12 



THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



January 14, 1905.- 



GLEANINGS. 



The reiioit of the British Guiana Boaid of Agriculture 

 for the year 1903-4 has recently been issued. A review of 

 tliLs report will ajipear in the next issue of the jii/ririiltiiid/ 



Mr. Sands reports from St. Vincent : ' It is estimated 

 that there is suflicient seed-cotton picked and sorted to give 

 100 bales, and as practically all the iields are l)eing picked 

 over, large and increasing .suindies are coming forward.' 



On December 19, 1904, the new Central Sugar Factory 

 at Gunthorp's, Antigua, was opened in the presence of 

 a large company. The machinery was set in motion by 

 Lady Knolly.s, and Mrs. "Watts fed the mill with the fiist 

 cane. 



At a meeting of the Roseau (Dominica) Town Board on 

 September 27 it was agreed to adopt the projiosal to i>lant 

 palms round Church Savannah on Arbor Day. The Board 

 also expressed its willingness to jirovide the necessary guards 

 for the [irotection of the young plants. 



AVe have an iiujuiry from Liverjiool for njangrnve bark. 

 The value depends upon the condition of the bark and the 

 strength of the tannin contained in it. The jirice would be 

 between £2 and ,£4 per ton. {Journal nf llie Juiiiiiira 

 Afiriculturni Socit-li/.) 



At a recent meeting of the Agricultural Society of 

 British Guiana, the Pre-sident suggested that growers of 

 cocoa-nuts should make coju'a. ' The value of the samjile 

 shown was about .£19 10s. per ton, which would give 

 a better return than exporting cocoa-nuts at •?8, .^10, and 

 ^1-2 per 1,000.' 



Dr. W, C. Stubbs has resigned his appointment as 

 Director of the Louisiana Experiment Stations and is to be 

 succeeded by Professor W. 1!. Dodson, a former professor in 

 the State University and lately Resident l)irector of the 

 Raton Itouge Experiment Station. 



A summary of the results of the experiments with 

 seedling and other varieties of sugar-cane carried on at 

 Earbadcs in 1903-4, under the direction of the Imperial 

 Department of Agriculture, has been issued as Pamphlet 

 Ko. 32. It may be obtained of all agents, price 4(/., post 

 free, 5(/. 



Regarding agricultural instruction for teachers in charge 

 of schools in rural districts of England, Dr. AVm. Somervillc 

 reports to the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture : ' Eor 

 him .special courses at the Agricultural Colleges are of 

 jicculiar imjiortance, and it is satisfactory to note that several 

 of the institutions aided by the Board are taking active part 

 in such work.' 



One particular requirement that must be observed in all 

 poultry rearing is the avoidance of inbreeding. New blood 

 every year is ijuite an important factor. {JiuD-nnl <if tlie 

 Jaiiitiica Agriculliiral Sociefi/.) 



Owing to the stock of Paris green held by the merchants 

 of Barbados being exhausted, a notice was published in the 

 daily papers to the effect that Paris green could be obtained 

 from the Agricultural De[iartment out of the emergency stock- 

 of the Imperial Department of Agriculture. 



It is stated in Schimmel it Co.'s Sfmi-<niiui<i! Bepor-t 

 that a German medical i)aper recommends, as a ])rotection 

 against gnats, the application on the uncovered parts of the 

 body (hand.s, neck, and face) of a solution of thymol in 50- 

 per cent, alcohol [2 in 100) by means of a tuft of cottonwool. 



Reference is made in the Cape of Good Hope Aijri- 

 i-ullural Journal to the prevalent belief that suljihur admin- 

 istered internally causes ticks to drop off an infested animal. 

 Experiments recently conducted by the Veterinary Surgeon 

 and the Entomologist ajipeared to show that this remedy 

 has no such effect. 



According to the Agriridtuval Gazi-tte of New South 

 Wales there has been a steadj' increase in the quantity of 

 eggs placed in the Government Cold Stores since the 

 inauguration of the system in 189t<. In that year the 

 number of eggs received was 11,000 dozen; in 1903-4 this 

 had increased to 151,128 dozen. 



According to the Conmlar Rejyort on the trade of 

 Panama, the agricultural and nrineral resources have still to 

 be developed. The forests abound with valuable woods, and 

 there are open savannahs with miles of splendid grazing 

 ground. About 300,000 bunches of bananas are exported 

 monthlv. 



The Journal of the Society of Arts for November 11 

 contains an interesting article on the Barbados banana 

 industry. A short historical account is given, and also- 

 a brief description of the procedure adopted. This article 

 will be reproduced in the West Indian BuUetin (Vol. V, no. 3).. 



According to the Demerara Daily Chronicle, an 

 important eonce.ssion has been granted by the Government of 

 Ihitish Honduras to an American capitalist for the exploita- 

 tion of the colony's pine products. The eonce.ssion was 

 secured primarily for the purpose of making tiu-pentine and 

 exporting the timber. The holder has the privilege of 

 tajiping 12,-500,000 pine trees. 



A scientific experiment station in connexion with the 

 German Colonial Society is to be established in the German 

 colony of New-Wiirtemberg in Southern Brazil, about 250 

 acres of land having been secured for the purpose. It is 

 hoped that this will hel^) the colonists to secure better 

 returns in the way of crops. (U. S. Monthly Consular 

 Beports.) 



The United 

 two co-ojierating 

 of the date palm, 

 California. In 

 established near 

 the life-history 

 tion into practic, 

 both to botanist.- 



States Department of Agriculture has now- 

 gardens established especially for the study- 

 one at Temjie, Arizona, and one at Mecca, 

 all probability a third garden may be 

 Vuma. The thorough studies under waj- on 

 f this plant in connexion with its introduc- 

 il culture promise to yield results of interest 

 s and to horticulturists. {Botanical Gazette.\ 



