108 



THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



March 27, 1915. 







GLEANINGS. 



Al ■ called in the /' n - .1 (D mi rara) for 



l 10, 1915, to the oul break of anthrax among cattle 



on t! I Dei ara. The necessarj pro^ isions 



ha - I i prevent fin ther spread. 



The Barl foi Februarj 1 7. 1 9 1 5, repro- 



an article which says that the Wadsworth 8l.p. light 



used for manj purposes, has 



worked well ii Trinidad. The machine costs, delivered in 



thi \\ i 51,200. 



In this issue will be found two notes on the potash 

 situation. Apparently the discussion of this subject is of 

 much genera] into rest. The Planters' Chronicle of Southern 

 India reproduces in its issue for December 12, 1914, a 

 previous article from the Agricultural News on the subject 



According to a communication from the International 

 Institute of Agriculture, Rome, there are in Martinique seven 

 agricultural syndicates which grant loans to small fanners. 

 In Guadeloupe there are numerous agricultural syndicates, 

 but a scarcity of capital has prevented the development of 

 agricultural credit. 



According to The Times (Annual Financial Review) for 

 January 22,1915, Great Britain looks forward at the end of 

 this year to a complete dependence as regards sugar, on sugar- 

 cane. It is urged that the powers of the Royal Commission 

 should be extended so that it might investigate fully all 

 sugar resources both within the Empire and elsewhere. 



A portion of the editorial which appeared in the 

 Agricultural News oi January L 6 on West Indian exhibits at 

 the Imperial Institute, is reproduced in the Daily Argosy 

 (Demerara) for February 20, 1915. It is satisfactory to 

 observe that the local press considers the advertisement oi 



colonies in the way under consideration a matter of economic 



importance. 



According' to The Board of Trade Journal foi January 

 7. 1915, under memorandum dated December 5, I HI I, it is 



stated that i ler to avoid exposure of bananas entering 



< lanada in carload lots, the entry of ears ol bananas from the 



I Slates will be allowed without , on, it 



ace., ii 1 1 1, nied by a statement to the effect that no hay or straw 

 is used in the pad ing. 



The Lei ward [slat for Februarj 



II. 1915, show- the amount of produce exported from 

 Antigua durin I ry 1 to August 31, 1914, as compared 

 with thatforthe previous war. It ting to record 



that thi ire shown in the case of sugar and 



[n most i i duct- there was n decn 



\ exported. 



[n spite of thi hcaw rains in Demerara, great expecta- 

 tions are held in regard to cane cultivation. The wet weathi e 

 seems to have interfered with provision crops most, according 

 to the Daily Argosy, and on the Easl Coast many of the 

 villages have been more or less inundated. It is stated that 



fi i- have experienced considerable loss, and then- maj be 



a scarcity of food crops in a few weeks' 



A copy has been received ol the Annual Reporl of the 



Sugar Experiment Stations, Queensland. This 



includes two sections which may be of interest to those 



working in connexion with estates in the West Indies 



I, ii work of the southern sugai experiment station, and 



(bj the results of the sugar experi nl plots in different parts 



of the State. There is also a section on mill work and 

 economics. 



The last number of the Geographical Journal (foi 

 February 1915) is a particularly interesting one. It con 

 tains an illustrated account of President Rooseveldt's journey 

 in Central Brazil already noted in this journal from Nat\ 

 It would seem that President Rooseveldl claim- to have been 



the first explorer of the new river rather than the first dis 

 coveiei. because the head and mouth were known before th"i 



expedition was made. 



It would appear that the most critical position in 

 Germany at present is not the feeding of the human populft 

 lation, but rather the provision of food for domestic animals. 

 Large quantities of artificial foodstuffs- are taken by Germany 

 in times of peace: for example, she imports no less than over 

 £' l.uon.uiin sterling worth of oil seed from Nigeria. To 

 makeup this deficit sugar is being ted to cattle mixed with 

 beet pulp, dried potatoes, fish or meat meal. 



In Cooperation (the Journal of the Agricultural Organi 

 zation Society of England) for February 1915, there is a short 

 article by the well known West Indian hind owner, Colonel 

 the Hon. R. Stapleton Cotton, which describes the work of 

 the Kgg Collecting Depot Limited. This has rapidly increased 

 during the last few pears, md in 191 I it handled no less than 

 1,179,903 eggs. Alter the outbreak of war the depot 

 supplied large quantities of eggs for wounded soldiers 



Another of Messrs. Cooper and Nephew's profusely 



illustrated publications has been received, entitled The Royal 

 Show- of England and Its Influence on Stock Breeding. It 

 contains excellent photographs of all the prize animals at the 

 Royal Show, li'l I and the text explains the advantages ol 

 the various breeds for different purposes. It is noted that 

 the compilers refer to the Tamworth pig as the 1« n ewer's 



ideal more than any other. This animal is found in the 

 West Indies. 



At a mi the Board of Agriculture, Trinidad, 



held on Wedne lay, Februarj 1". 1915, some interesting 



remarks were made in connexion with the developing cassava 



industry of that island. In thanking Sit Norman Lamont 

 for his instructive demonstration, it was observed that an 

 account of the mi ting (referred to in the last issue but one 

 of the Agrx Neios) had been read with interest it 



St. Vincent, and had tended to stimulate the planting of 

 i in that island, [twas also stated that the Trinidad 

 factory had in idi an offer of j£4 per ton 

 in that island, delivered at the nearest railway station oi 

 thi producer. 



