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THE AGllICULTUllAL NEWS. 



Fkbkuauv .-<, 1908 



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GLEANINGS. 



The present area muler eaeao eultivatioii in Jamaica is 

 6,021 acres. 



The aiiKJUiit of cotton exported from Muntscrrat for tlie 

 quarter ending December 31, 1907, reached 1(;2 bales, liav- 

 inga weight of 59,115 ft. and a value of £4,417 16s. 



Java pro(kiced 1,133,525 tons of sugar in 1906, as 

 compared with 1,110,469 tons in 1905, and 1,102,871 tons 

 in 1904. {Lowhin CIkiihIht of Coinmorc Journal ) 



The importations of cacao into tlie United States now 

 average over .-^I. 000,000 a montli in value, as compared 

 with a value of %!25(),000 ten years ago. 



Pineapple cultivation is one of the best established 

 industries in Cuba. The annual croji varies from 600,000 to 

 over 1,000,000 crates and is steadily increasing. (-Cn'/a Revieu:) 



The Department of Agriculture, liengal, estimates the 

 prfsent season's crop of date palm sugar (from the wild 

 date palm) I'hocni.r Ki/li>cKtrix) in India, at over 72,900 tons, 

 while the amount of raw sugar obtained from the Palnyra 

 palm will probably reach 2.9:i7 tons. 



The Tnited States Consul at Porto Ivico reports that the 

 cultivation of tobacco in the island is extending morcrai)idl> 

 than that of any other i)ro:luct. Tobacco lands have risen iii 

 value, better methods of cultivaticni have been introduced, 

 and lieu- factories erected. 



The .Auicrican Sea Island cot Ion crop ajipears to beall got 

 in. ilessrs, Henry W. Frost .'i: Cos ivport, dated December 

 28 last, .stated that the odd liags of cotton thon coming in 

 consisted largely of off, and stained cotton. The market was 

 practically at a standstill during the week re]Jortiil im. 



The A^iririilhn-nl J,,iiriiii/ of (,)ueensland rc]iorls a fall- 

 ing off in the I9U7 arrowroot ci-op of the colony, as compared 

 with that of the |)revious year. This is attributed to the fact 

 that greater attention is being paid to the dairy industry, 

 from which better retiu'ns are anticipated. 



The gathering of the cacao ero]) is proceeding apace in 

 Trinidad. On Wednesday. January 22 last, the railway 

 achieved a record as regards the weight of cacao carried, no 

 le.ss tliKU 2,400 bags having been brought into l'(.rt-of Spain. 

 {Port-of-Sjmin (!<i-.rttr, January 24.) 



Although the fruit indu.stry is a liouri.shing one in 

 Porto Pico, growers and planters are under disadvantage 

 owing to the bad cf)ndition of the roads. It is stated in 

 a I'.S. Conmiliif Rcj,,,,! that, owing to tliis, fully 40 per cent. 

 of the entire orange croit is left to decay on tlie trees, causing 

 great loss to the planter.s. 



In reply to an enquiry from the Imperial Commi.ssioner 

 of Agriculture, :\lr; John P.arclay, Secretary of the Jamaica 

 Agricultural Society, states that the present area of Sea 

 Island cottrii planted in the i.-land consists of 200 acres, in 

 lots of 10 acres and upwards, together with abiait 20 acres in 

 smaller lots. 



'1 he ijucstion of rubber growing has lately been receiving 

 cons^iderable attention in Hawaii, and iho I/auannii Forester 

 of November last, states that one company recently imported 

 210.000 seeds of I/emi /jraH/imsis. Of these 190,0u0 are- 

 to be i)lanted at Nahiku on the island of Maui, 10,000 in 

 lloriolidu f..r experimental purposes, and 5,000 .seeds at Koohi. 



The Fori-of-Sj«iiti (la-.ilf,- mentions the .sale, to a pur- 

 chaser in Grenada, of the Courland, Auekenskeocb, and 

 Ooldsboro estates in Tobago. Cocoa-nuts form the chief 

 jiroduct of these estates, the annual output being placed at 

 about 220,000, 120,000 and 100,000 nuts respectively. 

 (Jolilsboro estate is also producing cacao. 



In further reference to the Labuan iiomelow, an interest- 

 ing citrus fruit of which a fine example was recently received 

 liy the Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture from Mr. iMac- 

 gillivray of Tobagii {Aurirultunil X>;>'% Vol. VII, p. 25), it 

 may be mentioned that the colour of the flesh is piid;, similar 

 to that of a blood orange. 



.\t a meetii:g of the St. Kitt's Agricultural anil Com- 

 mercial Society, held on January 6 last, the following mem 

 bers were elected to .serve as officers for the current year: 

 Hon S. L. Hor.binl, President; C. Forbes Todd, Escp, Vice- 

 President : 1'. i;. Shepherd, Esq., Hon. Secretary and 

 Tieasurer. 



lieports from New York stated that up to Christmas the 

 market had been glutted with oranges from Porto Kico, 

 l-'lori(i:i, ;ind .Jamaica. All the fruits, however, were of poor 

 qualiiy, those from Porto liico es2)ecially .so, having been 

 picked too early. Low prices oidy were realized. A'ery few 

 orang(\s had been received Ur,m Cuba at the time of report. 



The .Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station, after 

 testiiig formalin as a remedy for calf scour, annoiuices that 

 it has found one part of foiinalin in 4,000 parts of milk will 

 almost invariably destroy the organisms in the bowels of the 

 calf responsible b)i- the disorder. Calf owners should dissolve 

 i-oz. of formalin in 15i oz. of water, and add a teaspoonful 

 of this lapiid ti> each i)oun<l of milk b"d to the calf. 



C'o-operation among agriculturists has developed in 

 France probably to a greater extent than in any other country. 

 The farmers' organization possess 8,501,695 member.s, forming 

 7,0j<9 societies. As a lesult of this universal co-operation, 

 agriculturists are able to buy and .sell on the most advanta- 

 geoirs terms, and have secured cheap transport for their 

 product>. 



Pilire cultivation is being taken U]) by iuany planters in 

 llritish Central Africa. The Anuital Report (190()-7) on the 

 I'ldtectorate states that special attention is being given to 

 Sisal and .Mauritius hemps. During the year reported on, 

 27,250 young plants of these two fibres were distributed 

 from the Pxitanical Department. This constituted the whole 

 supply, but it is stated that three times this quantity would 

 have been jilanteil. had they been available. 



