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THE AGRICULTUIJAL NEWS. 



November 11, 1905. 



Accdiding to the report of ilessrs. Henry W. Frost ik Co., 

 the estiiiiate.s of tlie Sea Island crop for Florida, Georgia, 

 and JSouth Carolina range around 90,000 bales. Last year's 

 crop for these states was 99,603 bales. 



It is mentioned in the Annual liepovt on Sejxhelles for 

 1904 that inquiries had been received as to the resources of 

 the colony in bread-fruit, with the view of supplying the 

 increasing demand, especially at Marseilles, for cheap) and 

 nutritious food for stock. 



GLEANINGS. 



Ml'. E. Lonias Oliver writes : 

 the I'lanters above everything tn 



'Please impre.NS upon all 

 lick the cotton llIl'E: 



At a recent meeting of the Antigua Agricultund and 

 Commercial Society several members testified to the eft'ective- 

 ness of the Liverpool rat virus. 



The Agricultural Instructor at St. Lucia is in 

 a position to supply some thou.sands of plants of Castllloa 

 flKsdca at ?hI. each, in boxes, delivered at Castries. 



As shown elsewhere, during the nine months ending 

 Septeniter .30 last, 1,024,283 D>. of cotton Iiave been exported 

 irom the West Indies of the value of £42,54.5. 



A cassava factory has been started at liichmond, 

 Jamaica, by a gentleman from Grenada. He manufactures 

 seven different articles from the tuber — starch, farine, 

 tapioca, cassareep, meal, etc. This is an industry worthy of 

 the support of the small settlers. (.Jamaica Daili/ Tt'Iiynijili.) 



At a meeting of the Jamaica Agricultural Society helil 

 on October 18, it was decided to hold a conference of 

 gentlemen rei>re.senting the orange industry to consider the 

 subject of shipping oranges. The following points will be 

 submitted for consideration : Definition of immature orange; 

 inspection ; exclusion of immature fruit, and trade marks. 



The total acreage planted in Sea Island cotton in 

 St. \'incent during the present season is estimated to be 770 

 acres. Though this is considerably less than the area 

 planted last year, better work is being done with the 

 smaller acreage and there are at present indications of 

 heavier returns, the prospects of the crop being extremely 

 good. 



The Grenada Agricultural and Commercial Society has 

 decided to be represented at the Colonial Products Exhibition 

 to be held in Liverpool in February next. The offer of the 

 Secretary of the West India Committee to make the 

 necessary arrangements lias been accepted, and he has been 

 asked to keep for this purpose any of the exhibits sent for the 

 Colonial and Indian Kxliibitinn which he may think .suitable. 



It is desired to correct an error in a review of the 

 liei)ort on Economic and other Experiments at St. Kitt'.s-Xevi.s, 

 1904-5, which appeared in the Ai/riniltuml X'eivs (Vol. IV, 

 p. 317). The estimated value of the exports of cotton from 

 St. Kitt'.s-Nevis and Anguilla for the fifteen months ended 

 March 31 last was stated to be £83,074. This should 

 be £8,307. 



In reference to the note in the Afirlrultund Ncirg 

 (Vol. IV, p. 316) to the effect that plants of Coffu robusta 

 were being offered for free distribution by the Superintendent 

 of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Trinidad, it should be 

 mentioned that the free grant, which was intended for 

 Trinidad only, has now been exhausted. One hundred and 

 fifty-four estates were supplied with one dozen plants each. 



The Canadian Commercial Agent at Kingston, Janiaica,. 

 (Mv. Ci. E. lUuke) rejiorts that, as a result of the buoyancy 

 of sugar prices, a decided revival of the industry is in 

 evidence in Jamaica, not only among the large landed 

 proprietors, but also with the peasantry. Hundreds of 

 small cane mills are being imported from the LTnited States. 

 These mills are admitted free of custom duty, and sell for 

 £10 10.«. each. {Board of Trade Journal.) 



The Agricultural Sujierintendent at St. A'incent 

 estimates that there are 20,040 good bearing plants of the 

 Chinese banana (.!/«.<« Cavrndis/iii) growing within easy 

 reach of Kingstown, St. Vincent. The majority of these are 

 being grown by the peasantry, who would probably 

 themselves utilize a good proportion of the fruit 

 other hand, if suitable arrangements could be 

 .shipping, the cultivation could easily be extended. 



On the 

 made for 



In the Tropical Af/riculfurist for July 1905, the Ceyloa 

 Government Entomologist reports immense numbers of the 

 cotton stainer (Ur/sdtrcus cinijulatiix) at the Government 

 cotton experiment station at Maha-iluppalama, but states- 

 that very little damage has been done. It has been found 

 that when the seed-cotton is exjx)sed to the hot sun, the 

 stainers leave the cotton, which is then in good condition 

 for ginning. 



The Wext Iinlin Committee Circular states that the 

 judges at the Colonial Exhibition have now completed their 

 awards. Four awards have been made to Jamaica for 

 tobacco and cigars, a grand prize going to the Montpelier 

 Cigar Co. for their '(Jolofina' cigars. The West India Cigar 

 and Cigarette Co., of Trinidad, also secured a gold medal. 

 'J'hree gold medals have been awarded for e.vhibits 

 of molascuit. 



lleference was made in the Agricultural News (Vol. IV,. 

 ji. 300) to the failure of the attempts to grow cotton in 

 Cuba fiwing to the ravages of the cotton boll weevil. It 

 might be pointed out that, so far, this pest has not 

 attacked cotton in the British West Indies. Its appearance 

 in Cuba, however, makes it particularly desirable that all 

 cotton .seed imported for planting purposes should be 

 thoroughly disinfected before use, as has been done in the 

 case of all cotton iraporled through the Imperial Deiiartment 

 of Agriculture. 



