THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



-May -20, 190-5. 



jCed meal (i.e. after the oil is extracted) 



.ontain, on an average, in round numbers, in 



.y condition, 28 per cent, of protein, 8 percent. 



16 per cent, of fibre, 5 per cent, of ash, 33 per 



of nitrogen-free extract.' It is added: 'We are 



.essed with the greater feeding value of Sea Island 



meal when we reHect that nearly 40 per cent, or two- 



lifths of the .same consist of protein and fat.' 



If 200 H). of Sea Island cotton lint are obtained 

 per acre, there would also be produced about 700 lb. of 

 •cotton seed. This, if shipped abroad, would realize, 

 After payment of all expenses, about £4 to £4 10*. per 

 ton. If, on the other hand, it is retained for extracting 

 the oil and for feeding purposes on the spot, it is 

 •estimated that it will be worth alxiut .t(j to £7 pei ton. 



It is probable that the total crop of Sea Island 

 cotton to be produced during the current season will 

 be about 3,000 bales of 300 ft. each, or 1,080,000 It). 

 The weight of cotton seed will probably amount to 

 3,724,138 lb. or 1,663 tons. The yield of crude oil 

 amounts to about 45 gallons per ton of seed, so that if 

 all the seed were dealt with at an oil lactory, the 

 total output in cru<le oil would be 74.83.5 gallons. 



A common arrangement in the cotton-ginning 

 •districts of the United States is for the oil mills to 

 •offer 1 ton of meal for 2 tons of seed, including freight 

 Iboth ways. It is claimed that this arrangement is 

 profitable to both parties as the meal contains 

 substantially all the fertilizing ingredients of the .seed, 

 and is in a form far more suitable for cattle food. For 

 these reasons it would appear to bo an arrangement 

 which may be likely to suit the needs of the West 

 Indian cotton planters. 



As to the actual terms that will bi' nftered by the 

 Barbados Oil Factory, we are unable to state them at 

 present. We understand, however, that the members 

 of the Cotton Committee have been consulted in the 

 matter, and they have expressed themselves as quite 

 satisfied with them. As soon as the British Cotton- 

 growing Association have approved of the scheme that 

 has been submitted to them, it is hoped to enter more 

 fully into details. In the meantime, the proposal to 

 establish a cotton oil factory in these colonies is 

 -a gratifying proof of the confidence that is being felt in 

 the future of the cotton inciustry. Such a fiictor}- will 

 not only extend the value of the industry amongst 

 members of the general community, but it will render 

 ■cotton growing, by improving the health and condition 

 of working cattle on estates, a valuable adjunct to the 

 sugar industry in districts .specially adapted for it. 



SUGAR INDUSTRY. 



Sugar-cane Experiments in Cuba. 



The results of experiments with new varieties of 

 canes at Central Soledad, Cub;i, for 1903 and 1904 

 have already been published in the Agrifullu ml Xcus 

 (Vol. II, p. 179, and V<il. Ill, p. 17'9). Through the 

 kindness ot Mr. Edwin F. Atkins, the proprietor, we 

 are able to publish similar information for last season. 

 The following is taken from a letter dated April 16, 

 1905:— 



1 now send you the analy.'-es of canes made during the 

 month of February, vliich may be of interest to yen, as they 

 contain several of your seedlings which you .'^o kindly sent 

 some time ago. 



The samples were ground three times through our small 

 ex]ierimental mill, and the figures of extraction are only 

 valuable as comparative figures. 



Of the various seedlings from your Department, the 

 B. dOS and D. 95 laomise very well, also the Caledonia 

 Queen, and I have hopes that these will prove of value after 

 we get them planted out in a congenial soil and get them 

 thoroughly acclimated. 



We are just finishing our cioj) here, which in quantity 

 has been a di.sap))ointment, owing to the long drought which 

 lasted from October until early in March, and I find our crop 

 about 8 per cent, below the early estimates. The same has 

 been the case all over the island, and Cuba this year will 

 probably not turn out more than 1,100,000 tons of sugar 

 against an early estimate of 1,400,000 tons. 



It will be observed that B. 208 is practically the 

 best cane on the list both in percentage of sucrose 

 and ]>urity of the juice. 



Sugar-cane Experiments at Barbados. 



The following is a memorandum drawn up by 

 Professor J. P. d'Albuquerque, M.A., F.I.C , F.C.S., 

 showing the scheme for sugar-cane experiments to be 



