. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 220 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. July 8, GLEANINGS. According to a report received from the Agricultural Instructor, Tortola, there has been a record sale of cotton seed during the past month, and the sowing of this is in full progress. It is also stated that there are indications of a good lime crop, and that sugar-canes are making favourable growth. The report of the Government Veterinary Surgeon of St. Vincent, for May 1911, shows that there were no deaths from anthrax among the stock in the island during that m
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 220 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. July 8, GLEANINGS. According to a report received from the Agricultural Instructor, Tortola, there has been a record sale of cotton seed during the past month, and the sowing of this is in full progress. It is also stated that there are indications of a good lime crop, and that sugar-canes are making favourable growth. The report of the Government Veterinary Surgeon of St. Vincent, for May 1911, shows that there were no deaths from anthrax among the stock in the island during that month, nor was there any suspicion of the presence of the disease in the case of five deaths, the causes of which were not ascertained. The official returns of the Government of Ceylon show that the amount of rubber exported during February 1911 •was 5,768 tons, as compared with 2,.307 tons in the same month, in 1910. The exports for the eight months ended Fel)ruary 1911 were 32,113 tons; for the similar period in 1910 they were U, 133 tons. A report from the Agricultural .Superintendent, St. Vincent, states that peasant growers have bought a large • juantity of selected and disinfected cotton seed from the (Jentral Cotton Ginnery, and that as far as this class of grower is concerned, at any rate, there will not be any decrease in the area of cotton planted in the island. At a meeting of the Legislative Council of Grenada, held on March 3, 1911, it was resolved unanimously that assistance should be given by the Government to the Home Industries .Vssociation, which is a society for assisting the women in the island, of all classes, who are in poor circum- stances. In consequence of this, a Grant-in-aid to the amount of £.50 was included in the estimates, for the Home tries of Grenada. (See the Grenada Government Oaxette, Miiy 1, 1911.) T/ii Baard of Trade Journal lov ilay 18, 1911, shows that the experimental cultivation of Para rubber is to be greatly e
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