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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



May 9, 1914. 



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Vol. XIII. SATUR DAY. MAY 9, 1914. No. 314. 



l^TES AND COMMENTS. 



Contents of Present Issue. 



The object of the editorial in this issue is to 

 emphasize the economic importance of cacao budding, 

 a practice in which considerable success has been 

 achieved in the West Indies and in the Philippines. 



Canadian National Exhibition, 1914. 



The Canadian National Exhibition will be held 

 at Toronto this year opening August 29 and closing 

 September 14. 



Mr. C. S. Pickford, of the firm of Messrs. Pickford 

 & Black, Ltd., Halifax, has kindly expressed his will- 

 ingness to undertake the charge of exhibits from the 

 West Indies as in previous years, and to make all 

 arrangements for the West Indian Court. 



Tbe Uoyal Mail Steam Packet Company have 

 agreed to convey exhibits from the West Indies free 

 ot charge, thus continuing the privilege so generously 

 extended in the past by Messrs. Pickford & Black, 

 Ltd. — a privilege which has been greatly apjjreciated 

 by all the colonies concerned, and for which grateful 

 acknowledgement is here tendered. 



Mr. Pickford has advised that non-perishable 

 goods should go forward by the S.S. 'Chignecto' leaving 

 Demerara July 23, and perishable goods by the 

 S.S. 'Chaudiere' leaving Demerara August 27. It is 

 advisable that all goods which can posssibly be sent by 

 the earlier opportunity should be so despatched, as in 

 that case they can go forward from St. John to Toronto 

 by ordinary freight; whereas those arriving by the later 

 boat would have to be forwarded by express, which is 

 very expensive. 



The usual booklet distributed by the Imperial 

 Department of Agriculture at the Exhibition each year 

 is now in course of preparation, and intending adver- 

 tisers are advised to send in their advertisements to 

 this Office as soon as possible. 



Under Sugar Industry, on page 146, will be 

 found an interesting note describing a successful 

 method of transporting cane cuttings. 



On page 149 will be found information dealing 

 ■with animal nutrition and the manuring of crops. 



Under Departmental Reports, on page 151, the 

 report of the Local Department of Agriculture, 

 Barbados, is reviewed. A summary of that section of 

 the publication treating of fungoid diseases in the 

 Colony during 1912-13, will be found under Fungus 

 Notes, on page 158. 



Under Insect Notes, on page 154, appear articles 

 on the control of onion thrips in the United States, the 

 use of arsenate of lead, and the employment of naphtha- 

 lene in the control of fleas. 



Two interesting miscellaneous notes in this issue 

 are those on the Canadian National Exhibition, 1914, 

 (on this page), and that on oil-nut development in 

 ^British Honduras (see page 159). 



Agriculture in the Leeward Islands in 1912. 



Information concerning the agricultural industries 

 in the Leeward Islands during 1912, is presented in 

 Colonial Reports — -Annual, No. 793, which has recently 

 been issued. From this the following details (supplied 

 by the local agricultural officers) are abstracted. 



The exports of sugar from Antigua for the year 

 1912 amounted to 11,(J90 tons, of which 7,503 tons 

 were 96° crystals and 4,187 tons muscovado. la 

 St. Kitts-Nevis the similar exports amounted to 10,285 

 tons, of which 3,866 tons were 96" crystals and 6,419 

 tons muscovado. The marked increase in the export 

 of grey crystal sugar from St. Kitts is attributed to the 

 working of the St. Kitts Sugar Factory, which took off 

 its first crop during 1912, resulting in the production 

 of 3,660 tons of grey crystal sugar, 35,439 tons of canes 

 being crushed to produce this. 



The exports of cotton during the year 1912 were 

 as follows: Antigua and Barbuda 80,910 tb.; St. Kitts 

 332,168 tb.; Nevis 165,329 ft; Anguilla 97,142 lb.; 

 Montserrat 346,568 ft.; the Virgin Islands 51.677 ft. 

 Comparison with the exports for the two previous 

 years shows that the exports for 1912 are below those 

 for 1911, but exceed those of 1910. This industry 

 appears to have settled down to a position of stability, 

 and it is not anticipated that any great expansion is 

 likely to occur in the near future. 



