. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 31G THE AGRICULTURAL KEWS September 28, GLEANINGS. A report by H. M. Consul-General at Ispahan, Persia, shows that the cotton crop of that district is expected to be about 50,000 cwt. At the time of reporting about 11,600 cwt. remainert over from the previous crop. A note in the Journal of the Royal Hwiety of Arts for August 16, 1912, states that, according to an Italian Consular Report from Katavia, the production of rice in Java, in 1910, was 4,932,554 long tons. The Biivfeii Xntii'iifi, Berlin, dated Augu
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 31G THE AGRICULTURAL KEWS September 28, GLEANINGS. A report by H. M. Consul-General at Ispahan, Persia, shows that the cotton crop of that district is expected to be about 50,000 cwt. At the time of reporting about 11,600 cwt. remainert over from the previous crop. A note in the Journal of the Royal Hwiety of Arts for August 16, 1912, states that, according to an Italian Consular Report from Katavia, the production of rice in Java, in 1910, was 4,932,554 long tons. The Biivfeii Xntii'iifi, Berlin, dated August 7, 1912, htates that the prospects are good for the present season's ootton crop in Togoland. In 1911 the yield was 1,137,400 lb.; ,in the previous year it 1,027,400 lb. It is expected that the former return will be exceeded. It is announced by the Superintendent of Agriculture, Grenada, that several lime seedlings are ready at the Botanic Station, for sale locally. Cane plants (of B. 147) to the number of 50,000 have also been imported by the Agri- fultiiral Department from Antigua, for .sale in the island. By the end of August, most of the cotton lands in Nevis- had been planted, and the young crop was making good progress. It w^as expected that about 2,500 acres of land in the island would be planted this year, about 280 acres oi which had been cleared specially for the purpose. Cotton- picking had begun during that month, and fairly goo"i returns were being received, on estates where the seed was^ sown early. In order to save them from the torment of Hies, a writer ill the July number of Tin Animals' Friend suggests that when horses are 'summered' in pastures they should be turned out only at night, and kept in their stables during the daytime, or at any rate durinu the hotter hours. {Nature, August 22, 1912). The Agricultural Superintendent, St. Kitts, reported iit.^ August last that the young cotton in the island was growing well, and appeared to be
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