. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 172 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. May 23, GLEANINGS, The weather on the leeward side of Montserrat in the early part of April was favourable for cotton planting and a very considerable area was established, but the planting operations were impeded later by the continued dry weather. The Revue Agricole, Reunion, contains a lengthy article emphasizing the necessity for greater attention to all branches of agriculture in the colony. From all accounts it would appear that the agricultural situation in this colony is at
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 172 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. May 23, GLEANINGS, The weather on the leeward side of Montserrat in the early part of April was favourable for cotton planting and a very considerable area was established, but the planting operations were impeded later by the continued dry weather. The Revue Agricole, Reunion, contains a lengthy article emphasizing the necessity for greater attention to all branches of agriculture in the colony. From all accounts it would appear that the agricultural situation in this colony is at present very grave. The allottees nn the Grenada settlements continued reaping their cane crops during March. The crop has been manufactured into syrup for which there is a fair demand, while some has also been used for rum making. There is no market for the locally made wet muscovado sugar. The rainfall in Dominica for April was (545 inches, which is very wet for the time of the year. In St. Kitta 3'66, inches fell between May 1 to 8. In the northern districts of this island the rainfall has been particularly heavy. During one day, 167 inches fell in one hour. The Venezuelan coffee crop of 1913 was not very good. According to The Board of Trade Journal, the cacao crop was better and prices remained very similar to those of 1912. During the period July 1, 1912, to .June 30, 1913, 60,86:^,501 kilogs. of coffee and 14,804,833 kilogs. of cacao were shipped from Venezuela. Green limes is being shipped from St. Lucia to the United States in increasing quantities. The cacao crop in this island is now nearly over, whilst an interesting fact con- cerning sugar cultivation in the colony is the reduction in area under Bourbon cane consequent on the satisfactory results obtained with D. 625. In a communication received from the Analytical Laboratory, Apothecaries Hall, London, it is stated that the best method to adopt in the standardization of dried Carica Papaya juice is the determinat
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