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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



June 30, 1906. 



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Agricultural l^leics 



Vol. V. 



SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1906. 



No. 109. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



■Contents of Present Issue. 



Rice growing in British Guiana forms the subject 

 of the editorial in this issue of the Agricultund News. 

 This industry has developed considerably within the 

 last fe'w years, good prices are being obtained for the 

 product, and the outlook is therefore most encouraging. 



Extracts from a progress report on .sugar-cane 

 experiments in British Guiana appear on p. 19.5. 



Hints on the cultivation of lemons are given on 

 p. 196. These are followed by a note on pine-apple 

 growing in Porto Rico. 



The attention of cotton growers is directed to the 

 'Seasonable Notes' on p. 198. The necessity for the 

 thorough preparation of the soil before planting and 

 the desirability of planting in single rows are particu- 

 larly dealt with. The extension of the cotton industr}- 

 at Barbados is the subject of a note on p. 199. 



Two illustrated articles on insect pests are 

 published on p. 202. 



The article on the prevention of yellow fever is 

 concluded on p. 203. 



On p. 205 will be found an article on the cultiva- 

 tion of okras. The writer deals also with the gathering 

 of the fruits and their use.s. 



Page 207 contains a note on the use of sugar-cane 

 as shade for young cacao plants and a report on salt 

 from Turks Islands. 



Fruit-canning Factory in Jamaica. 



In reference to the note in the AgrirvMural 

 News (Vol. V, p. 153j on fruit canning, Mr. G. Loutrel 

 Lucas, of the' Norbrook Canning Factory, Jamaica, 

 writes as follows: — 



I desire to correct the impression that there is no 

 canning factory in the West Indies and announce for the 

 first time in ijublic print that Jamaica can boast of the 

 largest and finest-equipped canning factory in the West 

 Indies, wliicli has been running since .January 1-^, 1906, 

 and we are working at full capacit}' every day and shall 

 continue to do so during the year. 



.— ^^^►-♦-^ 



Sources of Commercial Rubber. 



The Cantor lectures on the 'Sources of Commer- 

 cial India-rubber,' delivered by Sir Daniel Morris, 

 K.C.M.G., before the Society of Arts, in 1898, have 

 been out of print for some years. As the demand for 

 these lectui-es still continues, the Society of Arts has 

 reprinted them in their origiiiid form and without 

 alteration. 



It may be mentioned that the lectures were 

 given with special reference to the rubber industries 

 connected with the British Colonial and Indian 

 possessions. They deal full}- with the cultivation of 

 the principal rubber-yielding trees, for example, the 

 Central American (Custdhm elastica), Para {Hevea 

 hrasHiensis), Ceara (Maniliot Glaziorii), etc., etc. 



With the view of encouraging rubber planting 

 along the best lines. Sir Alfred L. Jones, K.C.M.G., is 

 distributing gratis 500 copies of these lectures. 



Permanent Exhibition Committees. 



It is gratifying to note that the suggestion, origin- 

 ally made in the West India Committee Circular and 

 supported by the Imperial Department of Agriculture, 

 that Permanent Exhibition Committees should be 

 appointed in the West India Islands, has met with 

 a hearty response. It was considered that such com- 

 mittees 'might undertake the arrangements for all the 

 exhibitions and thus obviate the necessit}' of appoint- 

 ing a fresh committee to deal with each case as it 

 arises.' 



The first society to adopt this suggestion was the 

 Agricultural and Commercial Society of Grenada, 

 which appointed a Permanent Exhibition Committee 

 about twelve months ago. The appointments of 

 similar bodies in Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, 

 and Dominica have been noted in recent issues of the 

 Agric alt ural News. 



The committee recently appointed by the Agri- 

 cultural and Connnercial Society of Antigua is com- 

 posed of the Hon. Dr. F. Watts, C.M.G. (Chairman), 

 ilr. R. Bryson, Mr. A. P. Cowley, and the Hon. D. 

 McDonald (Hon. Secretary). Montserrat has a Perma- 

 nent Exhibition Committee, with Mr. C. Watson as 

 Chairman and the Curator of the Botanic Station as 

 Honorary Secretary. At a meeting of the Agricultural 

 and Commercial Society of St. Kitt's, held on April 5, it 

 was decided to appoint a similar committee to under- 

 take to get together and forward exhibits to the 

 Canadian Exhibitions to be held this year. 



