. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 324 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. October 15, FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES. THE PRODUCTION OF CACAO IN 1909. The Journal d'Agriculture Tropicale for July 1910 (No. 109) gives an account of the statistics, published in Gordian for June 22, of the production and consumption of cacao in 1909. The following particulars as to the former of these are taken from that account, commencing with figures showing the production of cacao in 1908 and 1909, in tonnes of 1,000 kilos. (2, tt).), which may be taken as being roughly equ
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 324 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. October 15, FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES. THE PRODUCTION OF CACAO IN 1909. The Journal d'Agriculture Tropicale for July 1910 (No. 109) gives an account of the statistics, published in Gordian for June 22, of the production and consumption of cacao in 1909. The following particulars as to the former of these are taken from that account, commencing with figures showing the production of cacao in 1908 and 1909, in tonnes of 1,000 kilos. (2, tt).), which may be taken as being roughly equivalent to the ordinary ton: — 1908. 1909. Brazil 33,730 Equador 32,120 30,650 .San Thome 28,.560 29,620 Trinidad 21,740 23,260 British "West Africa 14,260 22,470 Venezuela 16,300 16,890 San Domingo 19,010 14,820 Grenada .5,110 6,360 Ceylon 2,840 3,590 German Colonies 2,740 3,400 Jamaica 2,690 3,210 Hayti .3, 2,800 Fernando Po 2,270 2,670 Dutch Indies 2,340 2,450 Cuba 860 1,940 Surinam 1,700 French Colonies 1,420 1,500 .St. Lucia 610 700 Belgian (.'ongo 610 700 Dominica 480 500 Costa Rica 340 500 Other countries 1,000 1,000 The article proceeds to point out that several interesting facts may be gleaned from the tables given in GordHin. Firstly, there has been an increase in the world'.s production, or more pro)>erly, export, amounting to 10 million kilos, in 1909. In the last decade, 1899-09, the production has moved from 99,886,649 kilos, to 204,660,000 kilos.; that is to say, it has more than doubled, implying an average increase of 10 million kilos, a year. Brazil retains its position at the head of the different cacao-producing countries with an excess of about 800 tons over the amcjunt for 1908, which, unfortunately, was not accompanied by a corresponding increase in the value of the products; the average price of a kilogram of cacao fell from 959 reis (1 reis = -027(/.) in 1908 to 754 reis, in 1909^from 1 Ud to about 9rf. per lb.—entailing a t
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