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THE AGRICULTUKAL NEWS. 



June 13, 1908. 



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Vol. VII. SATURDAY. .TUNE 1.3, 1908. W^. TW. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Contents of Present Issue. 



An account is given in the editorial of the progres.* 

 of the rice industry in British Guiani,. 



Particulars of recent experimental work with the 

 .sugar-cane in Porto Rico will be found on piigi' 179, 

 followed by a brief article dealing with the ileterioration 

 of sug.ir-cane on storage. 



A good (leal of attention is now being given to 

 mango production in Porto Rico, and it is hoped to 

 <1evelop an export trade in this fruit (page LSD). An 

 interesting note on the same page contains particulars 

 of a fruit-growing enterjjrise started by the New Trini- 

 dad Lake Asphalt Company, Ltd. 



Under Cotton Notes (pp.18] -3) will be found 

 reports on market jirices, etc. as well as the con- 

 eluding portion of the report of the proceedings at the 

 <Jonference of Cotton (Jrowers lately held at Barbados. 



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Some interesting notes on insect jiests in Hawaii, 

 California, etc., appear on page 1<S(1 'I'he introduction 

 from (^hucnsland of a hymcnopterous parasite, for the 

 ■control of the leaf-hopper, is reported to have been 

 attended wilh very satisfactory results in Hawaii. 



Poultry and duck keepers should be interested in 

 the article relating to Indian Runner ducks given on 

 I)agc 1.S7. This is undoubtedly the most suitable 

 bree<l of duiks for the West Indies. 



Cane Juice Analysis at St. Kitt's. 



With the view of enabling planters at St. Kitt's to 

 obtain useful information as to the sucrose content of 

 the juice of the different varieties of cane grown on 

 their estates, arrangements have been made whereby 

 manageis can have a limited, number of. samples of 

 jiuce analy.sed, freei of charge, at the Government 

 Laboratory, La Guerite, St. Kitt's, during the period 

 that the cane.s in the|«ugar-cane experiments are being 

 reaped. 5tr. F. R. Shepherd, the Agricultural Super- 

 intendent of the island, has sent out a circular letter 

 inviting managci's to forward sampU'S of juice, and 

 prt)mising a memorandum of results to each planter 

 who takes advantage of the offer. Interesting infor- 

 mation as to the yield and richness of juice on different 

 estates in the island-should be elicited as the result of 

 such .analvses. 



Rice Meal. 



Rice me.al forms a valuable by-product in connex- 

 ion with the rice-growing and milling industries, and it is 

 evident that an increasing exjiort trade in this article 

 is being develope<l in British Guiana, since 1,0.50 tons 

 were ship})ed from the colony during the first five 

 months of the present year, as compared with 111 tons 

 shipped in the corresponding j)eriod of 1907. 



Rice meal forms a very nutritious food for cattle 

 and milking cows, and its production (m a large scale 

 should be welcomed in a colony where the cattle trade 

 has of late years shown such inere.-ising development. 

 An avernge s.imple of the meal contains about 10 per 

 cent, of albuminoids, 7o per cent, of oil, and tJ.S'3 per 

 i-erit. of carbohydrates. The projjortion of carbohy- 

 drates is high, and therefore, for feeding purposes, the 

 me.al is improved by the addition <)f a small (piantity 

 of a food rich in albuminous or flesh-forming constit- 

 uents, such as cotton-seed-meal, or pea or be.m meal. 



Agricultural Exports from British Guiana. 



The ex[)oit returns for British ( lui.in.i show that 

 the amount of sugar shipped from January 1 to the end 

 of Ma^ofthe j)resent year, totalled 2.5,f)3(J tons, ;is 

 against ■27,0:)!) ton.si shijjped during the corresponding 

 period of 1907. The rum trade has also declined, the 

 expoits for the respective periods being 400..S()1 gallons 

 and ()52,!)77 galloiK«i — a decrease of 252,116 gallons. 

 Further, the shiiiments of inolascuit and cattle food 

 show a decline of 1,001) tons. On the other hand, the 

 coffee exports have advanced from 100 Iti, to 2,4001b. 

 Cacao and rice also. show gratifying improvement. In 

 regard to rice, while 3,057,390 lb. were shipped in the 

 first five months of 1907, the quantity sent abroad 

 during the corresponding period of the present j'ear 

 amounted to 4,t)tJl,(334 lt». Rubber exports have in- 

 creased from l,(i72 lb. to 3,042 lb., l)ut the ship- 

 ments ofb.d.ata show a slight decrease. Owing princi- 

 pally to the new trade with 'I'rinidad, there has been 

 a great adv.mce iuithe cattle trade, the exports for the 

 period having increased from 387 to 789. 



