. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. ^G8 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. AuiiusT 12, Conclusions as to the manuring of corn are to be found' in the Phillipine Agriculturisl and Forester for .January to February 1916. In Philippine soils, the use of reasonable amounts of phosphatic manure appears to be profitable. Corn does not seem to show any sign of preferring one form of fertilizer to another as a means of supplying the same element of plant food. Applying large amounts of commercial nitrogenous fertilizers does not pay in the Philippines. GLEANINGS.
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. ^G8 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. AuiiusT 12, Conclusions as to the manuring of corn are to be found' in the Phillipine Agriculturisl and Forester for .January to February 1916. In Philippine soils, the use of reasonable amounts of phosphatic manure appears to be profitable. Corn does not seem to show any sign of preferring one form of fertilizer to another as a means of supplying the same element of plant food. Applying large amounts of commercial nitrogenous fertilizers does not pay in the Philippines. GLEANINGS. The Curator of the Station, Tortola, has for- warded a return showing the quantity of concentrated lime juice exported from the Presidency of the Virgin Islands for the quarter ended June 30, 1916. This amounted to 6 casks containing 240 gallons, valued at £50. According to an article in the Gardener's Chronicle for May 20, 1916, leaf spot on vines is closely correlated with the amount of boron compounds in the soil solution. Thfr question has been raised, as to whether the condition of the leaves of sugar-cane grown on 'gall' patches in Antigua may not be caused by the same compounds. Boric acid in solution above a certain concentration is toxic to plants; when present in lower proportions it produces spotting or browning of the leaves. We have been informed by the Agricultural Superinten- dent, St. Lucia, that a small patch of Columnrais coffee has been successfully raised by the Agricultural Department and that a few plants will be set out at Reunion Experiment Station for trial. This coffee was described in the Agricvl- tural Neil's. By June 30, 1914, fifteen societies with unlimited liability, had been registered in Mauritius under the pro- visions of the Co-operative Credit Societies Ordinance (). The aggregate working capital of these societies amounted to Rs. 125,676, of which a sum of Rs. 37,550 or less than 30 per cent, was lent by the Government. A
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