Agricultural news . on to the periodrequired by a variety to reproduce itself and to the degree ofreproduction, some of ihe m ist stricking results, according tothe Experiment Station Record, Vol. 36, No. 6, were asfollows: The length of the growing period of rice, if not lessthan 120 and more than 180 days, has no appreciable effect oayield. Extra early maturity is to be had at the expense of maturity is conducive to loss through disease, insects,etc. A variety that tillers freely produces more grain per acrethan one that does not; but when rice is transplanted, tillering,can be la
Agricultural news . on to the periodrequired by a variety to reproduce itself and to the degree ofreproduction, some of ihe m ist stricking results, according tothe Experiment Station Record, Vol. 36, No. 6, were asfollows: The length of the growing period of rice, if not lessthan 120 and more than 180 days, has no appreciable effect oayield. Extra early maturity is to be had at the expense of maturity is conducive to loss through disease, insects,etc. A variety that tillers freely produces more grain per acrethan one that does not; but when rice is transplanted, tillering,can be largely regidated by the number of plants set in thetill. Tillering, the number of grains per panicle, and graiasize are compensating The long period of devel-opment in the rice plant permits of environmental influencesnot found in such plants as oats and barley. It appears thatthe medium characteristics, and not the extremes, resuh inthe highest consistent yields. 214 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS, ^ULY 14, COTTON. SEA ISLAND COTTON MARKET. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland of Liverpool,write as follows, under date June 11, 1917, withreference to the sales of West Indian Sea Islandcotton:— No business has been reporied in West Indian SeaIsland cotton since our last report, but (quotations are raiseda further Id. per lb. Area under Cotton in Montserrat, 1916-17- Mr. W. Robson, Curator, Botanic Station, Montserrat, hasinformed the Imperial Department of Agriculture that thetotal area under cotton in Montserrat during the season 1916-17 was 1,997 acres compared with 1, acres in the previousyear. As there are .55 bales representing 21,020 S). of lint yetto be shipped of last years ciop, the total output is broujihtup to .313,.322 Ih. of lint, or at the rate for the island of 156 tt).of lint per acre. The season, therefore, was the fifth best,both in total output and in the average yield of lint per acre,in the last fourteen years. Mr. Robson adds that the areaplanted
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