. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 220 THE AQRICDLTURAL NEWS. July 6, 1912. ?. GLEANINGS. It is reported from the Antigua Botanic Station that further orders were received recently for 2,150 coco-nuts. < )rders ivere also sent to the Station during May for 50,00C lime iilants. The buying of cotton by the Agricultural Department in the Virgin Islands was brought to an end, for the past season, on June 1. The crop has amounted to about 51,000 R. of lint. The Agricultural Superintendent, St. Vincent, reports that a fairly large area is being planted
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 220 THE AQRICDLTURAL NEWS. July 6, 1912. ?. GLEANINGS. It is reported from the Antigua Botanic Station that further orders were received recently for 2,150 coco-nuts. < )rders ivere also sent to the Station during May for 50,00C lime iilants. The buying of cotton by the Agricultural Department in the Virgin Islands was brought to an end, for the past season, on June 1. The crop has amounted to about 51,000 R. of lint. The Agricultural Superintendent, St. Vincent, reports that a fairly large area is being planted in coco-nuts in different parts of the island; the imported nuts are obtained as a rule from St. Lucia and Dominica. In connexion with the same matter, 506 coco-nut plants were fumigated at the Station during last May. A note in the Bulktin Aijrkuh of ilauritius for April 1912 shows that larvae of the Anopheles mosquito have been found, in Cambodia, in a cavity full of salt water, in a rock near the sea. As is stated, this is an interesting fact, because it shows that the wrigglers of this dangerous insect may exist in salt water as well as in that which is fresh. An article is published in The Auh for 1911, p. .335, which demonstrates that the English sparrow is often the host of the chicken mite [DernMiiysms yallinac), and of the bird mite [D. avium). The observations on which the article is based were made in the United States, and it is shown that the sparrows become infested with the mites through employ- ing the feathers of poultry for lining their nests. Diplomatic and Consular Rejyort?, No. -1S59 Annual Series, shows that the chief exports from Nicaragua during 1910 were as follows; coffee, 12,028 tons value £576,198; cotton, 63 tons value £2,258; cacao, 68 tons value £4,291; hides, 590 tons value £40,422: rubber, 285 tons value £71,231; lignum vitae, 138 tons value £600; mora, 2,621 tons value £5,000; bananas, 490,000 bunches value £22,090. A report recently i
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