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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



AutiUST 30, 1902. 



EDITORIAL NOTICES. 



Letters and matter for [lulilication, as well as all 

 s]ieeiineiis for naiiiiiig slmuld lie addressed tii tin- Coinillis- 



sioner, Imperial Department of Agriculture, 

 Barbados. 



It is partieiilarly reijuested that no letters be addressed 

 to any member of the stati' Ijy name Sudi a eourse may 

 entail delay. 



Communications sliould always be written on one side 

 of the |)aiier only. It should be understood that no contri- 

 butions or sjiecimens will, in any ea.se, bo returned. 



All application for copies of the 'Agricultural 

 News' should be addressed to the Agents, and 



not to the Department. A comidete list of the London 

 and Local agents will be found on the last page of this 

 number. 



Correspondents sending newspai)ers .should be careful to 

 mark the paragraphs they wish to bring under notice. 



gligri cultural |linufi 



Vol. I. SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1902. Xo. 10. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Vanilla Cuttings from Vera Cruz. 



Ri'])lyiiig to an inquiry as to the price of vanilla 

 vine sli])s at Vera Cruz, Mr. L. J. Nunn, tiie \'ice- 

 Con.sul of that place, write.s: — 



The best Vanilla vine .slip.s would cost you free on 

 board Vera Cruz from !?30.00 to .f.'J.^.OO, Mexican currency, 

 ]ier thousand, or more or less .£.'5 to £3 lO.s-. The cost to 

 •ship them from here to New York woukl be $^>, I'nited 

 States currency, this being the mininuim rate of freight on 

 anj' parcel. 



1 must also inform yon that it is not ]M).ssible to Imy 

 j)er hundred, as you would be charged just the same per 

 hundred as you wovdd lie per thousand. 



Agricultural Exhibitions in British Guiana. 



The Board of Agriculture has recently j)uhli.she(l 

 a lo^olution setting forth tiie lines on which it is 

 proposed in future to assist Agricultural E.xhibitions 

 and Farmers' Competitions in the Colony. 



Three classes of E.\hibiti(Ui.s are recognized: (1) 

 Colotiial Exhibitions to be held trienni.-illy, or otherwise, 

 at (Jeoigetown ; ('!) County Exhibitions to be held 

 annually in one of the three counties, the first at Ni'w 

 Anister<Iarn with a grant of $.")()() ; {'A) District Exhibi- 

 tions to bo hold in selected villages, with a grant of 

 i3>150, on condition that .*!120 shall be expended in 

 prizes leaving !?80 available for general expenses. 



It is laid down that Agricultural Exhibitions aided 

 by the I5oard of Agriculture 'shall include only Exhibi- 

 tions of Field and C.irden produce of Economic 

 importance and Live Stock.' 



Toronto Exhibition, 1902. 



As a contribution to this Exhibition from the 

 Imperial Department of Agriculture tor the We.st 

 Indies theie were des])atchefi by S.S. ^nhriilciixc on the 

 14th itistant, two l.irge cjises containing copies of the 

 Bulletins, Pamjihlets, Leaflets and other publications 

 recently issued by the Department. There was also 

 forwarded an attractive looking pamphlet specially 

 prepared for this Exhibition containing facts and 

 figures respecting the resources and products of the 

 West Indies, list of ex])orts and a ]ioi)ular descri})tion 

 of each of the jirinciijal West Indian products, suitable 

 for Canaflian readers. 



These j)ul)lications are intended to be distributed 

 at the West Indian Section free of charge. 



Growing Onions for Sets. 



The soil should be only moderately fertile for 

 growing sets, but free from little stones and weed 

 seeds. Seed is drilled in at the rate of from .50 to (iO lb. 

 per acre. It is desirable to defer sowing until 

 most of the weed seeds which may be present in 

 the soil have germinated. The aim of the grower 

 should be to secure a crop of very small bulbs fis 

 nearly uniform in size as possible. The price 

 I'eceived is largely regulated by the size of the sets. 

 Of course, a bushel of the smallest sets will plant a 

 greater area than the same quantity of the larger ones, 

 hence they command a higher price. When mature, 

 the sets are lifted by a trowel and deposited with the 

 surrounding soil in a sieve with meshes .small enmigh 

 to hold the smallest bulbs. A crib or dry, well-venti- 

 lated apartment may be used to cure the onions, 

 spreading them in thin layers. It is extremely inqior- 

 tant to dry the sets thonnighly so that they will 

 remain in an entirely dormant c(jndition until sohl or 

 planted. Before the final storing a finnitig mill is 

 used to remove the loose skins or other light refu.sc. 

 White sets command the highest price. 



For farther particulars .see Pamphlet No. HJ, 

 Hints (lit Oil ion Cultivation, obtainable from all 

 Local Agents of the Department. Price 2(1. Post free 

 2}.<l. 



Duty on Exported Sugar at St. Kitt's. 



Arccirdiug t,o the Ex])ort Duty Ordinance of 1898, 

 the following duties are levied tin sugar and rum 

 exported from St. Kitt's and Nevis: — 



Si((/ar — s. 



Per hogshead, not above 42 inches truss 4 



„ tierce „ 30 „ „ 3 



„ barrel ... 



In other packages... ... per ton 4 



Jiuni — 



Per 100 gallons ... 3 



The receipts go to the general revenue. 



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