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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



January 



1911. 



GLEANINGS. 



According to the Hawaiian Forester and Ayrirulturist 

 for November 1910, forest products to the value of 851,161 

 were shipped from Hawaii to the United States in 1909. In 

 1908 and 1907, the value.s were $18,912 and $13,27.3. 



The Briti-sh Acting Consul-General at Mukden has 

 reported that the soy liean harvest in Southern Manchuria is 

 excellent, and that harvest prospects in Northern Manchuria 

 are from 20 to 30 per cent, better than tliose of last year, 

 while the beans are also of a very much better quality. (The 

 Board of Trade Journal, November 3, 1910.) 



According to recent telegrams, the exhibit of fruit from 

 Dominica for the exhibition of the Royal Horticultural Society 

 did not arrive in time for the opening, on account of delay to 

 the R.M.S. 'Oruba'. A gold medal has, however, been awarded 

 to the Dominica Permanent Exhibition Committee, and four 

 individual awards were made, in addition. 



With reference to the outbreak of the sugarcane root 

 borer that has taken place in certain districts of Barbados 

 during the past year, it is of interest that the Superintendent 

 of Agriculture for Barbados states, in a report for November 

 1910, that the attack of the root borer on canes at Seawell 

 and Spencers estates does not appear to have increased to any 

 extent. 



A report by the (_!urator of the Botanic Station, Montser- 

 rat, for November 1910, gives information to the effect that 

 a good crop of cotton was practically insured in the island by 

 that time. Several shipments had been made already, and 

 peasants were likely to reaji a large crop. Caterpillars had 

 given some trouble, but 

 heard of, so far. 



Information has been received from the Agricultural 

 Superintendent of St. Kitts to the effect that the sugar-cane 

 crop has made considerable progress; high winds and heavy 

 rains in the early part of November blew down the advanced 

 canes in the northern districts, but there was little actual 

 damage. A large proportion of the cotton has been reaped, 

 and good returns are being obtained generally. 



the Hower-bud maggot had not been 



On October 3, 1910, the death took place of Dr. !Melchior 

 Treub, who has been Director of the Botanic Garden at 

 Buitenzorg, .lava, and Director of the Department of Agri- 

 culture for the Dutch East Indies since 188.5. The work of 

 r)r. Treub has included many botanical papers of note, as well 

 as the editing of the Aitnalex dn Jardin /iota7iiipiede Buiten- 

 zorg, since the year just mentioned. 



The t'onmiissioner-General to the Imi)erial .Japanese 

 (jovernnient. for the .lapan British lOxhibition, states that as 

 a result of the exhibition, many new markets have been opened 

 up, and of .lapaiiese exhibits alone over £G0,00() worth have 

 been sold. One of the greatest lienefits which .lapanese 

 manufacturers have derived from the exhiliition is the knowl- 

 edge of what articles are best suited for exjjort to England. 

 {Journal of the Royal Society of Aria, November 11, 1910.) 



Colonial Reports — Annual, No. 653, states that the 

 scheme for school gardens in Ceylon, which is being carried 

 on in connexion with Government schools, now includes 

 224 such schools; of these 180 possess school gardens. 

 The seeds and implements are provided by the educational 

 department, and the gardens are visited as often as possible 

 by the Superintendent of the .school gardens and his assist- 

 ants. Encouragement is given to the work of the pupils by 

 the granting of money prizes to the most successful school in 

 each district. 



On account of the damage that is being caused to the 

 public roads in Dominica, through cultivation carried on near 

 them, a notice has been published in the Dominica Official 

 Gazette for December 9, 1910, to the effect that: 'no cultiva- 

 tion requiring from time to time the weeding, clearing, or 

 digging of the soil shall be carried on within 6 feet of the 

 public road on the upper side, and 1 2 feet of the public 

 road on the lower side.' Any person cultivating within such 

 distances from any public road will be proceeded against 

 under the provisions of the Public Road Act, 1888, for causing 

 damage to it. 



According to the London Times, a decree was published 

 by the Italian Government on November 20, 1910, creating 

 a Commission to examine the view that pellagra is produced 

 by a protozoal infection, conveyed by an insect (see Agricul- 

 tural News, Vol. IX, p. 213), and to formulate any changes 

 in the existing law of protection that maj- be considered 

 desirable. All the members of the Commission are medical 

 men, except Prince Teano, Deputy, who was chiefly instru- 

 mental in directing the attention of the Italian Government 

 to the work of the English Pellagra Investigation Committee. 

 (xYa/»f<;, Novemlier 24, 1910, p. 114.) 



During December 1910, a Proclamation was made in 

 Granada under the Plant Protection Ordinance, 1906, by 

 which the importation into this Presidency of any banana 

 plants, or of any material for planting, or articles connected 

 therewith from Central and South America, and from Trinidad 

 was prohibiteil. The same Proclamation piohibits absolutely 

 the importation into the I'resi<lenc}' of all cocoa-nuts, cocoa- 

 nut plants, or any material for planting or articles connected 

 therewith from Cuba, .Jamaica, Trinidad and all countries of 

 Centra! and South Anu-rica. Similar proclamations have been 

 made recently in .'\ntigua, Dominica and St. Lucia. (See 

 Aiirirultiiral News, Vol. I.X, pp. 364 and 380.) 



His Honour the Administrator of St. Vincent has lieen 

 pleased to appoint a Committee to consider and make recom- 

 mendations regarding the proposals for reciprocity as outlined 

 liy the Ivoyal tVmmissioners in Parts IV to VII of the tirst 

 part of their Keport on Trade Relations lietween Canada and 

 the We.st Indies. The members of the Committee are: His 

 Honour W. S. Siiaw, Chairman; the Hon Conrad . J. Simmons; 

 the Hon. .1. (i. W. Ilazcll; and Messrs. F. \V. (Griffith, Super- 

 visor of Customs; W. N. Sands, Agricultural Superintendent; 

 F. Corea; and M. Tatham. Secretary. (St. Vincent froivrn- 

 mcnt G^aze^e (Extraordinary), December 6, 1910.) 



