448 Agricultur, Horticultur, etc. — Personalnachrichten. 



As a result about 22,880 Ib of lint were produced in St. Kitts 

 and 27,600 Ib in Montserrat. A certain amount was also grown in 

 Antigua, and Anguilla. In 1903 — 4 the Output of cotton from the 

 various islands was as tbllows: 



Montserrat 70,000 Ibs. 



Nevis 28,449 „ 



Antigua 27,853 „ 



St. Kitts 24,197 „ 



Anguilla 1,661 „ 



The cotton on the whole was favourably reported upon and the 

 price obtained averaged 1 s 1 d per Ib. In 1904 cotton was more 

 extensively planted in the various islands, and additional attention 

 was given to machinery. 



The approximate acreage planted, and the amount of cotton 

 produced mav be tabulated as follows: 



St. Kitts" 1,050 acres 76,899 Ibs. 



Nevis 1,000 „ 144,721 „ 



Montserrat .... 600 „ 70,723 „ 



Anguilla 450 „ 54,016 „ 



^"^l^Y "^^0 " ! 30,977 „ 



Barbuda 60 „ • » " 



The cotton in St. Kitts was planted partly as a "catch crop" 

 with sugar cane the cotton was of superior quality to that previously 

 grown, and realized an average price of 1 s 2d per Ib. Small quan- 

 tities sold at 1 s 4d per Ib, whilst a large part of the crop fetched 

 Is 3d. 



Whilst cotton is a new crop to the islands artificial manures 

 are not necessary, but this condition may not last for long. The 

 cotton seed should be used as food for stock and its valuable fertilizing 

 constituents thus returned to the soil as manure. 



Cultivation was again extended in 1905, and in Nevis and 

 Monserrat it has become the primary industry of the Island. 

 Sugar is still extensively grown in Antigua and St. Kitts, and the 

 cotton is there of secondary importance. 



In Anguilla the exports, previous to the introduction of cotton, 

 have only amounted to a few hundred pounds, whereas, as a result 

 of its last crop, cotton to the value of over & 1,500 was shipped and 

 with good fortune this maj'' reach a much higher value. 



Insect and fungoid pests have given considerable trouble, notably 

 the cotton worm {Aletia argiUacea), and the leaf blister mite {Erio- 

 phyces gossypn). A disease called 'black boll', the cause of which is 

 unknown has also appeared. W. G. Freeman. 



Personalnaehriehten . 



Ernannt: Dr. W. Zopf, o. Prof. u. Director des bot. Inst. d. 

 Univ. Münster i. W. zum Geheimen Regierungsrath. 



Gestorben: Prof. J. Poirault, ä Poitiers, Prof. Ch. Fr. 

 Schlagdenhauffen, Dr. L. Fischer ä Berne, Dr. Fr. Krasan ä 



Graz. 



Ausgegeben : 2t> October löOT". 



Verlag von Gustav Fischer in Jena. 

 Buchdruckerei A. W. Sijthoff in Leiden. 



