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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



November 5, 1904. 



GLEANINGS. 



An Order-iu-Council, dated August 13, 1904, provides 

 for the free importation into St. Lucia of ' in.secticide 

 ingredients and apparatus for the application thereof.' 



Arbor day will be celebrated at Nevis on the Kings' 

 birthda}-, November 9. Everything is being done to bring 

 it to a succe.ssful issue. 



Regulations and prize li.sts of an Agricultural Show to be 

 held in Trinidad from February 13 to February 18, 190-"), 

 have been issued as an Agricultural Societj- paper (no. il-")). 



The principal exjiorts from Trinidad durinw 1903-4 

 were :— Crude as])halt, 190i'-3, X14.5,712 ; 1903-4, il7f>,984 ; 

 cacao, 1902-3, £907,.531 : 1903-4, £897,033 : sugar, 1902-3, 

 £410,000 ; 1903-4, £43.5,931. {Board of Trade Journal) 



The Gardeners' Chronicle, referring to the increasing 

 demand for bananas, states that during the past eight months 

 2,492,702 Ininches were imported as against 2,041,835 in 

 the same period last year, and some 1,650,992 bunches for 

 the same period of 1902. 



The exports of cotton from Peru in 1903 amounted in 

 7,530 tons, an increase of 1,050 on the previou-s year's 

 exports. Cotton seed, to the extent of 5,264 tons was also 

 exported, as well as 2,212 tons of cf>tton seed oil cakes. 

 {Conmlar lie2)orl.) 



We congratulate the Rev. N. B. Watson, B.A., of 

 St. Martin's A'icarage, Barbados, on being elected a Fellow 

 of the Entomological Society of London. Mr. Watson 

 contributed a valuable i)ai)er on ' The Root Borer of Sugar- 

 cane ' to the West Indian BuUelin (Vol. lY, pp. 37-47). 



It has been decided by the Exhiljition Committee of 

 the Jamaica Agricultural Society that a representative 

 exliibit shall be sent from the colony to the Colonial and 

 Indian Exhibition to be held at the Crystal Palace in 1905. 

 The exhibit will include specimens of economic plants and 

 products, and a special representation is likely to be made of 

 honey and preserves. 



With reference to the paragraph in the A<jrieultHral 

 Netrs (Vol. Ill, p. 348) in which it was .stated that at 

 (4renada Mr. L. R. Mitchell was prepared to gin and bale 

 cotton at frf. per fc., it is desirable to mention that this is 

 for Upland cotton for which a .saw gin can be used. 

 Sea Island cotton, which fetches about three times as much, 

 requires a roller gin, and the ginning is naturally more 

 costly. 



Messrs. Pickford ct Black have written to the Imperial 

 Commissioner of Agriculture regretfully informing him that 

 the West Indian exhibits left over from jirevious Canadian 

 Exhibitions were totally destroyed tiy the fire at their 

 premises on September 19 last. 



With reference to cotton planting in Trinidad, Mr. J. H. 

 Hart writes as follows : ' We have no means of correctly 

 ascertaining what the area under cotton is. One planter is 

 under orders to plant 50 acres, and in small lots probably 

 some 100 acres will be grown, including the four experiment 

 plots supported by the Government.' 



During the fortnight ended October G, 46 bales of West 

 Indian cotton were imported into the United Kingdom. 

 Sales have been effected in Liverpool at the following prices : 

 West Indian, 4-00f7. to 6-75(7.; AYest Indian Sea Island, 

 medium fine, \?j>d.; fine, 14(7.; extra fine, K'id. per It). 

 ( Wist India Committee Circideir.) 



Dr. Watts writes from Antigua : 'Will ynu please draw 

 attention to an omission, due to an imperfect cojiy being 

 supplied to you, in the list of cotton experiments published 

 in the A'jricuUural News (Vol. Ill, p. 237). Plot 16 should 

 receive 30 H). of nitrogen in addition to the [>hosphate and 

 potash.' 



Among the articles, the free importation of which into 

 Montserrat is allowed by an Ordinance which came into 

 force in July 4 last, may be mentioned : chemicals for agri- 

 cultural purjio.ses, insecticides and fungicides, multiple-ett'ect 

 machinery for manufacturing sugar, and other machinery to 

 be used for the preparation of agricultiu'al produce. 



The exports of cotton from Alexandria amounted in' 

 value, in 1903, to £15,873,514, the quantity being 

 545,i<32,342 Bj., about one-half of which went to the United 

 Kingdom. This value represents an increase of over 

 £1,700,000 on the exports of the previous year. {Cemsulav 



Report.) 



liaw rubber was by far the most important article of 

 inqKirt into Belgium from the Congo Free State in 1903 and 

 showed an increased volume of 321 tons, and an increased 

 value of £313,640. The total value of the rubber, which 

 amounted in volume to 5,917 ton.s, was £1,656,800. 

 {Consular Report on trade of Belgium.) 



According to the Consular Report on the trade of 

 Madeira, the whole of the onion crop (1,161 tons in 1903) 

 was ex[iorted to the West Indies and Demerara. The West 

 Indies also received a share of the potato exports. In exchange 

 Afadeira imported from the West Indies and Demerara 

 molasses and sugar. 



Many of the pictures which have appeared in the West 

 India Committee Circular are being reproduced as picture 

 post-cards, and will shortly be published by the well-known 

 tirni of R;qihael Tuck d- Sons. 



With the c>l;iject of pupularizing the West Indies a series 

 of the photographs taken by the Secretary of the West India 

 Committee will shortly be published under the title 'Sun 

 Pictures of the Antilles and British Guiana.' Full particu- 

 lars can be obtained from Messrs. H. k W. Grant, 18-19, 

 Whitefriars Street, E.G. 



