. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. l1-2 THE AGKICULTDRAL NEWS. May 25, GLEANINGS. The amount of cotton shipped from Antigua up to the end of April was about 42,400 lb. Indications existed that the area of cotton planted will be somewhat largely increased during the coming season. A note in the Board of Trade JoM-nal for February 29, 1912, states that, although the rice crop of 1911, in .Japan, was considerably below the estimates, it was, however, 10 7 percent, above the 1910 crop, and 52 per cent, greater than the normal crop. By the end of
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. l1-2 THE AGKICULTDRAL NEWS. May 25, GLEANINGS. The amount of cotton shipped from Antigua up to the end of April was about 42,400 lb. Indications existed that the area of cotton planted will be somewhat largely increased during the coming season. A note in the Board of Trade JoM-nal for February 29, 1912, states that, although the rice crop of 1911, in .Japan, was considerably below the estimates, it was, however, 10 7 percent, above the 1910 crop, and 52 per cent, greater than the normal crop. By the end of last month, lands were being prepared on a few estates in St Vincent for cotton-planting; harvesting was practically completed. Cotton seed for planting pur- poses was, in the usual course, being selected and disinfected at the Central Cotton Ginnery. The Proceedings of the Agricultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago tor April 1912 .shows that the total amount of cacao shipped from Trinidad during that month was 6,291,709 ft. The total export of cacao from the island for the first four months in the year was 30,702,105 ft. The United States Vice Consul General at Buenos Ayres reports that the first cotton growing colony has been formed in Argentina. A large area of land has been set apart for the purpose, and it is the intention to subdivide this into small farms of 125 to 250 acres, and to oflfer these to immi- grants remaining in the country, on the distinct condition that no other plant than cotton shall be cultivated on them as a main crop. A report received from the Director General of Agricul- ture in Egypt shows that, early last month, the temperature was favourable to cotton-growing, and that sowing was gen- erally ten days earlier than in the previous year, 75 per cent. of the crop having been planted. Germination and growth were good; a few attacks of sore shin had been reported. Information received from Antigua as to the agricultural conditions during last month sho
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