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’OUST*•1902THE LOCAL AGRICUL TURAL INSTRUCTORSoexi mr a* it* atV '•«iTHtMR FlWCElT SUGGESTS IN CREISEO GRiNTS TO THEM*rt'uw4'', 1 u * f * A 4 in as Ti0 ISO j » i i' ha«lt; i !1 a.* \ • '.11 bi a 1 «« m*» * v •»* ilt;i rei it• re * )#! 1 i'n ih• •». ri lt;|| i|r hr ImbI r k t W 9 A* ft i' nb-vii h«'figh; f rs * a v i w i* XIV• ! «*lt;• • i ; |h''r*p '. i ■ i i - l.yMr .» Th ii flb* •imtCuI purj«.«e. M' V'UOg a '**:'«' ( lb- amouiilt; and it i* L-mg lt;lt;■oft t tbe :n -inti*r aid lt;lt;f oonceru ell* small •uby-'lptiot -i lu tr,*• din s**1. %II ‘#1d of MiuWatt*«:v netfthfthi11II il.. \ I X* Board — looour to r ■ment of too ha* vi-itedic 11d!IIQIU gdi-tritot hMan*..th*it at Clotir. Mt tb«- loc»l inairu*’ oo lat J ulf, and al •I/it p«r» of Ibi • ten on July .I’d.Mr r»larb* b»« de*lt cbi« c ‘tr*. as di-sired by the society,•!■ gi*ca msttiictioa tr. other agricol.ur*: meti r-** Where pettier* have unreservedly placed *hr:n***lir*H nodet his direction, Ihwr coffee ftp ds eftord a striking coo tract ti tho«f f their neighbour*. The triMi ha*c or.iy one strong *Um instead of two or throe weak ooe« : they are topped low and cooa« quently b*v* branches gr* wmg thick quite down to theiban aci at ut half it* g*r The in on, e grour lt;i aolt;! .• t »* labour or lw* iltivatiou later r iptioc*, but goo und belong* t* drbl ia paid ofl tbe brat h. Tl *arilv»iIt* lt;a»ainon* dra*r ere ‘r iumbt•ruwiyam*.ig. sr*i*iin,Ib■ anafr.it a*re mrmt• I riIBttn■th«!rate; rnai...rlt;? i#ng • f•;Ill 11fur : lt;lbss l a 1 i i o IHvllii-'.MUl UUtrpg»hair.1abort bra growing tree* ar.f loog topi thry lave o in tbe conire of the at a regular dialer • With few : braacbe* tree Tbe » of eightatfeet f few tbaleorange at d jungle of al lichens mo*oe another, ao 1 tiaee ODly a tree# among*! them, auirto aa breadfruit ina'eed of a den*e kinds of plant* cowered with ** and paraaitee The groundplant*,ii n b y 51 for tbe being giwrmrbood. 1 or u*a on the grsun )f Mr 5lt;f tbe flt;i . if theo other* or _•«. I Ot egg* a free, r 5 »ung 14' per anuu nJ to • y«wrl f lt;i for each ot hi* two anj ren* nce« who ha** the nee of h -r-ee end lt;»-l# tbat i« about a w*«k for ea«'b . tbe total amonnti'ig to I7d per annum. Mr, Young i* willing to do twice the amount of w rlr he fca* been doing and to include u*r of *tu k acd apprentice* a* above for the uoi of £2ik per annum I am of tbe opinion that tbe money wnul l be very well spent if the I Liard should agr.-* to it•'srg»coutr*nnmbiDorfruit *Jniy * hruugltor w that a*-* i p »r I was hItor war i ntte thatu*premiawa*Phimi1 riLit mence wc rk tbat tl acceptII nme** lear of weed*. 1 be surface i* ‘ thatched with grare ano both cut along the roadside, ao tbat tb* treea are not •lt; ; much aft tried by drought, If a stttljr has a horse, it is ke?t to • x:*II during the day, and the litter of fere, etc, ta afte’warda removed for ibatching Styee are built for piga on a p K»r part of the land, or at lie top of a •i-«pe #» that all drainage i* utilised, The dropping* of rabbit*, and all other mauu* it*l deposits, are taken care of, and a, plied to rmall quantities to tbe anil wberr . it moat nee da it.' *vuu ti»le—forks etc, provided by lb* Government, are leut to settler* 51r. I’alitbe a precept id give the coffee b»en every cbence Ui orow Urge b proper etteotioo in tb* fiVia. and then do not aooil it by improper curing ' lie be* lent a hand pulper for the u** of one part of the district.