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March 26, 1904. 



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Vol. IIL SATURDAY, MARCH 2G, 1904. No. .Jl. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Cotton Cultivation. 



We would reniind our readers that the number of 

 the Wed Indian Balldia ju.st issued (Vol. IV, no. 4) 

 contains full information in regard to >Sea Island 

 cotton in the United States and in the West Indies. As 

 the number of coi>ies is limite<l, we advise those who 

 are interested in cotton growing to obtain this 

 rejjort and read it carefully in order that they may 

 become thoroughly flimiliar with the requirements of 

 the industry. The report is on sale by the London 

 and all local agents (see p. 79 of this volume) : price 

 <iiL, free by post 8(7. 



Onion Cultivation. 



iSeven hundml jjounds of the best Teneriti'e iini(.)n 

 »jed lAVe been ordered through the Imjierial 

 Department of Agi'iculture for planting in the West 

 Indies in August next. 



In this connexion it may be mentioned that at 

 Antigua several areas, varying from 6 to 1.5 ao'es, 

 were planted, this year, with onions. These onions 

 occupied the ridges between the growing canes so 

 that their cultivation entailed comparatively small 

 additional expense. The net income from the onions 

 so grown has, in .some years, reached £8 to .£10 per 

 acre. There is a considerable local demand for onions 

 in the.se colonies; and they might also be shipped to 

 New York. The best time of the year for West Indian 

 onions to arrive in New York is from the middle of 

 January to the middle of March, before the Bermuda 

 crop is due, 



Barbados Fish-curing Factory. 



From a Hrst report, presented by the Manager of 

 the Barbados Fish-curing Factory, it would appear 

 that 81,000 Hying-tish have been leceived at 

 the factory, and 13.5 barrels have been cured and 

 ilisposed of to date. The general agents are Messrs. 

 Hanschell & Co., Bridgetown. The fish is also on sale 

 by ^lessrs. J. R. Bancroft & Co., W. L. Johnson 

 & Co., F. Norman Roach i^ Co., and others. The fish 

 is .said to be in good demand locally and 71 barrels 

 have been shipped to, and have obtained good prices 

 at, Trinidad, Demerara and other markets. 



Quotations for Cotton. 



As announced in the last issue of the Aijrlc alt oral 

 Xeiv-f (Vol. Ill, p. 88), the quotations for cotton in the 

 })ublic telegrams now refer to Sea Island cotton. 



The following telegram from the Superintendent 

 ot the West India and Panama Telegraph Company, 

 Ltd., dated ^larch S, 1904, gives further information on 

 this matter : — - 



Our ijuotation of Sea iviand cotton on .^tli. was for best 

 Barbado.s qnality, wliidi aiipears to be eijuivalent to medium 

 fine Sea Island as ]jer ijuotations at top of Liverpool 

 Association's C'ircnlar, and it is our intention of cjuoting the 

 latter (luality, weekly; Init 1 am aske I by my Board to 

 ascertain from you if it will fulfil recjuirements. 



To this the Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture 

 replied : ' Quotati(jns for medium fine Sea Island 

 cotton as per quotations at top of Liverpool Association's 

 Cii'cular would, I believe, suit p)i'esent requirements 

 in West Indies.' 



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Cotton Prospects in British Honduras. 



Among the subjects discussed at the Annual 

 General meeting of the British Honduras Society of 

 Agriculture and Commerce, that of cotton growing 

 occupied a ])rominent jilace. A detailed rejjort on the 

 experiments that have been carried on during the 

 latter half .jf 1903 was submitted by Mr. Campbell, 

 the Curator of the Botanic Station. 



About A ton of cotton seed — Sea Island, Egyptian 

 and Peruvian varieties — presented by the British Cotton 

 Crowing Associati(jn, was distributed free to persons 

 expressing their willingness to plant cotton. 



Several planters carried out experiments on a small 

 scale, that is. on plots varying from 1 acre to 7 "acres. 

 On the whole, the.se experiments have been successful, 

 the cotton bearing well. Some tniuble was experienced 

 with the cotton worm, there being no P.aris green at 

 hand. 



Experiments to test the suitability of different 

 varities of cotton, carried out ai: the Corozal and Stann 

 Creek Botanic Btations, do not appear to have furnished 

 an}' very definite results. The results of the whole 

 expeiiments are. however, sufficiently promising to give 

 encouragement to the planters, and it is anticipated 

 that cotton will be planted somewhat extensively 

 during the next planting season especially in the 

 northern district of the ciiNjny. 



