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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



NovEUBKR 22, 1902. 



were suitable, and the experiments were repeateil in 

 1900. One or two crates were exjjorte.d, and gained a 

 good report at New York. Last year both seeds and sets 

 were imported, and the onions exported from the Agricul- 

 tural School and the Botanic Station to New York were 

 reported as being equal to any from IJermuda and 

 Cubii, Montserrat has not been behindhand in 

 endeavouring to found a new industry. The first efforts 

 were made at the Experiment Stations, in 1900-01, and 

 the cultivation has progressed so ra[)idly that last year 

 Montserrat exported no less than 3,410 tt). of onions to 

 various parts of the West Indies, and 450 It), to New 

 York. 



In the growth of this comparatively small industry 

 we have an excellent exanijile of progress in the right 

 direction. The imports of onions into the various 

 colonies arc large, and are still mainly obtained from 

 outside sources. In 1900 Barbailos inqioiteil onions 

 to the value of £1,187, Grenada £T-i7, British (Juiana 

 £2,833, St. Vincent £14.5. 



It has been conclusively shown that onions of 

 excellent quality can be grown at Antigua, Montserrat 

 and Dominica. Exj)eriments are about to be made in 

 other islands, and wo trust that within a few years the 

 West Indies will not only grow onions in sufficient 

 quantity for local consumption, but also to maintain 

 a valuable export trade with the United States and 

 elsewhere. 



SUGAR INDUSTRY. 



THE SUGAR-CANE CROPS OF THE 

 WORLD. 



The following table, taken from the Year-book of 

 the United States Department of Agiiculture shows 

 the conqiai-ative yield of sugar in the cane-growing 

 countries of the world for 1901-02. The figures given 

 are in tons of 2,240 lb.: — 



UNiTKn States : — 

 Louisiana 

 I'orto Rico 

 Hawaiian l>iliui;ls 

 Cuba, (crop) ... 



British West IxniEs : — 

 Trinidad, (exports) 

 IJarbados, (exports) 

 Jiiiiiaiea 

 .\ntii;ua and St. Kitt' s 



275,000 

 100,000 

 .■510,000 

 800,000 



50,000 

 G0,000 



:iO,ooo 



25,000 



French West Indies: — 

 ^[ai'tiiii(|ue, (export-s) 

 Guadelou|ie 

 St. Croix 

 Haiti and San Doinin'ro 



.32,000 

 .35,000 

 1:5,000 



4.5,000 



Lesser Antilles (not named above) 1^,000 



.Mexico .. ... 100,000 



Central .\.merica : — 



Guatemala ... ... 9,000 



San Salvador ... ... .5,000 



Nicara>;na ... ... .3,500 



Costa Rica ... ... 1,500 



SOLTH .\merica : — 



ISritisli Guiana (Denierara\ (exports) 95,000 



Dutch Guiana (Surinam) ... . 6,000 



Venezuela ... ... .3,000 



Peru, (exports) ... 105,000 



Argentine Rciiublic ... 115,000 



BrazU ... ... 215,000 



Total in .\meriea 

 Asia:- 



Briti.sh India, (exports) 



Siam 



•lava, (crop) ... 



riiililipine Islands, (exports) 



Total in .\sia 

 Australia and Bolynesia : — 

 Queensland 

 New South Wales 

 Fiji Lsliuuls, (exports) 



2,441, COO 



1.5,000 



7,000 



767,130 



70,000 



859,130 



11:5, .500 

 18,000 

 30,000 



Total Australia and Polynesia 161,500 

 Africa : — 



Egypt ... ... 95,000 



Mauritius ... ... 1.50,000 



Pveunion ... ... ;3.5,00O 



Total in ^yrica 

 Europe : — 

 Spain 



280,000 

 33,000 



Total cane sugar production (Willct 



and (b-ay) ... ... 3,774,630 



The total beet sugar proilncrd in the world for the same 

 year was 6,9SS, 126 tons. 



COFFEE AND CACAO. 



OlSEASES ANI> OUAKTINO. 



This valuable jianijihlet contains the cxiicriences of 

 Mens. A. J. Thierry in Martiniipie in grafting Arabian coffee 

 on Liberian — a jiroeess which has been most usot'ul in 

 preventing the nematode worm ilisease of the roots of Arabian 

 cotlee. * M. Thierry also succeeded in grafting cacao. 



DISEASES OF ARABIAN COFFEE. 



Eoot disease: Caused by nematode worms which destroy 



* A'y/cs s'O- Ic (jreffage (hi Cufekr dn Cacaoyer ct tin ilnxcadi^r 

 it ?<( Mithiillc Vermiciitnire d<t ('a/''"'''- P"''- A. J. Tliierry. 

 £x(nt!t ihi Bitlhliii iigricoh de ht ilurtini'pic. 1899. 



