. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 252 THE AQRICULTURAL NEWS. August 6, GLEANINGS. The Tropical Agriculturist for May 1910 gives an extract from the Fiji Times of April 6, pointing out that, during the recent hurricane which passed over that colony, sisal hemp plants showed an almost complete resistance to the strong winds. In a few cases, plants had been partly blown over, but these were placed upright, and no interference with their growth appears to have taken place. Some injury was done by the contact of the leaves of neighbouring plants,
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 252 THE AQRICULTURAL NEWS. August 6, GLEANINGS. The Tropical Agriculturist for May 1910 gives an extract from the Fiji Times of April 6, pointing out that, during the recent hurricane which passed over that colony, sisal hemp plants showed an almost complete resistance to the strong winds. In a few cases, plants had been partly blown over, but these were placed upright, and no interference with their growth appears to have taken place. Some injury was done by the contact of the leaves of neighbouring plants, and the Agricultural Department suggests, in consequence, that these should be placed 10 feet apart, instead of 8 feet, as in the past. A report by Consul at Para shows that the quan- tity of rubber exported from Para, Manaos, Itacoatiara and Iquitos during May 1910 was 1,643,191 kilos. Of this, 1,.373,037 kilos, went to Europe and 270,154 to the United States, The Selangor Gorernment Gazette of April 15, 1910, shows that the weight of cultivated rubber exported from the Federated Malay during the three months January to March of this year was 2,396,586 lb. The amount for the corresponding period in 1909 was 1,148,269 ft). A copy of the revised and enlarged edition of the Tarifi" of Kates for the Conveyance of Goods, issued by Neale & Wilkinson, Ltd., General Foreign Carriers, and Shipping and Insurance Commission and Steamship Agents, of 32, St. Mary Axe, London, has been received recently. This is entitled the New ABC Tariif of Kates for the Conveyance of Goods and Parcels to all Parts of the World, and a copy of it may be had post free on application. Cotton cultivation in Beira (Mozambique) has proved very disappointing, notwithstanding the fact that it was undertaken on a large scale by companies with ample capital, possessing expert managers, and provided with modern machinery. One company has abandoned its plantations altogether; and another,
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