“ Ii ia too eerly yet to be able t: appre ciate th* reaulte of the matruction by the pricoa of coff*e in the market, but tbe quality must be improve 1 by fewer I gh» and small beans, and at any rate tbe quantity of coffee produced muet he very largely lor'eesed. The locrreae will b» owing not only to the larger crops on tbe same ar.a, but also to tbe reclaimiug of eocalled ' woru out' toil which tbe eet* tl-*ra are now (Udiug out. lt;»o llt;y proper maoageiuent be utilt'Jtd like virgin soil ‘•Mr I'alacbe s eaperiments at “ Clov-er ’ are iute'*ting and likely to orove useful, l or instance, by selection ne has increased tbe cumber of row* n the cob of oative corn from 16 lo Ik row* he bas ahown tbat certain American va netivs are earlier than our native corn, tnat cassava grown from *e«d ia likely to be more proouctivc than from aticka. a* in ooe vear fr»m seed be reaped 7t) lte the yield ot three roote , be has collided J5 varieties of »weel potatoes—.arly v*. netiee berveated in five naootbs, otbera in 7 ID 'J months, and late varieties in It mouths—tbe object being to provkfc a constant auccwasioo dunug Ibe year beIJOAm tt who 'apable agn assist Mr YMrnode! ground al I ■ tr aty1 further suggest ihi live* al Watt l'uwa and i« • ultanst. should be asked t ung eeoerally and to start alongtioojourneyi ne i.2 aHer Hpmg1 tbat hi*wbtmcb is uneriS.ia, of M.trdoo !• would prove .h*imuis wouic prove oi gn*s Manchester and f*t. Auo. might be charged ao much tbeir use and probably in I be ourchaaetL If ilia not possible to t Ibis year an am unt might I ekliuiate* for ncii yeart Ul rv*. I IperHiel*«rs and both in •ettlers uabel for *11e putni.• ClGERMANS MASSACREAN ENTIRE TRIBE.August 1. M.lftKP.^,1'uld ' for to j oerved D'7 Lladtca ha*e,1 sihifl1 sive piv:iifurtteduruprorogated and dmtributed good varieties\ ictona, li. i-. August Id.—As a i ime lahnidit for the murder ol Mrs. V*olff, wile of a Ge*man misaionary, eeveral monibe ago, by a tribe of natives in New Britain, a terrible vengeance waa »r« akeJ upon tbe savages by e German ex; edition recenily sent against them. Leery memtier of ibe trine w*s killed, e»rn a uativr guide who belong lo the offending tribe end who bad betrayed bis country*men 11 the German*.Officer* of the Miowera, which arrived here l0*day, received the news of the massacre fr m the Germen ship Taug in. wbiob reached Brisbane after a eruuie among tbe island* juat befure Ibe Miowera sailed from t»at port.Tbe German farces landed two mile* below tb# native village and came upon the blacks id tbe dead of night aurpnamg them, a* tbe majority were asleep. The slaughter, in which no quarter was given bv the furious Germans, wa^ food over, Mr*. Wolf was becked lo death with the rule weepoos of the natives.OrientgrandSquaretui'uaaTherepie actwhile ipamtefeet lihigh.ftmoathe coiK.relfabow iflight.1.¥f vegetable, etc.. -* Lima been tbat hear**1 the y* sr roaud, a prolific red pee that can bs harvested in 1U we«k», a dwarf bean carnation wonder and a pole been * Motion s earlisst of ell etc.. Ibe rxpen meat* with potet ee are folly deaenbed lu j me report lo tbe Journal for July, and I agree with bia aucgestiou that Hutton * i •e«d potatoes should b* used for expert i meiU by tbe society in the coming lee son ; tbe plantation of pmea ia doing well and ilia evident that the manure* sup- 1 plied by tbe Agrooltursl Chemist have henifitrd ibe piaot*. However, 1 do not approve of ‘.be mixed cultivation “Mr. Falache baa douu much good al* in Dcouadmg settlers to enter for the Priae Uoldiugs Hcbeni*.'