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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



August 27, 1904. 



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Vol. III. SATURDAY, AUGUST 2' 



1904. 



Xo. 62. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Contents of Present Issue. 



We desire to draw attention to the necessity for 

 planting winrl-breaks for the protection of crops. This 

 subject is fully dealt with in our editorial. 



On pp. 274-5 we reproduce in full Sir Daniel 

 Morris' statement of the position of the .sugar industry 

 in the West Indies. Special reference is made to the 

 Department's efforts in behalf of the industry. 



Preparations are being made for holding two 

 important Horticultural Shows in the United Kingdom. 

 It is important that the West Indies should be well 

 represented at these, and the matter should receive 

 early attention. Full particulars are given in the 

 extracts published on p. 27G. 



The Times review of the West Indian cotton 

 industry, published on p. 277, will be read with interest 

 by planters. 



The feeding and watering of rabbits form the 

 subject of Mr. Barclay's notes on rabbit keeping in this 

 issue. See p. 278. 



Under the heading ' Insect Notes ' will be found 

 an interesting report on insects prevalent in St. Kitt's- 

 Nevis, and a note on the control of the Brown Ant in 

 Porto Rico. 



On p. 2cSH is an illustrated article describing the 

 methods of budding the mango. The directions are 

 clearly stated and should easily be carried out. 



We publish a report from Mr. Russell Murray on 

 West Indian produce in Canada. This report was 

 unfortunately crowded out from our last issue. 



Teneriffe Onion Seed for the West Indies. 



The onion seed ordered from Teneriffe by the 

 Imperial Department of Agriculture was forwarded to 

 the various islands by the last Royal Mail steamer. 



In all 7G7 ft), have been received : this is made up 

 of 52(5J It), of white and 240i tt). red seed. 



Of the total quantity 297 Ih. are for Barbados, 

 2.54 lb. for Antigua, .50 It), each for Jamaica, St. Kitt's, 

 and Nevis, and smaller quantities for the other islands. 



This seed has been specially selected for the 

 Department and is the best seed obtainable. It is 

 hoped that it will give good results. 



We would again urge those who are propo.sing to 

 grow onions to sow the seed in beds, transplanting the 

 seedlings when large enough to the fields. 



Department Publications. 



In consequence of the exceptionally lai-ge demand 

 for Pamphlet No. 31, A. B. C. of Cotton Planting, it 

 has been found necessaiy to issue a second edition. 

 This pamphlet can therefore still be obtained of all 

 agents of the Department ; price 4(7., post free od. 



The hearty i-eception that has been accorded to 

 this little publication is a gratifying indication that 

 cotton cidtivation is being taken up by the peasant 

 jjroprietors as well as the planters throughout the 

 West Indies. 



Two more of the annual reports on the Botanic 

 Stations, etc., are issued to-day. These are (1) R/'port" 

 on tlie Botanic Station, Agricultural School, anil 

 Lavd Settlement ScJievie, St. Vincent: and (2) Report 

 on tlie E.rperimevt Station, Tortohi. The price of these 

 publications, which are reviewed on p. 285, is 3(/. each. 



Dominica Pine-apples in London. 



In reference to the note in the Ayricultural Ke^cs, 

 Vol. Ill, p. 248, relative to the sale of Dominica 

 pine-apples in London, it might be mentioned that 

 a further shipment has been received b}- Messrs. Geo. 

 Monro, Ltd., Covent Garden Market, who report that 

 the fruits, which came in quite green, were placed in 

 the banana room and coloured up all right and have 

 been partly sold. The shipment consisted of twenty- 

 eight fruits, which sold for £5 G-s. 6d., or at an average 

 price of 3.S. 9h<l. each. The results of the sales are 

 most jjromising. It must be borne in mind that the 

 consignment arrived at the height of the London 

 season and was not too large to meet the demand. 



The brokers write that in selecting pine-apples it 

 is better for shippers to err on the green side than the 

 ripe, especially at this time of the year. They desire 

 it to be impressed upon shippers that careful packing 

 is most necessar^y. ilany pine-apples ha\e been received 

 from the West Indies which have had to be sold at 

 about a quarter of the price at which they should ha\c 

 been sold, on account of the difference in their condition 

 on arrival. 



The fruit.s, the sale of which is recorded above, 

 were Smooth Cayennes grown and packed at the 

 Botanic Station, Dominica. 



