. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 12 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. .1 \\i u:\. The immense importance which maize has achieved, only as a food for cattle, but also foi human consumption, rests largely upon its cheapness relatively toother t Istuffs. Maize has however isen greatlj in price during the las As compared with wheat, the average price pei hundredweight was, in 1903, maize k Llfrf., wheal (British) 6*. :;/.. in 1912, maize 6*. 2\d., wheat 8s. Id. The world's crop of maize in 1913 1 I was no less than 1,733,102,517 cwt., compared with 2,053,345,72
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 12 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. .1 \\i u:\. The immense importance which maize has achieved, only as a food for cattle, but also foi human consumption, rests largely upon its cheapness relatively toother t Istuffs. Maize has however isen greatlj in price during the las As compared with wheat, the average price pei hundredweight was, in 1903, maize k Llfrf., wheal (British) 6*. :;/.. in 1912, maize 6*. 2\d., wheat 8s. Id. The world's crop of maize in 1913 1 I was no less than 1,733,102,517 cwt., compared with 2,053,345,727 cwt. of wheat; and there us iii which the world's maize crop is actuallj he world's >p. i Tropin U I - November 191 I.) GLEANINGS. The -i iple industry of Turks Islands is salt raking, the produce being chieflj exported to the United Sta es. The value of this export in 1913 was £23,132 out ol the total >i £27,808. (Colonial Reports Annual No. 800.) TheBoardof Trad. The export of onions during the same year had fallen to 65,074 crates as 1 are 1 y, o i he crop is being throw n back on the hands ut the cultivators. The question of ? plants for expressing oil fr thegr id nut is now being considered, in view of the continual closure of the Marseilles market. (The Board o) Tra ' '??- <<. November 12, 191 1.) The Annual Iteporl of the Education Branch ol the British Board of Agriculture on the disposal of grants for education and research, for the year 1913 II, shows that the Board is making satisfactory progress with its gricultural work. It has arrange I of the Universities to undertake special work in i nexion with the various counties, and, in addition, it supports a number ol research institutes. The who! has been carefully planned to avoid overlapping. It is claimed that the scheme is yet perfect; indeed it is not yet in full working oidcr. it is clear that the fully develo scheme will serve the purpose for which it was intended. Provision is made fpr highe
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