Vol. XIV. No. 35J 



THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



Peanuts and Pigeon Peas for Export. 



At tempts are b ing made to establish a peanut 

 trade with Canada md h< prop isal appears to h 

 •acted the attention ol in Montserral w h 



a start has air ad} b en in ide. In St. I.- 

 Mr. A. J. Bro >ks notifies planti rs (in th< I tjit iat 

 i supply of tour different variet ies of 

 d is availabli for planting in thai island, and 

 •e c insist oi I tambia, Virginia Running, Virgini i 

 Bunch, and K ifusqui Th \ are being sold in 

 two-penny packets, and i i h includes a useful 

 leaflet giving instructions as to how the} should be 

 planted. 



In St. Vincent much inti is been amused in 



regard to the possibilities of exporting Pigeon peas to 

 New York, through a letter n ei ed b} Mr. \V. X. 

 Sands, the Agricultural Superintendent, from Mr. W. A. 

 Domingo, Importer of Tropical Produce, 115, West 

 135th Street, New York. Mr. Domingo writes : — 



' 1 am reliablj infi ed hal Barbados and some of 



tin' other islands depend largely on St. Vincent and 

 some of the Grenadines attached to it for their supply 



of Pig i peas. As I am interested in the importation 



of this product, 1 am asking you to put me in commu- 

 nication with a firm or som ie who can supplj me 



with regular quantities ai lowest prices. There is 

 a rairl\ good market here tor these peas, hut to sell 

 wholesale they must compare favourably with importa- 

 tions from Jamaica, Ham and Cuba, and lie able to 

 compete with other American peas and beans in price. 

 So as to avoid unnecessary correspondence. I 

 suggesl that you advise prospective shippers to quote 

 me, (i.l. New York, on LO barrels via Barbados or the 

 cheapest route. Also, in quoting, send a small sample 

 tbr inspection. I trust thai you will grant mj 

 request, and recommend onl} responsible and reliable 

 parties.' 



No opportunity should lie lost in the matter of 

 establishing new markets for minor crops, such as 

 referred to m the above communication. 



Need for Co-operative Credit Societies in 

 England. 



The Report of the Agricultural Organization 

 Society (England), for the year ended March 31, 1915, 

 has recentlj Keen issued. This society, it nut he 

 observed, has from the time of its formation some 

 fourteen yeai been devoting itself to the 



juni/ation of the business side of the agi 

 tural industry in England .and Wales and more 

 particular!} in regard to the application (if the 



principles of i peration atnongsl farmers and all 



kinds of agricultural producers. Amongst the many 

 matters of importance dealt with in this Report is the 

 subject of Co-operative Credit Societies. It is mentioned 

 that in England co-operative credit is still a very 

 small movement as fai as igricultiife is concerned. 

 There stems to be little desire OD the part of small 



rs and farmers to avail themselves of am of the 



methods which so d ibling 



'he IM to co-i n this .1 Vet th 



reason to beln-,,. that in ma stricts the 



small cultivators have 1 to the ,, eylender in 



on.- way or anothei while it must be 



admitted thai then re indeed fev ri ultural 



districts u here 1 1. ■ small cum ivators would not be 



-.real [} U-n, fiti '' 0} a more ready aCC< ss to 



capital tci be utilized for reproductive pur] 

 lint very great difficult} appeal i sxperienced in 



England in put I ing for 



will at tlie same time meet th.- requirements of the 

 situation and yet be received favourably by those 

 « In .in ii is designed to help. 



In connexion with bhi f, readers of I he 



Agricultural News will recollect the considi 

 difficulties that had to be encountered in the efforts- 

 made years ago to introduce agricultural credil 

 societies in the W'e.M Indies under tic- Raiffeisen 

 system. Those difficulties have how 

 fully overcome, and, as reference to this Journal will 

 show, at the present, time there are several societies 

 operating, or shortl} to start operating, under 

 Ordinances passed in the West Indies, namely in 

 St Vincent, Trinidad and in St. Lucia an I th se will 

 afford agricultural credit facilities to the 

 cub ivators there. 



Pine-apples for Canada. 



Correspondence is to hand concerning pine-api 

 that were shipped from Montserrat and St. Kitts to 

 Canada with the object of obtaining inform 

 a view to establishing a trade m that country in this 

 West Indian product. it appear- thai if success is to 

 be secured, much attention must be paid to the grade 

 of fruit exported, [t appears that the quality of the 

 pine-apples sent from Montserrat were superior t i 

 any pines that had been received Iron, Porto Rico 

 i 'iiba or Florida: but from the fact that the Montserrat 



| apples were so full of juice and will not 



keep for half the length of time the fruit 

 Cuba will, it would seem that a satisfactory trade 

 is only possible with an inferior class of pine, 

 which, it is said, should be packed m the 

 v-a\ as the Cuban fruit is. It will therefore probably 

 be found desirable to cultivate the Wed Spanish variety. 

 Under these conditions it is probable that any island 

 could dispose in ( Janada of 300 to I' 111 rates on 

 trip of the Royal Mail steamers during tin- season. 

 Th.- best time to ship would be befon Porto Rico 

 and ( 'iiba enter tic- markel n trnel} about Easter 

 time. It is interesting to rec ird th.- fact that 

 th.- question of quality and keeping p.m.. 

 also diametrically opposed in the case of oranges. This 

 is well illustrated in th.- case ol Califi a and Florida 



es. The Navels have onl} about 50 per cent, of 

 the juice of the Florida oranges but will, on the other 

 hand, keep sound quite t lir... t mi, - as i 



