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A quantity of Desmodium tortuosum, in a green state, was given to the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon with a request that it might be tried as fodder for cattle.
He informed me later that Chinese cattle, water buffaloes and an Indian mule preferred it to hill grass and ate it readily.
A quantity of seed has been saved and further experiments will be made with it.
Seeds of the Persimmon were sent to Nairobi at the request of the Forest Department.
From the Department of Agriculture, Washington, a sample of Chinese string was received with a request for its identification as it was being imported into America in larger quantities than formerly.
The plant proved to be Cyperus tegetiformis, which is also the source of China matting.
Several Botanic Gardens applied for seeds of Aleurites Fordii and Aleurites montana for experimental purposes.
These are the trees from which the Tung Oil of commerce is obtained and it is largely used in America for making varnish.
The first rice crop was good but the second was poor in many places owing to the lateness of the rains. Much damage was done to the latter crop by the gales which occurred just before harvesting commenced.
Litchis were below the average but peanuts were good.
PRESENTATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT.
The thanks of the Department are due to the following who presented seeds or plants:-Mr. H. Humphreys; Captain A. E. Hodgins, S.S. "Haiyang"; Mr. M. J. D. Stephens; Mr. E. P. Bradbury, Santa Barbara, California; Department of Agriculture, Washington; Miss Loureiro; Conservator of Forests, Nairobi; Dr. Keyt; Mr. Chan Chik Yu; Mrs. A. Milroy Director of Botanic Gardens, Jamaica; Mr. R. Shewan; and Director of Agriculture, Fiji.
The following were the principal recipients of seeds or plants-Mr. S. B. C. Ross, Taipo; Lai Chuen Farm, Fanling; Manager, Kowloon-Canton Railway; Mr. H. Humphreys; Captain A. E. Hodgins, S.S. "Haiyang"; Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton; Mr. G. N. Orme, Fanling; H. E. the Governor, Fiji; Mr. A. F. Churchill; Mr. T. K. Wong, Director of Agricultural Experiment Station, Canton Conservator of Forests, Nairobi; Director, Botanic Gardens, Singapore; Director of Agriculture, Northern Nigeria; Economic Botanist, Government Botanic Gardens, Bangalore; Director of Horticulture, Cairo; and Agricultural Adviser to the Government of India, Pusa, Bengal.
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A quantity of Desmodium tortuosum, in a green state, was given to the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon with a request that it might be tried as fodder for cattle.
He informed me later that Chinese cattle, water buffaloes and an Indian mule preferred it to hill grass and ate it readily.
A quantity of seed has been saved and further experiments will be made with it.
Seeds of the Persimmon were sent to Nairobi at the request of the Forest Department.
From the Department of Agriculture, Washington, a sample of Chinese string was received with a request for its identification as it was being imported into America in larger quantities than formerly.
The plant proved to be Cyperus tegetiformis, which is also the source of China matting.
Several Botanic Gardens applied for seeds of Aleurites Fordii and Aleurites montana for experimental purposes.
These are the trees from which the Tung Oil of commerce is obtained and it is largely used in America for making varnish.
The first rice crop was good but the second was poor in many places owing to the lateness of the rains. Much damage was done to the latter crop by the gales which occurred just before harvesting commenced.
Litchis were below the average but peanuts were good.
PRESENTATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT.
The thanks of the Department are due to the following who presented seeds or plants:-Mr. H. Humphreys; Captain A. E. Hodgins, S.S. "Haiyang"; Mr. M. J. D. Stephens; Mr. E. P. Bradbury, Santa Barbara, California; Department of Agriculture, Washington; Miss Loureiro; Conservator of Forests, Nairobi; Dr. Keyt; Mr. Chan Chik Yu; Mrs. A. Milroy Director of Botanic Gardens, Jamaica; Mr. R. Shewan; and Director of Agriculture, Fiji.
The following were the principal recipients of seeds or plants-Mr. S. B. C. Ross, Taipo; Lai Chuen Farm, Fanling; Manager, Kowloon-Canton Railway; Mr. H. Humphreys; Captain A. E. Hodgins, S.S. "Haiyang"; Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton; Mr. G. N. Orme, Fanling; H. E. the Governor, Fiji; Mr. A. F. Churchill; Mr. T. K. Wong, Director of Agricultural Experiment Station, Canton Conservator of Forests, Nairobi; Director, Botanic Gardens, Sin- gapore; Director of Agriculture, Northern Nigeria; Economic Botanist, Government Botanic Gardens. Bangalore; Director of Horticulture, Cairo; and Agricultural Adviser to the Government of India, Pusa, Bengal.
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