. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 204 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. JrxE 26, GLEANINGS. The West African laiu sheep ' White Chief,' the property of the Imperial Department of Agriculture, has latel}' been transferred from I'arbados to Slontserrat, and his .services will be available in the latter island for a very .small fee. There are about 7-3,000 acres under coffee in Costa Rica, anil this area remains stationary from year to year. The average production of dry coffee per acre is from 5 to 6 cwt. During 1907, the total ex[iort was 17,;) tons,
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 204 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. JrxE 26, GLEANINGS. The West African laiu sheep ' White Chief,' the property of the Imperial Department of Agriculture, has latel}' been transferred from I'arbados to Slontserrat, and his .services will be available in the latter island for a very .small fee. There are about 7-3,000 acres under coffee in Costa Rica, anil this area remains stationary from year to year. The average production of dry coffee per acre is from 5 to 6 cwt. During 1907, the total ex[iort was 17,;) tons, of a value of about §3,300,000. In connexion with the introduction of exotic cottons into new covuitries, the experience of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture indicates that a newly introduced exotic seldom attains its normal cropping capacity until it is acclimatized, and on an average, five years are for acclimatization. The lliiHctin of A'/rii-iiltni-nl Jiifdniiiiliiin, Trinidad, reports that about 1,200 seedling canes of different varieties have been obtained from British Guiana by the Department of Agriculture. These have been planted in the ^t part of the St. Clair Station, and after testing, the most suitable will be distributed to planters in the island. The damage to the cocoa-nut ci'op in I' East Africa last year (1908) from the ravages of locusts amounted to $360,000. On a big sugar j)lantation along the Zambesi River more than 14 tons of locust eggs have been dug from the soil of the cane fields on an area of 2,000 hectares (about 4,900 acres). (Letter from (Jovt. Entomologist, V. E. A., in Klltiitll(>liipoint cotton inspectors on the same lines as at Barbados, to compel all cotton growers to furnish accurate returns of cotton planted, and to ask the Government to make arrangements for the purchase of cotton belonging to small growers, at the Central Cotton Factory, at current rates. It will be .seen from the A
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