BETTER SUGAR CANE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 811, 4 November 1929, Page 10

BETTER SUGAR CANE

SUCCESS OF EXPERIMENTS IN JAVA AGRICULTURIST’S TOUR A new species of sugar-cane ntm-d “P.O.J. 2878.” has been evolved by the Javanese Sugar Research Station. Recently the re suits of the first planting expenments were tested, and it was found that the new cane possesses an extra 30 per cent, of sugar content. This news is brought io se " L'■ land by Mr. Colin Anderson, of Kohimaraina, who has returned front a triP to Java, the Malay States Burma, India, Europe, England and Canada. As a result of the success of the new sugar-cane, the export of cane from the island has been prohibited, lie savs, and the experts are working hard to make further progress on the lame lines. That their efforts are likely to be rewarded in a still measure, is proved by the fact that, this year, they have planted “P.O.G. 3212,” which is expected to give another 9 per cent, increase. The number given to each specie of cane denotes the total number of experiments which have been the means of its evolution. PURCHASE OF PIGS Mr. Anderson, who is the Bwner of Vali, Mithra and other well-known New Zealand racing performers, purchased in Canada three champion pigs, including a son of a large white boar which has won the national championship at the Royal Canadian Exhibition for the last three years. The three pigs will arrive at Auckland on the steamer Montreal. “I was very impressed with the present, agricultural condition of Denmark,” said Mr. Anderson, in chatting of his trip with a Sun man after his arrival yesterday on the Aorangi. “Co-operation and close settlement have done wonders for the country, and they have passed a new law prohibiting the export of

all but first-class produce. “The iirst-clas produce is branded with a red label, and unless the goods carry that label they cannot leave Denmark and must be consumed in the country.”

Referring to his purchase of pigs, Air. Anderson said that Canada was the only country in which a market was to be found at the present because of the prevalence of swine fever in Australia, foot and mouth disease on the Continent, and the fact (hat official regulations made purchases in the United States impracticable. Mr. Anderson added that he tried to buy a good milking Shorthorn bull in Canada, but could find no better quality than that which was offering in New Zealand.