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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



August 20, 1905, 



Tile Agricultural Superintendent at St. Lucia has 

 notified for the information of planters and managers that 

 several of the puidls of the Agricultural School -vvili .shortly 

 he ready to enter situations on estates. They are aliout 

 nineteen years of age and have had some four years' training 

 at the school. 



GLEANINGS. 



The attendance at the Colonial an<l Lulian Exlubition 

 up to Saturday July 29, since the opening day, has been 

 627,597. {Vi'tst India Cmianiffce Cirrulai:) 



Li reference to the note in the Ar/ricii/tur<(l jS'nrs 

 (Vol. IV, p. 200) on the formation of an Agricultural Society 

 at Angrdlla, it may be of interest to mention that the 

 membership of the society has already reached fifty. 



A very successful Agricultuial Show was held at 

 Newmarket, Jamaica, on August 1. The show w-as largely 

 attended, and the exhibits— especially in the minor products 

 section — were up to their usual standard. 



i[e>.M.-. Henry W. Frost i^- Co., of Charleston, S.L' , 

 report under date July 29: 'The unsold stock of islands 

 cotton being reduced to 90 bales, which are being held for 

 liigher prices, the market is nonunal, and we omit quotations.' 



A course of six lectures to teachers in elementary schools 

 is to be given at Antigua by jSIr. A. H. Kirby, li.A., 

 Agricultural and Science Master. The lectures will deal 

 ^vith the subjects prescribed by the code for the teaching of 

 elementary science. 



Me.ssr.s. (1. W. Bennett llryson il- Co., Ltd., of x\ntiguii, 

 report in regard to the sugfir market ; 'The Halifax refiners 

 having expressed their willingness to take small shipments 

 at pa'rity of New York, the balance of the crop will be 

 shipiied to Halifax.' 



We learn with pleasure that several .^mall proprietors 

 have been supplied with the best cotton seed from the Central 

 Factory in quantities of from 20 ib. to .50 lb., ^vhile the large 

 projirietors have taken their seed in thousands of pounds. 

 (St. Vincent Tiinci', August 10.) 



Dr. Watts writes : ' The well-known "P.aths'' at Nevis 

 are being renovated ; a new bath-house and dressing rooms 

 have been built, and the bath itself has been thoroughly 

 cleaned and renovated. I found the temperature of the 

 water was 170° F.' An account of the 'Bath Springs at 

 Nevis' was pu1)lishcd in the A'/ricultural Keif^ (Vol. IV, 

 p. 20G). 



At a specially convened meeting (pf the Dominica Agri- 

 cultural Society held on July 29, his Excellency the Acting 

 Governor (Mr.'H. He.><keth Bell, C.il.G.) read a paper on 

 a scheme ffir efi'ecting the insurance of [ilantations against 

 loss from hurricanes. A resolution in favour of the scheme 

 was carried unanimously, and copies of tlie pai'cr are being 

 forwarded to members of LloydV, London. 



The third Colonial Products E.Kliibition will be held at 

 St. Cieorge's Hall, Liverpool, from January .30 to February 

 8, 1906. Those colonies and firms desirous of obtaining 

 sfiace are invited to ap^ily to the Joint Manager.% 9, Chapel 

 Street, Liverjiool, f'.'C'Ui whom further iid'ormatiou can be 

 obtained. 



According to the Jamaica Bail;/ TclrarajJi of July 29, 

 a dye-wood factory is to be established in the parish of 

 St. Elizabeth by a British comjiany. It is anticipiated 

 jixally that the operations of this company will prove a boon 

 to one of the best logwood-producing districts of the island, 

 in the same manner as that in operation near Spanish Town. 



In reference to the note in the Aijricultural Xi-ks on 

 shows of colonial-grown fruit and vegetables to be held by 

 the Royal Horticultural Society, it may be mentioned that 

 the Imperial Commissioner has been informed that the exact 

 dates for the next four shows have been fixed as follows : 

 December 5 and C>, 190-5 : ilarch 22 and 23, 1906 ; June 6 

 and 7, 1906 ; Decend.ier 4- and 5, 1906. 



The London correspondent of the Poii-of-S/iaiii Ga-.t-tte^ 

 reporting a further meeting of West Indian proprietors in 

 London to discuss the new arrangement for buying farmers' 

 canes (.see Ai/ricultural yVfj/>-, Vol. IV, \<[<. 194-5), records 

 that matters have now taken some practical shaiie. He 

 states that credit is due to Mr. Norman Laniont, M.P.. for his 

 efforts to put the cane-farming industry on a sound footing. 



The Secretary of the West India Committee writes : 

 ' As a result of the Exhibition, I am receiving many 

 inquiries for West Indian commodities, and have, during the 

 jiast week, been asked to quote trade terms for swizzle sticks 

 in any quantity and small Capsicums in bulk. If you could 

 jiut us in the way of quoting, I shall be very grateful.' 

 Comnumications on the above might be addressed to the 

 Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture, Barbados. 



In a review in Merck's Annual Reports on recent work 

 in connexion with the use of anthrax vaccines, it is stated 

 that inoculation does not involve the risk of serious lesion.^. 

 ' The last 50,000 inoculations have been devoid of serious 

 occurrences and lo.sses. . . The disease was brought to 

 a standstill where it was already established, while the 

 prophylactic aiiplication of the serum averted its occurrence 

 in such cases where formerly it ajipeared regularly.' 



According to the Port-of-Spaiii Ga:t'tte, a supply of 

 Danysz rat virus has been received in Trinidad and will be 

 distributed gratis, on application to the Government Analyst, 

 to any one who undertakes to use it according to the 

 instructions and report results. This is the virus referred to 

 in the last issue of the A'jricHlturnl Xcwa ([i. 247) : it is 

 not the .same as that imported by the Imperial Department 

 of Agriculture (the Liverpool virus), but is used in much 

 the same wav and has a similar action. 



