Sugar-Cane Cultivation
p. 41 · Read in the full issue
A N interesting brochure entitled “Sugar-Cane Cultivation” has been received from Messrs.
Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies Ltd., agricultural machinery manufacturers of Ipswich, England.
The pamphlet deals with sugar-cane ploughing, discing, subsoiling, furrowing and inter-row cul tivation.
Containing many illustrations, it shows the various types of cane ploughs and tractors at work in the great sugar producing countries of the world. The wide range of plantation machinery made by the English firm is por trayed, from the light steel plough operated in Fiji by natives and drawn by two oxen to the huge “Giantrac” tractor-ploughs used in the West Indies.
Pacific Islands planters interested in the booklet may obtain a free copy on writing to Messrs.
Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies.*** Mrs. Green, wife of Captain S. G.
Green, marine superintendent of Burns, Philp and Co. Ltd. and a member of the council of the Pacific Islands Association, died at her home at Neutral Bay, Sydney, on July 24.