. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. u THE AGKICULTURAL NEWS. February 4, GLEANINGS. The distribution of plants from the Dominica Botanic Station for l)ecember 1910 was as follows: limes 4,350, spineless limes 750, cacao 415, grafted cacao 145, Para rubber 1,000. The total for the month was (i,sr)9 plants. A report received from the Agricultural Superintendent, St. Kitts, shows that the plants distributed from the Botanic and Experiment Statiens during December 1910 were 17,000 cane cuttings and 300 lime plants. The planting of seedling canes,
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. u THE AGKICULTURAL NEWS. February 4, GLEANINGS. The distribution of plants from the Dominica Botanic Station for l)ecember 1910 was as follows: limes 4,350, spineless limes 750, cacao 415, grafted cacao 145, Para rubber 1,000. The total for the month was (i,sr)9 plants. A report received from the Agricultural Superintendent, St. Kitts, shows that the plants distributed from the Botanic and Experiment Statiens during December 1910 were 17,000 cane cuttings and 300 lime plants. The planting of seedling canes, in connexion with the trials that are being made there, has been conducted recently at the Experiment Station, Tortola when the varieties put in, were , , , , , | , Sealy Seedling and two local kinds. Official returns issued by the (iovernment of Ceylon show that the exports of rubber during the month of September and the three months ended September, 1910, were 3,131, cwt. 8,936 cwt, respectively. The similar figures for 1909 were 1,249 cwt. and 3,529 cwt. The Acting British Consul at Bangkok, Siam, reports that an Exhibition of Agriculture and Commerce will be held there this year, commencing on April 3. At this, there will be sections for the agricultural, forest, mineral, and industrial produce of Siam, as well as an international section for agri- cultural and industrial machinery. The Proceedings of the A<j)kultural Society of Trinidad and Tohayo for December 1910, shows that the amount of cacao shipped from Trinidad during that month was 4,154,1751b. The total quantity fortheyear was 57,839,074 lb., as compared with 51,575,109 lb. and 47,632,438 &. for 1909 and 1908, respectively. In regard to the International Rubber and Allied Trades Exhibition (see Agricultural News, p. 396), it is announced that the proprietors of Greuier's Ruhlier Neu's, Kuala Lum- pur, Federated Malay States, are offering a troi)hy valued at 25 guin
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