Miscellaneous. 



358 



[April, 1912. 



Special attention has been given during 

 the year to the study of the " frog hopper " 

 insect which is most destructive to the 

 cane crops, with a view to discovering 

 the most effective means of minimising 

 the attacks of this pest. 



Coconuts.— Exports during 1909 were 

 over 20,300,000 nuts. 



Rubber.— 80,000 trees of Hevea, 600,000 

 trees of Castilloa and 25,000 trees ot 

 Funtumia are growing in Trinidad. 



The trees vary in age from 1 to 15 

 years. Hevea having been found to grow 

 well, a large consignment of seeds was 

 imported from the Malay States, but 

 only a small number (about 3,000) ger- 

 minated. As it is intended to grow 

 Hevea on a large scale, a further supply 

 of seeds will be obtained. 



Castilloa trees grow well, and rubber 

 has been exported in small quantities for 

 the past few years. Tapping on a larger 

 scale is about to be undertaken. 



Rice.— This cultivation is entirely in 

 the hands of small growers, who grow 

 mostly for their own use. 



Bananas.— Experiments in manuring 

 bananas have been carried out by the 

 Government on its lands known as St. 

 Augustine, and it has been shown that 

 a profitable return can be obtained from 

 heavy applications of pen manure. The 

 variety of banana known as " governor " 

 has been shown to possess several advant- 

 ages over the " Gros Michel " variety. 

 About 110,000 bunches have been export- 

 ed during the year, showing a large 

 increase over any previous year. 



Agricultural Shoios.—Five Shows were 

 held during the year in different 

 districts. 



Government Farm.— Additions have 

 been made to the breeds of stock at the 

 farm by the importation of Holstein, 

 Guernsey and Jersey bulls and cows. A 



second sire jack has also been imported. 

 The hackney and thoroughbred stallions 

 continue to be highly appreciated. 



AGRICULTURE IN JAMAICA. 



(Prom the Agricultural News, Vol. X., 

 No. 242, p. 255, Barbados, August 5th, 1911.) 

 (Bulletin of the Bureau of Agricultural 



Intelligence and of Plant- Diseases. 



2nd Year -Numbers 8, 9, 10. 



August-September, October, 1911.) 

 The value of the chief products ex- 

 ported during the year for 1908-09 were 

 as follows : — 



£ 



Bananas ... ... ... 1,044,820 



Cigars 263,850 



Rum 186,803 



Logwood and logwood extract 160,861 



Coffee 116,166 



Cacao ... ... ... 90,914 



Sugar 77,047 



Grape fruit and oranges ... 51,840 



The development of the fruit industry 

 of Jamaica continues, and the increased 

 export of sugar and rum shows that 

 these staples have proceeded some little 

 way toward the recovery of their old 

 position. 



Other matters of general interest are 

 the facts that the central sugar factories 

 are doing successful work, and that a 

 new factory has been opened in West- 

 moreland ; that, judging from voluntary 

 returns, most of the land is in woods 

 and ruinate, while an area amounting 

 to over three-quarters of the area of 

 such land is tilled in Guinea grass, or 

 exists as common land ; and that in re- 

 gard to the sale of Crown lands for 

 small holdings, it has been decided to 

 proceed with caution in the matter of 

 selling by instalments, on account of 

 the fact that about one-quarter of the 

 area at present out on credit is now 

 in arrears or taken back. 



