Vol. XIII. X... 319. 



TUR .\ORK'rLTrR.\L NEWS. 



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The chief c-iiimtrii-s ()tsii))j)l\ an. as fbllow.s: India, 

 £47,541: (Vylim, £400: West Iiulies, £5,172: Abyssinia, 

 £570: Aral>ia. €5,(i7(): Brazil, £1,W2: Costa Rica, £2,300: 

 Java, £22,1. SO: (Juateiiiala, £2,115 

 £:{9!l; V.^n.-ziicla, t:l2!l: Unite 

 £I5(): otiici- fonritiics, £1,117. 



5: Hawaiian Islands: 

 States of America, 



The axerajj 

 <luriiio' 11112 is 



■ wliolesale price for groiiiid cdflei 

 stated to have been ]c. '2\<l. per It), 

 whilst in l!li:i it was Is. M. ^Jer Ih. 



Queensland Interest in Cotton. 



The .May issue of the Ijuei- iisland Agricultural 

 Journal continues to eaiiv nn that Department's 

 ivcent policy of endeavouring \n atti-act gi-eater 

 attention to cotton gi-owing in certain liistricts of the 

 .State. It will be I'emembered that the British Cotton 

 Growing A.s.sociation's Report on Cotton Cultivation ni 

 Australia was summaii/.ed in the A(/ricultural News 

 for December (i, 1!)1.S, and since then Australian com- 

 ments on the possibilities of ,i revival of the industry 

 in their continent have l>een regulai-ly noted in this 

 journal. 



In reprodueino- the greater jiart of the United 

 States Bulletin on the relation of cotton-buving to 

 cotton-growing (see AgriruUaral Neivs for July 4, 

 l!)14), the (^«,ee7?s/a??tiJyu7'nai states that it is impera- 

 tive for cotton growers if they wish to meet the niodeiii 

 denjand for unifoi-m long-staple lint to see that theii- 

 Cotton fields are kept free fi-om the admixture of tvpes 

 — a condition that has pre\ailc(| in the past. It is 

 also stated that the (^ueenshmd I Apartment of Agri- 

 culture is now prepared to buy cotton of good (pialitv 

 from tiirniers anil the extended cultivation of the 

 ci-oj) is urge<l on .account of the shoit time it occupies 

 the land. In reproducing .some matter that appeared 

 in the Agricultural iWti'.s for February 14. li»14, onthe 

 woilds production of cotton, the Queensland Journal 

 .says that that State 'can produce and has produced as 

 good Sea Island cotton as any other country in the world, 

 and a cotton expert from Texas, U.S. A;, now in Queens- 

 land, has, after examination of the country in the 

 Central districts given it as his opinion that' there are 

 tens of thousands of acres along the Central Western 

 Railway Line and on the coast, which will pi'oduce 

 Sea Island and Upland cotton to perfecticm.' 



It is interesting to note that a sample of Sea 

 Islanil cotton from Western Australia, though it proved 

 to be coarser than ordinary Sea Island, was reported on 

 <luring 1!)12 at the Imperial Institute as being of good 

 colour and length and worth VM. per lb. with choice 

 (ieorgia at 12^d. per ft. 



The Dominions Royal Ci>nuuission on cotton 

 growing in Australia stated (see Agricultural News 

 for December <i, l!»i:i) that 'it would appear that some 

 of the high class varieties of American Upland cotton 

 wonlil be most likely to answer purposes in Queensland 

 .... Sea Island and perennial cotton are to be ruled 

 out at once.' No ment ion in this report is made to 



Since 



cotton growing in Western Australia at all. ,.,i>,^c 

 then, however, the whole (juestion of cotton growing in 

 Australia has apparently been re-investigated locally 

 in greater detail: and as the statements bearing 



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upon the question appear in an official publication of 

 the Queensland GoN-enmient, they must be regarded 

 as the latest authoritative information on a subject 

 which is of considerable interest to the We.st Indies. 



International Tropical Products Exhibition and 



Congress. 



The International Rubber and Tropical Products 

 Exhibition was formally opened at the Agricultural 

 Hall, London, on June 24. In reporting the success 

 of the Exhibition, the West India Committee Circular 

 for June 80, 1914, calls attention to the fact that the 

 West Indian exhibits on this occasion were flir above the 

 a\erage as regards quality, and in the maimer in which 

 they were packed and put up. These exhibitions prove 

 of gi-eat value in bringing home to shippers the fact 

 that to fetch the best jjrices the minor products of the 

 Wt'st Indies must be attracti\'ely jjut up. 



The Congress of Tropical Agriculture, which wa.s 

 an entirely separate and distinct function, began its 

 sittings on June 23 at the Impeiial Institute under 

 the Presidency of Professor Wvntlham R. Dunstan, 

 C.M.G., F.R.S. The names of the West Indian dele- 

 gates to the Congress and the papers read concerning 

 the West Inflies were given in the last issue of the 

 Agricultural Newft. and it is now merely necessary to 

 Conclude with a brief summary of the principal matters 

 tlealt with up to June 25, — five days before the con- 

 clusion of the Congress. 



In the Presidential Address, Professor Dunstan 

 laid stress on the importance attaching to the improve- 

 ment of methods and conditions in the Tropics and the 

 necessity for persistent effort to ensure deveh^pnient 

 taking place along satisfactory lines. He dwelt on 

 the need existing for the creation of a College of 

 Ti'opical Agriculture situated within the Tropics. 

 The establishment of a British Institute of Tropical 

 Agriculture to assist development in this connexion lor 

 British possessions was also advocated. During the two 

 days which followed the opening of the Congress papers 

 were read and discussion conducted on the following 

 subjects: technical education in the tropics; the work 

 of the British Cotton Growing Association: sanitation 

 and hygiene on estates in the ti'opics and legislation 

 against plant diseases anfl pests: variation in theijuality 

 of plantation rubber: rubber cultivation in different 

 countries: and, lastly, cereal crops and sugar-cane. 



In connexion with the Congress several important 

 social functions took place which included a reception 

 bv His Majesty's Government at the Imperial Institute 

 in honour of the delegates. 



