. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 124 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. April 16, »ir^--a^«5@«r5%«^^ GLEANINGS. Experiments conducted at one of the Cuban experiment stations in raising sweet potatos from cuttings of the vine, and from pieces of the potatos themselves, have shown that plots planted according to the latter method may give a crop three and a half times as great as those jjlanted with cuttings. Four lectures on the Cause and Prevention of Tropical Disease have been delivered by Dr. C. W. Daniels, Director of the London School of Tropical M
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 124 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. April 16, »ir^--a^«5@«r5%«^^ GLEANINGS. Experiments conducted at one of the Cuban experiment stations in raising sweet potatos from cuttings of the vine, and from pieces of the potatos themselves, have shown that plots planted according to the latter method may give a crop three and a half times as great as those jjlanted with cuttings. Four lectures on the Cause and Prevention of Tropical Disease have been delivered by Dr. C. W. Daniels, Director of the London School of Tropical Medicine, to employes of firms connected with the tropics. These lectures will probab- ly be published later in pamphlet form for general information. The amount of cotton exported from Uganda during the period April to December 31, 1909, was 1,167,376 lb., of a total value of £29,001. The similar figures for the same period of 1908 were 1,126,272 ft., and £29,5-59. It will thus be seen that the export of cotton from Uganda is increasing. With reference to the information that was given in the last number of the Ayricultural J^en's, p. 101, in relation to the candelilla plant, it should be stated that a description of this plant and of its products is given in Diplomatic and Consular Reports, Xo. 4,21-5, Annual Series. In this report, the plant is described under the name Pcdilanthus pmvonis. The usefulness of the little fish known as 'Millions' {Girardinus poeciloides) as a destroyer of mosquito larvae has been proved at Carriacou. It is said that since they have been introduced in that island, and placed in the swamps and ponds adjoining the town, there has been a very perceptible diminution in the numbers of mosquitos which used to render Hillsborough almost uninhabitable at certain .seasons in the year. (The St. Vincent Sentry.) The imports of sugar and molasses into the United States from foreign countries for the year ending December 31, 1909, reached 1,908,000 short
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