• I atrougly recommmd to tb« Boerd of maLagement that Mr I'alacbe be asked to in create bu travelling lo teice tbe amcuot tbat be ia now doiog and tbat ht ba offered £lb iper annum, I el* recommend tbat be be allowed (Os a month for each of : lb* two apprentice# whom ne will feed. ! clothe, tod give tome small remuoera i id If poaeible tbe itcriaaed rsmnneralio: •nouid O' mmcnce by I)lt;*c*ui'*er at auy rate for Mr. I’alacbe should be bard al work at a time when neither ttuwera or berries ere oo tbe e.ftee tree* and tbe yeople would not miod pruning them,“III Ike ytb July 1 Visited Mr 11 L. Tounge Model farm user Brown a Town and drove with him through the district by way of Watt Town, Gibraltar aud M mi wart Town The brat branch in lb le diatnol waa started by Mr. Cradwick in Msptember 19U1 at Watt Town, and io November following Mr. Young paid hi* brat cfttsiel vuit on bit appciotment as local ihaiructor. There ere now 15U mem her# at Well Town and six other tub branch** have been form'd by M'. Yonog at Gioralter, Madras, CUrkeoovtllo, Ue tiremm•, Alba Miea-ou and Muirboaa* There arc ai'Stdy about »J mom We at Gibraltar ab at 30 at Madia*, and at ut 60 at CiarkaooviUe. It ia expected tbat ty tbe end of the year there w-ll be VJO members in the Dry Harbour Mouuttio* Mr, Y’ooug prop»*e# tbat Watt Town should be tbe heecq jtrters for Houlb*w*at ML Add sod that tbe other centres abonld be sub ! branch*# so aa lo titopiify the buaireaa tod have only ooe branch in direct com muoloeUoD with tbe parent society ** Mr. Young travels two daja every | week, making house to boats vmtatiooe, instructing Ibe people to line out their grounds oo e systematic plan a* beiog moet economical, showing I hem bow to use Ibe fork to cultivation ; pointing out tb* advantage of akmg their “long U p . coffee into abiri top/' tbe use of manures and compost*, and *bs best method of makiug tbe latter, tbe beet way to bud lt;heir wild orange treea, giviog them buds from bit own tree* etc etc *• B*eide* travslliug |bim*elf be follow*1 this up by sending oat two apprentice*• in nde through tbe diatricte in different ! directions, two days eecb week, who bod,' examine trees previously budded carry i round tools oo loan generally with a carlor take round tbe stallion, bull, etc for 1 aervioe tu the different diatric Is. Th*e* j hoys ere paid U a day by Mr Young when they go rouod. Ue has lately upeul much ; urn* in explaining the provntoae of the f frixe Holdmga echeme end in urgiug 1 people te enter tbeir names, and ftfptr* for the ooinpetition. He bad il#; du ; entries. He recommend# that forWe seme• umpetition Ibe pnte aMld be divided ‘ WardedPANTECHIWc have :i lar^e sto;k lt;and will to: glad t# sendo it kwlt; cation:—Galv’d Corrugati I. C. Tin 20* 14 Sad Irons Harness Sole Paints and Oil Hoes Cutlassi 5 and 6 Inch Filei RopeMule Collars Tools of all desi Wail Paper Window Glass Wire NettingalsoFurniture,SlassuAND| 00- MdibM■ J, W. II130 HARBOUI
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Kingston Daily Gleaner
Kingston, Kingston, JM
Fri, Aug 22, 1902
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