. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. ^OL. I. No. 9. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 141. TOBAGO: REPORT STATIOX, lUni^j. By M,-. OX THE HOTAXIG H. >[ilk'n, Cuiatoi'. The Iiniierial Oraiit-in-aicl uf this station (£500) was supiik'iiieiitetl by the Goveniiiieiit of Trinidad U> the extent of i:150 for estalilisliing tliis new station, and a house was Ijuilt on the station for the Curator at a cost of i;400. The <imount realized hy the sale of plants, etc., was £35 showing an increase of £15 on the iiroceen to the pros- ]i'cts of Sugar in Porto Rico for
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. ^OL. I. No. 9. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 141. TOBAGO: REPORT STATIOX, lUni^j. By M,-. OX THE HOTAXIG H. >[ilk'n, Cuiatoi'. The Iiniierial Oraiit-in-aicl uf this station (£500) was supiik'iiieiitetl by the Goveniiiieiit of Trinidad U> the extent of i:150 for estalilisliing tliis new station, and a house was Ijuilt on the station for the Curator at a cost of i;400. The <imount realized hy the sale of plants, etc., was £35 showing an increase of £15 on the iiroceen to the pros- ]i'cts of Sugar in Porto Rico for the coming .season. 'I'ho following extracts fnmi the Consular Report (p. ) on The Tnule of Farfo EU;) ivr imi. aiv: of imieii interest to those engnged in .similar cultivations in till' British West Indies:— Tobacco —Great attention is now being paid to the futvue, and serious [ilans are under consideration for the entire control of Porto Kican tobacco interests by the Tobacco TriLsts. The year's cro]) is said to have been aliout some 30,000 cwts. and to have fetched from .* to .^ per cwt. but from the demand created it will certainly bring much more in 1902. CoflFee —Coffee for the year did better than was fore- casted, producing some 27,000 bags to last year's 12,000 or 14,300 bags. When, however, this yield is contrasted witli that of the year before the hurricane, which so effectually devastated the plantations, viz., ,000 bags, it will be seen how much more there is to [tick up to recover the normal output which was estimated to be worth at least £2,000,000. The island very naturally feels keenly any deiireciation of its coffee industry, for unlike that of sugar, the bulk of the jirodaction money remains on the .si>ot with the workers. Free trade with the United States more than compen- .sating for the loss of Porto Rico's former markets, the present extent of iilanting is sure to be improved upon, although, strange to say, while hearing a gre
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