. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. ;iG THE AGRICULTUKAL XEWS. SEPTEMliEP. i!4, 1004. GLEANINGS. It is iiotitied tliat tlie of a series of lectures on Agricultunil Science in>5erliice will be delivered at All Saints' School, New Amsterdam, on I)ecend_)ei- 7, 1904. Tlie orange crop of Barcelona very abundant in 1903, and the farmers obtained good prices. From Valencia and 1 tenia -504,4^^ cases were exported. (C' durinir the month of February. The rainfall at Antigua during the year 190o-4 amounted to 63"04 inches. This is
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. ;iG THE AGRICULTUKAL XEWS. SEPTEMliEP. i!4, 1004. GLEANINGS. It is iiotitied tliat tlie of a series of lectures on Agricultunil Science in>5erliice will be delivered at All Saints' School, New Amsterdam, on I)ecend_)ei- 7, 1904. Tlie orange crop of Barcelona very abundant in 1903, and the farmers obtained good prices. From Valencia and 1 tenia -504,4^^ cases were exported. (C' durinir the month of February. The rainfall at Antigua during the year 190o-4 amounted to 63"04 inches. This is 7'80 inches more than in the preceding year, and 16'33 inches more than the average for the past thiity years. The Agricultural Instructor at iJominica reports that at St. Sauveur Father Francois has beeu successful in the cultivation of asparagus in his kitchen garden. The croji was ready for reaping in thirteen months. Among the exports of St. Lucia during 190.'! the following items are of interest : Cama Fiatulu, 16 packages (value, £-10) : musk seeds, I'o barrels (value, £83 ;.): pimento sticks (value, £,')o\ ). .Mr. H. Millcn, C'lu-ator of the Tobago Botanic Station, writes : ' are found growing on almost all the hillsides where cacao is being planted. As they grow rapidly and are not easily uprooted, they are l)eing retained as wind-breaks.' Mr. -1. II. l!o\cll. Agricultural Superintendent at Barbados, has received an order from a firm in England for 5 barrels of sw^et jiotatos and 1 barrel of yams each month. Any one desiring to ship these vegetables .should communi- cate with ^Mr. Bo'vell. A company has been floated in .lamaica for providing a system of cold storage. It is proposed to supply fresh meat to shiiis. The company is also desirous of working uj) a connexion with other West Indian Islands for the su|iply of beef and mutton. ])\uing the fortnight ended Augu.^t L'."), 47 bales of Indian cotton were imported in the United Kingd
Size: 2117px × 1180px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorgreatbritainimperiald, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900
