N.G. Agricultural
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Gazette
THE January issue (No, 1, Vol. 2) of the New Guinea Agricultural Gazette has just come to hand. This is the second number produced by the Department of Agriculture, the first being published at the end of last year.
In the present issue there are altogether nine informative articles by officers of the Administration which should prove helpful and instructive to planters.
“Recent Experiments in the Curing of N.G. Cocoa” by Mr. E. C. D. Green gives results of drying and fermentation experi ments carried out at Kabaira and Vuna kambi Plantations. Mr. John L. Froggatt, B.Sc., contributes “Entomological Notes,” recording observations on some of the im portant pests of economic crops in New Guinea. Mr. Froggatt has also compiled a detailed list of pests recorded in the Territory.
Though copra prices have been trending upward recently, the general quality of the N.G. product has taken a downward turn in many cases. The article on “Copra Drying” by Mr. F. O. Moody, who has had over 20 years’ experience in copra curing, should assist materially in improving the standard of the Territory’s copra.
Other contributions include: “Notes on Flowering Trees in the Botanic Gardens, Rabaul” by Mr. L. E. Hanson, “Warts on Cattle” by Mr. C. C. Marr, “Control of Rodents” by Mr. J. L. Froggatt, and “Meteorology” by Mr. B. G. Challis.