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in the onwarl march of the German siugar industry. /bid. A German exchange sings the song of melancholy over the German sugar situ- ation ~ith the great decline in produe- tion. It says in part: ‘‘The reasons for this regrettable decline are manifoid; taken all togeiner, however, one could classify them as war effects. One of the reasons was the complete failure. of the official price policy, a policy that me: principally the demands of the consumer but neglected the beet sugar farmer and hi. justified demands com- pletely, thus making the cultivaticn of "heets a most unprofitable and unjustifi- able business. - [n connection with this shortage the rising price of fertilizers, parivicuiariy nitrogen fertilizers, must be borne in mind.’” The exchangze then tells how West Prussia (East Prussia is evidentlv meant) had to yield its largest ' factory to the Poles and from this section came large guantities of potatoes, corn and other products, and this has vitally affected tne sugar situationin northern Germany. In the southern part of Ger- m iny the people were cut off from com- municasion with the rest ot (Germany and the four large factories at Frank- enthai, Waghausel, Stuttgart and Heil- bronn have .united their interests and pool their profits according to capital involved.—lbid. BATS IN JAMAICA Bats throughout the West Indies be- long to different r ces as regards their foods, some being fruit eating and others being insects eating species. The insect euting varieties are for the most part smaller thap those which live on fruit. Their value as insect destroyers is con- siderable; they feed on mosquitos and many other ipnsects which fly at night. In an article in tne Jamaica Gleaner, June 19, 1920, on the bats found in Ja- maica, there is an interesting account of the numbers which inhabit the caves of the limestone districts. The writer states that as the island is composed largely of limestone, caves are O fiequent occur- ence. and these caves are the abode of by tar the greater part of the bat popu- lation. Many caves are small, but not infrequently caves are found which are several miles in length. Some such have great subterranean c_hambers through ~hich rivers run passing complete under some small mountain chain; others have a series of intercommunicating chambers through which a person may walk for hours without retracing his steps. Itis in such places that innumerable hosts of these - peculiar animals may be found, and it is no exaggeration to estimate their numbers in a single cave as 10,000 or 15,000 individuals. . “In the caves are great piles of guano deposited by the bats. These depsits oy ok oEd s ’ ~ bR b g ko R REod some.im s are fiftecn or twenty feet thick, and are valuable as a fertilizer Agricultural News. : _ It is gstated that some large tobacco ; plantax’ox-s in Java have turned their - land into cane fields and are growing cane - which is ro be sold to sugar faetories in i the vieinity. A.though owing tofthe reg- ulations, a large extension of cane piant- ings on new lard is impossible, the use of tobacco lands is quite possitle, and this may contribute to a rather good in- crease of the Java cane sugar production, . and a combatment of the sugar scarcity. ~ —~Louisiana Planter.—lbid. During the past few years interest has been shown in the cultivation of sisal hemp or henequen in Peru, where the plant tarives under many of- the desert conditions of the waste lands. Although only of from 3 0 4 per cent of the leaves is available for fibre, there is no agricul- tural product of commercial value which . can be produced at less expense, or in such barren ground. The Peruvian fibre, - which is light ecream in colour, straight, clean, and smooth, is used for the manu- facture of cordage and binder twine, and is also used for bags, hammocks, and various other articles. The Chamber of Commerce Journal.—lbid. Seeds of water melon are being distri- buted free by Mr. Leschlovpe in Port-of- Spain Trinidad. It appears jthat there is demand.inp New York for the ripe fruit, which he is prépared to buy from grow- ers. Tlhere seems to bea chance for _ some people to make alittle money if they wish by growing this fruit, says the - Port ofSpain Gazette.- -Ibid. Para grass has proved a greater suc- cess in. Hawaii than Guinea grass; it is feund naturalized and grown for forage in several localities making very luxuriant growth. Another grass which is said to have naturalized itself very suecessfully in certain parts of Hawaii is the Natal or red top grass.—Tricho- loena rosea.)--The Philippine Agricultu- ral Review.- -Ibid. ! The South African Sugar Journal, | May 1920, states that the British Royal ~ Commission of Sugar Supplies has offered 90s. £. 0. b, for 90 per cent of the total out put of crystallized sugar in Mauri- . tius which means that the Brilisn . Government Royal Commission is offer . ing £9O per longton for almost the | whole of the Mauritius crop of first ! grade sugars. It is said, however that ' the planters are asking for £IOO per ton. L —Tind. 3 The Nassau Tribune, June 19, 1929, | states that the canning factory wharves . were then stacked bigh with 3,500 cases . of pine-apples ready for shipment. The | . company had then sufficient pine-apples on hand to keep the factory busy until further supplies were received. The company had also disposed ot all the to- matoes canned by them last season. The quantity was altogether too small to supply the large demand, and it is. hoped to increase the output to meet the trade. —lbid. Ground nuts are by far the most im- portant agricultural product of Gambia. They are the colonies sole export of any importance, and therefore the source of its prosperity. The nuts are planted at the beginning of the rainy season in June and July; and reaped in November after the rains are over. The Govern- ment is obliged to purehase for distribu- tion to the native planters for seed pur- poses a certain quantity of the best of ‘'the crop (Colonial Reportz,—Annual No. 1034.)—Ibid. I love to watch a rooster crow— He’s like so many men I know, Who brag and bluster, ramp and shout, And beat their manly chests without The first dam’ thing to crow about.- Porto Rico Progress. ‘““‘And God’’ said the six-year-old in finishing his evening pravers, ‘‘piecase make little sister weigh thirty pounds.’ Ibid. WHALS TH USE? (A Lazy Man's Excuse) What’s the use of wcrrying Because ve are not free ? What’s the use of struggling Against fate’s decree ? What’s the use of arguing If we can’t agree ? What’s the use of anything In this world of woe ? At the finish ’tis either Heaven Or the place below. —J. P. LOHMAN in Songs From the Ceils. Ibid. REVENGEFUI. MAUD. “‘Ferdie jilted Maud and married an- other giri, but Maud had her revenge '’ tlHow ‘?” ‘‘She sent the bride a book to read on their honevmoon—Stevenson’s ‘Travels with a Donkey.’ "’—Boston Transeript. —ltnd. Bekendigorelse EKSIBAUHDH*».ÆR Generalfor- samling afholdes i Dansk Vest- indisk hleätricitetbaktieseiskab paa Direktorens Kontor Sondagen den 14 November 1920 Klokken 11 Formid- dag. !