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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



July 19, 1913. 



GLEANINGS. 



'l"he Cuba Revimv (May 1913) remark.s upon the fact 

 that the cost of producing a pourid of sugar in Cuba with 

 a modern mill may be as low as 125c. 



The new St. Lucia lime factory building will be com- 

 pleted about July -5, and it is hoped that the plant will 

 arrive in time to start work in August. 



It i.s stated by the Curator of tke Botanic Gardens, 

 Dominica, that the half yearly examination of the agri- 

 cultural pupils took place towards the end of June. 



Cotton stainers continue to cause considerable anxiety 

 in Montserrat. It is likely that an effective parasite has 

 been found, which may help to keep the pest under better 

 control. 



According to the Barbados Advocate, August 4 will be 

 observed as an arbor day in that i^iland. Applications for 

 young trees may be made to tke Superintendent of 

 Agriculture. 



A letter has been received from the Secretary of the 

 Ceylon Agricultural Society intimating that the Troi>icnl 

 Agrii-ulturiit has been purchased by that Society, who are 

 now the sole proprietors. 



In connexion with the recent Tuber«ulosis Conference 

 held at Trinidad, it is a signilicant fact that the Porto Rico 

 Government has voted $150,000 to build seven tuberculosis 

 hospitals. (From the Port oj .'SiJain Gazette, June •22, 1913.) 



The I'oice of Ht. Lucia (June 14, 1913) reproduces an 

 article from the Canada West India Maga:ine, which urges 

 the necessity for an increase in the amount of money 

 expended on adverti.senients by the West Indies. 



In Antigua, according to the Curator of the Botanic 

 Gardens, the young rane crop continues to improve; jutt 

 lately, however, it has been inclined to show the cumulative 

 effect of the rather dry weather experienced in June. 



The issue of the Voice of St. Lucia for June 21, 1913, 

 contains an article dealing with the para.site known as 

 iove vine', which has shown a tendency to .spread in that 

 island. The article in question suggests methods of control. 



Amongst those commodities of the Republic of Hayti, 

 the experts of which have greatly increased during 1912, are: 

 coffee, cacao, logwood roots, lignum vitae and copper. 

 (Diplomatic and Consular Reports, No. 5057— Annual 



Series.) 



AmiiDgst the work contemplated at the end of June in 

 St. "\ intent was tlie preparation and forwarding of exhibits 

 on behalf of the Permanent Exhibition Committee to the 

 Canadian National Exhibition that will be held at Toronta 

 during August. 



In the Jamaica Government Gait'tte (.May 22, 1913) 

 a list is given of the economic and ornamental plants which 

 may be obtained at the price of Id. from the Public Gardens; 

 also a list of free economic plants. The cost of freight is 

 only paid as far as any Jamaica railway station or seaport. 



In the Bemerara Daihj Chronicle Mail Edition 

 (June 20, 1913) two long and interesting review.s are given 

 of the recently published Report on Sugarcane Experiments 

 in the Leeward Islands 1911-12, and of the Report on the 

 Botanic Station and Experiment Plots, Antigua, for the 

 same year. 



A table of statistics published in the Dominica Official 

 (ri.e/te (June 20, 1913) shows that of those agricultural 

 commodities whose exports have increased the most during 

 the period January 1 to May 3 1 for the present year as com- 

 pared with the last, are: cacac, fresh limes, and concentrattd 

 lime juice. A reduction is shown in the cases of coffee, fire- 

 wood cords and hardwood. 



The Gardener's Clironicle (June 14, 1913), ia a short- 

 article on West Indian fruits, observes that Indian corn is 

 largely grown in Jamaica, but that that journal is at a loss 

 to understand why the plant should occasionally be classed 

 as a vegetable. This wosld appear to be another case 

 showing the necessity in Europe of a more widespread 

 knowledge of the utilization of tropical produce. 



In a letter recently received at this Office from the 

 Administrator, St. \'incent, the interesting facts are referred 

 to that in St. Vincent, during 1911, legislation was enacted 

 providing that all stallions of three years and over, under 

 14.V hands, shall pay a yearly licence of £3, while stallions 

 •f 14i hands and upwards pay a license of only £1. The 

 result of this legislation has been the castration of all stallions 

 under Wl band.s in height, which has in great part improved 

 the standird of horse Hesh in the Colony. 



A well-known tropical plant termed Eup/iorbia- 

 jrilulitera has attracted con.<»ideritiIe attention of recest 

 years, on account of its value in the treatment of 

 asthma, bronchitis, find other di.seases of the respiratory 

 organs. A recent investigation has led to the isolation 

 of a large number of constituents from this plant, none 

 of which are believed to possess any specific physio- 

 lojjit<al action. Such virtures as the plant has been presumed 

 to possess would therefore not appear to dei>end upon any 

 single substance of a definite chemical character. (Front 

 Publication No. 150 of the WollcDme Research l>aboratory.> 



