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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



OcTOHEii -Ji, 1901'.. 



WEST INDIAN PRODUCTS. 



Canada. 



The following i.s Jlr. J. Kiissell MaiTa\ s iiiunthly 

 report for August on West Indian produce in Canada : — 



Fall liusiness luis lieeii fiiiily large. Grain crops are 

 expected to reacli the estimate and reaping is now in lull 

 Operation. Fruit crops are jiroving ample, especially the 

 apple crop which is very abundant and of fine quality. 

 Under such condition.? the autumn trade is likely to be good. 

 The siuiimer has been unusually cool, there being only one 

 f^hort pieriod of warm weather in July : the result ha.s been 

 ruinous to all lemon and lime business. 



Siig'ir. — The continued steady rise during last month 

 from 10s. i'lil. for August beet deliveries to 10s. 9|<?. for 

 .September deliveries has been reflected locally by an 

 advance of 10c. per 100 ft), for granulated. West Indian 

 f-ugars have moderate incjuiry, but a better demand is 

 expected before the winter .sets in. S.8. 'Degama' has just 

 arrived from Demerara and Antigua with 32,000 bags centri- 

 fugals and a small lf>t of molasses sugars, which, while about 

 \V., D. 8., were sold at i^L'wO, duty paid. A small cargo by 

 !^cl'ooner from Karbadr.s arrived a fortnight ago. 



Afola^iei'. — Trade has been fairly active in the hands of 

 distributers, deliveries being made to outlying jioints freely, 

 I'Ut importing orders have been few. A small shipment from 

 Barbados is to hand and also a small lot from Antigua, the 

 quality of which is nuich better than of some previous lots. 



Cocrxi-iiiitf. — The New York market has again recovered 

 prices and these are now equal to ^lay quotations. Prices 

 here continue steady with an upward tendency. 



/VinV.— Trade in bananas has been very active and 

 ]. rices -well maintained. A fair supply of oranges from 

 Jamaica has turned out well and sales are active. Limes 

 are a dead-letter with the present abnormally cold weather : 

 no sales can be made. Good, steady business has been done 

 in Cuban pine-apples. 



Spkes. — During the latter end of August there was 

 more inquiry, but general business was quiet. Pepper and 

 cloves have advanced. 



IS(JUIKIE>. NOTES, KTt . 



Sug(n: — I am open to receive firm offers of centrifugal 

 crystals 96°, basis of 14i to 15i I). S., .shipment direct to 

 ISIontreal, otters to be quoted e. it f. I can also place yellow 

 crystals, and would be glad to ha\e otfer> of same. I can 

 l>lace good liright grades of muscovados, offer.^ need not be 

 confined to those under 16 1). S. Sugars must be dry and 

 free from footings. With regard to mola.s.scs sugars, in bags 

 of 14 D. S. and upwards, offers are required c. it f. Montreal 

 fca- 1,000 bags. In all eases send postal .-ample to indicate 

 average grade. 



Cocoa-nuts. — Offers wanted of up to -jO.OOCi per month, 

 ^ize, minimum, 3j inches in diameter, and of not less than 

 130 tt). gross per bag of 100 nuts : .shipment \ia Halifax. 

 Quote c. A- f. per 1,000. 



Oranr/ef. — Consignmeiits of these will re<u\e every 

 attention. 



declared to be the most interesting in this Exhibition, being 

 described by more than one old West Indian as the most 

 comi>lete collection of West Indian i>roduee tliej' had ever 

 seen in England. The exhibit comiirised sugar, sugar-canes^ 

 .syrup, turtle, gnavas, guava jelly, cassava cake.s, ca.s.sareepe,. 

 pickles, .sauces, arrowroot, cigar.s, rum, fresh limes, yams, 

 sweet potatos, etc., etc., added to which were shown preserved 

 s[iecimens of cacao pod.>, coffee, etc. The interest .shown by 

 the [>ublic in the stand anqily jiroves how keen an interest is- 

 taken in colonial produce, and how nuich good may be done 

 to colonial industries by well-irganized efforts to put .such 

 things directly before the consumer. It is worthy of not& 

 that Messrs. Philip A Co. were the first to introduce the- 

 .system of packing ' cane' sugar in small bags for household 

 puriioses. The E.xhibition jury gave them the excei>tional 

 award of two gold medals for their exhibit of cane sugar and 

 other West Indian produce. 



At the great Colonial Exhibition to be held next year 

 in the Crystal Palace, Messrs. Pliiliii A- Co. are ajiplying for 

 sjiace, and they would be glad to try and make airangements 

 by which they might undertake the exhibition or .sale of any 

 West Indian produce entrusted to them. As this e.xhibitioii 

 will remain open five months, and will doubtless be visited 

 by great numbers of peojile, it .should be a s[ilendid 

 opportunity for bringing such goods directly before the 

 Pritish public, and creating a more widespread and general 

 demand for cane sugar and other things. 



THE WEST INDIES AND THE INTERNA- 

 TIONAL FOOD EXHIBITION AT THE 

 CRYSTAL PALACE. 



The stand of Mes-r?. James Philip A: Co. (Pure Cane 

 ^ugar Co.) I, Fenchurch Puildings, E.C., was unaniraou.sly 



EDUCATIONAL 



Nature Teaching. 



The ('ujiriis JdVi-iial for July, lias the following; 

 rovieu- of this Dejiartment's publication, Xiitarc 

 Tniili i III/ * : — 



One f'f the most intelligible and instructive educational 

 mainials that we have yet come across is Nnfiin- Tmrhing, 

 by Francis Watt.s, F.I.C., F.C.S., Government Analytical and 

 Agricultural Chemist, Leeward Islands, a copy of which hiis 

 just reached us. It has been compiled especially for the u.se 

 of .schools, and although the information is stated to be 

 specially suitable for the West Indies, it treats mostly of 

 those general elementary laws of nature which are of 

 worhl-wide application. 



Each chapter is divided into twci parts. No. 1, explana- 

 tory and descriptive, while No. '1 is in each case headed 

 'Practical Woik," and this is the distinctive feature of tlie- 

 book, and from this it derives its chief utilitj-. 



The chapter on ' Plant fooil and Manures ' deals with 

 this subject in an excejitionally clear and simple manner, and 

 explains the differences and the uses of the leading artiticial 

 or chemical manures in a way that could be understood by 

 every average schoolchild. 



There is added a useful glos.sary of technical words in- 

 common use, e.g., albumen, bacteria, capillary, nitrification, 

 pistil, and so forth : and an apjiendix gives lists of tools and 

 api>liances needed for school gardens. 



We strongly recommend it to the attention of .school- 

 masters and others desirous of instructing themselves or their 

 children in the elementary operations of nature. 



* Issued under the authority of tlie Conniiissioner of 

 Agriculture for the West Indies. To be obtained of .all agent.% 

 ofthe Department. Price, linqi cloth. 2-:., or in a siq.erior style 

 (..f bincliuL;. '1*. li'/. Ptistage in either binding, 'ihl. extra. 



