502 GRAIN TRADE ROUTES IN UNITED STATES. 
WEST INDIAN VEGETABLES AND FRUIT. 
At the third West Indian Agricultural Conference, held-at 
Barbados in January last, Dr. Morris, Imperial Commissioner 
of Agriculture, stated that an attempt was being made to 
establish an industry in raising early potatoes for the Eng- 
lish market. Experiments were being carried on by the 
Imperial Department of Agriculture in several islands with 
imported English seed, under advice obtained from one of the 
largest potato merchants in the United Kingdom. 
A small, but very successful, onion industry was being 
carried on at Antigua. Dr. Morris pointed out, however, that 
it was not sufficient to raise produce, but also to find a suit- 
able and remunerative market forit. Planters should look 
well in advance and harvest their produce at the most favour- 
able time, and present it in exactly the right codition to 
suit local as well as foreign markets. 
Fruit cultivaticn was not being extended in any of the 
smaller islands. At Jamaica, the establishment of a direct 
fruit service between that island and the United Kingdom 
could not fail to arouse interest in the capabilities of the West 
Indies to supply oranges, bananas, and pineapples in large 
quantities to European markets ; but the present steamer 
facilities outside Jamaica were entirely unsuited for a regular 
fruit trade. 
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GRAIN TRADE ROUTES IN THE UNITED STATES. 
At the commencement of this century the export of cereals. 
and their products from the United States was comparatively 
insignificant, and a peculiarity ofthe foreign commerce was 
the preponderance of the flour exports overthe grain. From 
1820 to 1829 the value of the wheat meal exported was 
410,000,000, the wheat being only £431,25c, while 
4,979,000 worth of maize was exported in the form of meal, 
and £896,000 as grain during this period. 
At this time the great natural outlet was the river Missis- 
