Vol. XIII. No. 311. 



THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



Ill 



WHITE EOT {Penicillium sp.). 



This is a dry rot which causes ihe root to assume an 

 almost chalky colour and consistency. The first external 

 sign is a depression at the base of a tine rootlet. The spores 

 are produced in enormous numbers and are blue-green in col- 

 our, like those of the familiar blue mould on fruit, bread, etc. 



OTHER DISEASES. 



The sweet potato is included in the list of plants whose 

 TOOts are susceptible to the attacks of Ozoniwn onmivorum, 

 Shear, and Rhizoctonia. The leaves are subject to spotting 

 due to Phyllostkta bataticola, E ..k M. For a note on the 

 white rust of the leaves, mentioned in the tirst paragraph 

 as occurring in the West Indies, see the Agrirultural Ne>vs, 

 Vol. X, p. 222. 



Halstea, B. D. & Fairchi]<l, D. <5.: Jourml Mijcol. 

 VII, 1894. 



Duggar, J. F. Fanner's Bulletm No. 26, U.S.D.A., 1897. 

 ,, ,, Fungus Diseases of Plants, 1909. 



Wilcox, E. M. Alabama Er.perimetit Station Bulletin 13.5, 

 1906. 



Taubenhaus, .J. J.: Phytopathologn III, 1913. 



Barter, L. L. & Field, Ethel " 0. : Bur. PI. Ind^tstrij 

 V.S.D.A. Bull. 281, 1913. 



Hatter, L. L.: Journal Agric. Res. I, No. 3,U.S.D.A.,1913. 



WEST INDIAN PRODUCTS. 



DRUGS AND SPIOES IN THE LONDON 

 MARKET. 



Mr. J. R. Jackson writes on iMarch 9, 191-i, as 



follows: — 



The general tone in the Mincing Lane markets in 

 produce affecting the West Indies during the month of 

 February has been quite of an ordinary character. Very 

 few changes, either in supply, demand or value have taken 

 place since our report for January. The products most 

 noticeable for change have been nutmegs, mace and grey 

 Jamaica sarsaparilla, which were marked by a slight advance 

 in the early part of the month. 



The following are some of the chief details: — 



GINGEK. 



At the beginning of the month the quotations for 

 washed cochin was 24s. Qd, and 18s. for new crop Sierra 

 Leone. On February 11, at auction, the offerings amounted 

 to 700 bags and 25 cases of Cochin and Calicut, all of 

 which were bought in, small cut Calicut at .50s, good 

 brown rough Calicut at 30s. and wormy, washed rough 

 Cochin at from 23s. to 25s. per cwt,; 95 bags of fair 

 ■common Jamaica were also offered and bought in at 42s. 

 A fortnight later, namely on the 25th, there was a good 

 supply, but very little demand. Of 919 bags of Calicut 

 offered, only 187 were sold without reserve, brown rough 

 wormy fetching 20s. andD. rough 21s. to 21s.: 6d 102 cases 

 of Calicut consisting of good small cut, and bright brown 

 rough, were bought in, the former at 40s. and the latter at 

 30s. per cwt.: 24 bags of Japan were also bought in at 

 25». per cwt. 



SUTMEG8, MACE, AND PIMENTO. 



At auction on the 25th, nutmegs were represented by 

 330 packages of West Indian all of which sold at the follow- 



ing rates: 57's lUJ., 6;is to 72's 6.W. to 8hd., 74's to Si's 

 5W. to 6^d., 85's"to 95's 5ld.to d'^d., 96's to 116's, 4ld. to 

 5|<f., and'llS's to 127's 4Jrf. to od. At the same auction 

 68 packages of West Indian mace were offered, and 

 all sold, good fetching 2s. 4d to 2s. od. per B).: fair 2s. to 

 2s. 2d., ordinary Is. lOd. to Is. l\d., common Is. 9d, and 

 broken Is. 5d. to Is. 8d. These prices \vere advances of 

 from Id to 2d. per B). on previous rates. At the beginning 

 of the month the price quoted for Pimento was 2d. per B)., 

 and at auction on the 11th, 188 bags of fair were offered and 

 bought in at 2ld. per ft. 



SARSAPARILLA. 



At the first drug auction on the 5th, sarsaparilla was 

 represented by 7 bales of grey Jamaica, 7 bales of Lima- 

 Jamaica, and 10 bales of native Jamaica. The whole were 

 disposed of, the grey Jamaica fetching 2s. per lb. for fair, 

 part roughish; the Lima- Jamaica realized Is. Sd. per B). 

 for fair, jiart rough; while for the 10 bales of native Jamaica 

 lOd. to l\d. per B). was [jaid for fair to good red. On the 

 1 9th of the month, the offerings were 25 bales of grey 

 Jamaica and two of Lima Jamaica. The first-named found 

 ready purchasers at 2s. to 2s. Id. per B)., which represented 

 an advance of fully \d. per B). on previous prices. The 2 

 bales of Lima- Jamaica were disposed of privately. 



CITRIC ACID, LIME JUICE, LIME OIL, KOLA, AND TAMARINDS. 



Citric acid was reported at the beginning of the month 

 as being dull of sale, the quotation being Is. Il|d. per fi)., 

 which price was asked at the close of the month, though it 

 was reported that supplies on the spot were extremely small. 

 Three cases of lime oil were offered in the first week af the 

 month, only one of which was disposed of at Is. M. per fc. 

 without reserve, for fair West Indian distilled: at the same 

 auction 6 puncheons of good raw Jamaica lime juice found 

 buyers at Is. 5c:?. per gallon, which was the price quoted at 

 the end of the month. Kola was reported somewhat 

 firmer at the beginning of the month. At auction on the 

 5th, 41 packages were offered, and 31 sold, 3^d. 

 per E). being paid for good bright dried West Indian 

 halves and whole nuts, while for fair slightly dark 

 2f(f. was paid. At auction on the 19th, a further 

 consignment of fair dried halves and whole West 

 Indian were sold at the same rates. A consignment of 

 165 barrels of Barbados tamarinds was offered without 

 reserve on the 26th, and sold at from I5s. to I5s. 6d per 

 cwt. in bond. 



DEPARTMENT NEWS. 



Mr. W. R. Dunlop, Scientific Assistant on the 

 Staff of the Imperial Department of Agriculture, is 

 expected to leave Barbados on April 8, 1914, foi- the 

 purpose of paying an official visit to St. Vincent and 

 St. Lucia in connexion with agricultural matters. 

 Mr. Dunlop m\\ probably arrive back in Barbados on 

 April 29. 



Mr. J. E. T. Hartley, B.A., Dip. Agr. (Oantab.), 

 arrived in Barbados from England by the R.M.S. 

 'Magdalena' on March 14, 1914, for the purpose of 

 studying tropical agriculture in the West Indies, under 

 the direction of the Imperial Department. 



