Practical Help For N.G.
p. 43 · Read in the full issue
Planters
THE last issue of the “New Guinea Agricultural Gazette” (March) is as usual packed with good things.
There are at least 14 articles of practical value to planters and the following are some of the most notable:— “Some Investigations on Coconut Diseases Associated with Soil Conditions in New Guinea”; “Description of Experi ments in Methods of Controlling the Coconut Tree Hoppers”; two articles giv ing plans and specifications for useful types of hot-air driers; methods of pro ducing air-cured tobacco for issue to native labour in place of the manufac tured stick tobacco usually imported from U.S.A. and now partially unprocurable; the chief characteristics and uses of six New Guinea timbers; methods of culti vating the Avocado (a fruit of important food value in North and South America); the properties and composition of coco nut oil; some hints on handling a crop of cocoa beans; and the place of live stock in the management of an estate.