. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 1^8 THE AGEICULTURAL NEWS. May 13, 1908,. GLEANINGS. Jfr. .Tohii Iv. Buvell, , '.S., Agricultural Super- iiitfiidi'iit of l!itrl)ii(l(is, left for England oti June 2, by ' TrtMit,' on six months' leave of absence. Tlie whole of the 1907-8 eottoii crop of Nevis has now been gathered, and is estimated to have yielded 160,000 Bj. of lint, as compared with 7-'i,()07 It), obtained in 1906-7. Seed, specially selected from cotton gr-own at Stirling I'lantation, I'., can now be obtained, at 12c. pe
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 1^8 THE AGEICULTURAL NEWS. May 13, 1908,. GLEANINGS. Jfr. .Tohii Iv. Buvell, , '.S., Agricultural Super- iiitfiidi'iit of l!itrl)ii(l(is, left for England oti June 2, by ' TrtMit,' on six months' leave of absence. Tlie whole of the 1907-8 eottoii crop of Nevis has now been gathered, and is estimated to have yielded 160,000 Bj. of lint, as compared with 7-'i,()07 It), obtained in 1906-7. Seed, specially selected from cotton gr-own at Stirling I'lantation, I'., can now be obtained, at 12c. per It)., from the iUrbados Co-operative CJotton Factory, Limited. The expoits of rubbei' finn) i'.razil in 1907 amounted to .??6,489 tons, of which the t'nited States took 16,811 , (Ireat ISritain 1 t,.'! tons, France 2,-"'06 tons, and (Jermany ?2,.'!ol tons. I'Vom January 1 to the end of May of the present year, 171,4S9 It), of balata were shipped from Guiana, as coini)arcd with 17o,r)7() Itj. e\))oitrd during the corres[)onding period of 1907. Ily kind permission of the Hon. ]•'. J. Clarke, 'l., the ,\ttorney, a ploughing match and show of stock and sugar will be held at I'oole Plantation, St. John, on June 21:, under the iiuspices of tlie I'.arbados Agricultural Society. Tn Natal the cidtivatioii of the sugar-cane is carried on over an area of about 4.^,000 acies, and affords employment to some 200 Europeans and nearly 10,000 Indians and natives. [ItitifiintiiDKil Siiiiar Jaiirnnl, May 1908.) 'I'lie amount of produce ex[)orted from I'., fron> I 111- cominencenn/nf of the crop . up to .May ;) last, reached 14,.531 tons of sugar and .?t4,0.'!.5 puncheons of , as compared with 16,556 tons of sugar ami 40,7-">9 puncheons of moliisses for the corresponding peiiod last year. 'I'l'a fiom Jaxii is rei)orted as having much improved in ipiidity and manufacture during recent years, ami the best .siimples are now (|u
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