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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



1915. 







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In .in article <m cdtton growing in Jamaica, the 

 Demerara Dai for July 23, gives the following 



. regard to the coat of producing certain minor crops 

 including cotton: lied 



i;7 as. ! ,! I8*i3d., givin '-"-' 17*. 6<f.; 



and cotton, £7 9s. 6d., giving n oi £11 5s., the total 



fit being £10 7.--. 1-/'. Mention is made ol the sui 

 which has attended the experimental cultivation of Cauto 

 cotton. 



GLEANINGS. 



Tin Board of Tradi Jour it the Jama 



tea Gazettt for May I •"• contains a notice declaring the 



Panama disease ol to be a notifiable plan iase 



within the meaning of tin- new Plant Disease Law, 

 X... 3 of 1915. 



The exports of rubber and cott mi from French Indo- 

 china during I'M I are given in the / r World 

 August 1. Then' wasnii increased shipment of rubber, while 

 in the case of cotton there was a decided decrease amounting 

 to nearly 8J million pounds. 



A list of trees is published in the Barbados Offi 

 Gazettefoi -Inly 19, available for distribution on Arbor Daj 

 which was observed on August '-'. Large numbers of the 



following were in stock: Casuarina sp., Fustic, Logw i, 



nisfa Ash, and Mahogany. Altogether there were fifty-two 

 different species of plants available. 



The rapid increase in the imports of natural indigo into 

 the United Kingdom is shown bj figures published in the 

 London Ch/imber of Commerce Journal for July 1915. In 

 1913, 1,174 cwt. was received, valued at £54,739; in 1914, 

 5,314 cwt., valued at £181,695. By far the greater portion 

 of the supply is derived from India. In 1911 the United 

 St ites entered int.. the trade for the first tin.' 



It is stated in an article in the Agricultural Bulletin of 

 the Federated Malay States that the cultivation of rice has 

 been perfected in Spain, in certain directions, to a degree 

 unattained in any other country in the world. Rice is grown 

 in rotation with other crops, and special tield implements are 

 used for the cultivation of the soil. Thesubject is dealt with 

 fully by l>r. I".. J. Butler, in the Agricultural Journal of 

 India, Vol. IX. No. 10. 



According to the Trinidad Mirror for July 23, much 

 interest is being shown in the new 1\ established lime cultivation 



at Jerningham Junction. On another In state the 



proprietor has just installed a new crushing plant, and 

 i|,|,;nvi,tl\ intends to manufacture lime products on the most 



|, t, i date lines. Ill the next few years it is believed that 

 I lime products will add another important 



ii t.. Trinidad. 



In the Cuban American foi June L9, 1915, there is an 



article which advocates the cultivation of' henequen in certain 



ricts of Cuba. Ii is- stated that in Nuavitas, a plantation 



ired and pi, nit.. I costs $1,000 and in the third year begins 



i.. 1. ring in returns, [t is pointed out thai not all soils are 



Suited to henequen, but quite as many as are suited in the 



district mentioned tocitrus trees, alarge number of which 

 have already been planted in localities quite unsuitable for 

 their successful development. 



New Sources of Meat Supplj Within the Empire is the 

 heading to a note in the Bulletin >>' tin- Imperial Institute 

 for April-June L915.' The question of establishing an export, 



trade in meat from South Africa is discussed, and refer 

 is made to the suggestion emanating from the Imperial 

 Department of Agriculture for the West Indies, relating to 

 the production on co-operative lines of pork ami bacon. An 

 abstract is given •>( the information on this subject published 

 in the West Indian Bulletin and the Agricultural Mews. 



.Judging from an investigate tonducted at the Agricul- 

 tural and I loi-ticultural Station ot ,he University ..I Bristol, 

 beet sugar is Letter than cane sugar for fermentation purposes 

 connected with the manufacture of eider. The peculiar taste. 



of cane sugar "as easily detected in the cider whereas the 



beet sugar did not give any new flavour to the beverage, but 

 simply a.ted as a neutral sweetener, which, ••) course, i- 

 preferable. It is stated that this conclusion needs furthe 

 confirmation by fresh experiments before much importance c 

 be attached to it. 



It is proposed by the Newfoundland Government that, 

 the following articles of West Indian interest shall be removed 

 from the free list and made dutiable at the rate of lit per 



cent, ad valorem: molasses, produced in the West Indian islands 

 in the process of the manufacture of sugar from the juice of 

 the sugar-cane, and the package in which it is imported. 

 Also oil cake and meal, cotton seed cake and meal, pease 

 meal. I. ran and other preparations for cattle and chicken feed. 



Indian corn, trees and shrubs and S 1 for agricultural 



purposes are also included. 



Sugar dust and dextrin dust, according to the /»'■ m i 



Sugar Journal, are the st readily inflammable of all 



irived from ordinar) materials. The source of heat 



for ignition is stated to be comparatively small, such, 



le, asa lighted match. Sugar ignites when projected 



egainst a surface heated to below red heat, ami 



■ it i < .11 has taken pi e e, I lie fl ime travels through 



1 with g lity. 



Notices have appeared in the St. Lucia newsptpers and 

 Official Gazettes to the effect that the Agricultural Superin- 

 tendent of that colony who resides at Reunion Experiment 

 station, will visit Castries where the Botanic Gardens are 



situated, regularly for one or two days | u the second and 

 fourth weeks of every month for the purpose of interviewing 



any person who may be desirous of consulting him on 

 agricultural matters. Due notice tvill be given, befon 



i ii.. .Lite upon which he will be present, by the, 



Agricultural Officer in charge of the Botanic Gardens. 



