. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 76 THE AGRICULXmiAL NEWS. March 4, GLEANINGS. A report by the International Sugar Committee, publish- ed in the Franl-furtrr Zeihinij of December 20, 1910, gives the yield of sugar in Europe in 1909-10 as 6,092,070 metric tons. The estimated production for 1910-11 is 7,947,560 metric tons. During January last, more than 22,000 cane cuttings, 1,000 lime plants and 104 plants were sent out from the Antigua Botanic Station. In regard to sugar-cane, several boxes of seed were sown, and nearly 100
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 76 THE AGRICULXmiAL NEWS. March 4, GLEANINGS. A report by the International Sugar Committee, publish- ed in the Franl-furtrr Zeihinij of December 20, 1910, gives the yield of sugar in Europe in 1909-10 as 6,092,070 metric tons. The estimated production for 1910-11 is 7,947,560 metric tons. During January last, more than 22,000 cane cuttings, 1,000 lime plants and 104 plants were sent out from the Antigua Botanic Station. In regard to sugar-cane, several boxes of seed were sown, and nearly 100 varieties were planted out at the Skerretts Experiment Station. A report by the Inspector of Agriculture, Uruguay, shows that the area of land under grain cultivation in the Republic during 1909 was aljout 1,,000 acres; the similar figures for and 1900 were 1,150,000 and 1,193,000, respectively. As regards maize, the area increased from 364,000 acres in 1900, to 508,000 acres, in 1909. and crop for The Department of Agriculture of Eastern Ben Assam has issued a forecast of the winter rice 1910-11 en a basis of 9i cwt. as the normal yield per'acre. This should make the to'tal outturn of 109,046,600 cwt. (or 67,851,223 bags of 180 lb.), which is about 5 per cent, less than the final estimate for the crop of last year. The tolluwing figures are given in the Lidia-UulJnr Journ- al for January 21, 1911, for the imports of Mani<;oba rubber into the United Kingdom during the years stated, the amounts being in tons: 1901, 176; 1902, 590; 1903 865- 1904, 860; 1905, 675; 1906, 878; 1907. 1,024; 1908 405- 1909, 770; 1910, 651. An article in the Wti<ttrn Daily Pnss (Bristol) foi- Janu- ary 7, 1911, shows that the exports of bananas from Jamaica to Avonmouth during 1901-2 was 600,000 bunches; this has to 7^0,000 bunches in 1909-10. In the same period the numbei of cases had increased from 36,000 to 65,000. These figures refer, of course, to exports in the Elder De
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