. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 140 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. May 2, 1908. i<. GLEANINGS. Cane tires have been very fre(|uerit in I-tarbados during the present reaping season. The majority are believeil to be flue to incendiarism. The nnmlier of beet sugar woiked in (lermany in 190-") 6 was ;i7(i ; in the following year, 369, while in 1907-S, the nundxn- has fallen to :M\ri. The output of sugar a corresponding decline. The .Martiniipie central factory is purchasing canes during the j) .season on a of G per cen
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 140 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. May 2, 1908. i<. GLEANINGS. Cane tires have been very fre(|uerit in I-tarbados during the present reaping season. The majority are believeil to be flue to incendiarism. The nnmlier of beet sugar woiked in (lermany in 190-") 6 was ;i7(i ; in the following year, 369, while in 1907-S, the nundxn- has fallen to :M\ri. The output of sugar a corresponding decline. The .Martiniipie central factory is purchasing canes during the j) .season on a of G per cent, .sugar content, being eijual to a price of .'3!.3'i;3'5 per metric ton .{•2,-200 R).). Exjiorts of sugar from Java to India have rapidly increased of late. For the eight months ending November 30 last, the ijuantity was 224,700 , as against 134,.'")0O tons during the corresponding period of 1900. A central sugar fai-tory of large capacity (the first of its kind to be established in Jamaica) was oj)ened at Vere on j\Iarch 27 last by the Governor. A portion of the cajiital was subscribed in Great Britain, the remainder being local. .Mr. li. II. iliti'en, , well known for his successful work in connexion with the hybridization of wheat and liarley, has been aiipointed to (]rship of agricultural botany lately established in the University of ("ambridge. Under ordinary ciicumstances, it is estimated that in 1908-9 the n seed produced in the island is at present a subject of discussion in St. Croix, since the Barbados cotton factory is not taking the sup- ply as in forner years. Some growers are grinding the seed, using a portion for stock food, and returning the remainder to the .soil as fertilizing matter (Sf. Arix). In St. C'roix the sugar crop of the s.^ason began in the first week of April at two factories and on several r.;usciivado estates. In the case of the central factory, however, the Sf. C' Ai'is (of April 4) anticipated
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