Agricultural news . ame reason to plant other crops insteadof arrowroot in St. Vincent. Planting Cassava on Banked and Unbanked Land. - It is stated in the Report on the Agricultural Department, St. Vincent, 191516, that this experiment, started the previous year, was continued. The results areshown below in tabular form:— Design^ition of plot. Size of plot. Sield per acre in ft). A. B inked , . 5 feet X 2 feet. - ^« -0,94b B Unbatrked 5 feet X 2 feet. ^ From the above figures it will be seen that there isa difference of 1 577 ft), per acre in favour of the unbankedmethod of planting, or
Agricultural news . ame reason to plant other crops insteadof arrowroot in St. Vincent. Planting Cassava on Banked and Unbanked Land. - It is stated in the Report on the Agricultural Department, St. Vincent, 191516, that this experiment, started the previous year, was continued. The results areshown below in tabular form:— Design^ition of plot. Size of plot. Sield per acre in ft). A. B inked , . 5 feet X 2 feet. - ^« -0,94b B Unbatrked 5 feet X 2 feet. ^ From the above figures it will be seen that there isa difference of 1 577 ft), per acre in favour of the unbankedmethod of planting, or 75 per cent. Comparing the resultswith those of and 1914-15, we see that in 1913-14there was a difference in favour of the unbanked method of251 per cent., and in 1914-15 of 51 percent. Thus, inspite of the absence of an adequate number of control plots,it is fairly certain that an advantage is likely to be gained byplanting cassava on the fiat rather than on banks. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. March 10, COTTON. SEA ISLAND COTTON MARKET. The report of Messrs. Henry W. Frost & Co. onSea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the weekending Febrnarj- 3, 1917, is as follows:— ISL.\NDS. There continues an absence of demand, con-sequently the market is dull and nominally unchanged. The unsettled condition of the trade generally rendersholders of cotton somewhat anxious, and there is moredisposition to -^ell; consequently, with orders in hand at Ic. to•2c. below the following quotations, it is likely orders couldbe executed. We quote viz:—Fully Fine landed. ?D-Sc. = O-DC. Fine oOc. = bic. „ Fine, slightly off 4sc. = 50c. GEOR.;iAS AND KLoi;ii>As. Xothwithstanding the de-moralized condition of the Upland market in consequenceof the war news, resulting in an unprecedented decline, there isa good deal of inquiry for Extra Choice to Fancy Georgias,?with some orders seeking execution on account of the NorthernMills, on a basis of Fancy 48o., at which some small
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