 ch market, 1,1 lis of 1914, ?? fibre valued at about £1,362 was exported from Mauritius to Germany. The exporl having now ceased, a new market is sought for 'I'i- produ ? Mauritius aloe fibre is stated to
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. •I'm 5, GLEANINGS. W< adei md tlia i onsiderable development is to anticipated in the Dutch Island of St. Eustatius, which lies a few miles to the north of St. Kitts. A large amount of [in mai hinery for the produi cotton, and it i< said that the tint will be exported to thi 11 ch market, 1,1 lis of 1914, ?? fibre valued at about £1,362 was exported from Mauritius to Germany. The exporl having now ceased, a new market is sought for 'I'i- produ ? Mauritius aloe fibre is stated to be too fine to be substitu I for sisal, but is said to be used for making a certain grade oi mats and b The Demerara Daily Argosy invites attention to the large amount ol enterprise that has beeD shown in regard to coco-nuts in British Guiana. Remarkable progress lias also been made in regard to rice, but we understand that for some time there has been a difficulty in maintaining a uniform grade owing to variation in the milling arrangements in different pla< i The question of ensilage is deal! with in the Bhodesia A Uural Journal for Februaty 1915. It is said that , the velvst bean and some oil crop such as sunflowers mixed together make excellent ensilage, well balanced from a nutritive standpoint. It is stated further that 1 acre of maize, or maize and velvet beans weighs aboul 8 tons at the of cutting, and will produce about 7 tons of ensilage. The Colonial Journal for April 1015 makes mention oi the use of Phosphogelose in the manufacture of sugar in Brazil. This process consists in the addition of a mixture of bicalcic phosphate and kieselghur to the juice previously l with lime, theobject being to help clarification ad i" obtain a scum of manurial value. The process is at I", sent in use in a few »ugai factories in Bahia. The employment of essentia] nils a- antiseptics foi the treatment of wounds is discussed in an article in Perfumery and ! ' Oil Record
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