. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 316 THE AGKICULTURAL NEWS. October 2, GLEANINGS. The sugar production of Quba for this year is estimated at about 1,-150,000 tons. Under the reciprocity treaty with the United States of America, this amount doubtless will increase year by year for some time. The export of crude rubber from Mexijo for the period June 30, 1907 to June 30, 190S was 12,372,-241 lb. During a similar period in 190G-7, it was 10,321,248 lb. For the last six months of 190S, the export was r), lb. During the present year, to A
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 316 THE AGKICULTURAL NEWS. October 2, GLEANINGS. The sugar production of Quba for this year is estimated at about 1,-150,000 tons. Under the reciprocity treaty with the United States of America, this amount doubtless will increase year by year for some time. The export of crude rubber from Mexijo for the period June 30, 1907 to June 30, 190S was 12,372,-241 lb. During a similar period in 190G-7, it was 10,321,248 lb. For the last six months of 190S, the export was r), lb. During the present year, to August 19, there were imported into the Ignited Kingdom 2,.")79,17o, bales of cotton. Of this, .5,949 bales were liritish West Indian cotton. The amount imported during the week ended August 19, was 31,082 bales. According tu the ]iiiUtti}t uf tin Iiiipi-ri, cassava is grown on a large scale for the i)roduction of starch. The average yield of roots per acre is about II , and a-; these give aiiout 34 per cent, of starch, llic amount of tliis [)n)duct that is obtained from each acre is approximntily 9,000 lb. During the p;ist season, over ;5,00() crates ol tomatos have been shipped from the Bahamas by the Canadian Fruit Comjiany to Canada, 'i'his company expects to ship .50,000 (.•rates of the fruit duiing the coming season. ( U'tc/cl;/ Jiepurt, /k/iin-tiiH-iif af Tntdi' mid Coinmerci, Canada, August 30, 1909.) Frnm statistics given in the ('hruhux ami A'lriridlnrnl .loiiinal ot till- ]ltii/iil li^itdiiii- Gaidns, Ceylon, it appears that the area in India fiom which crops were obtained during the period 1906 7 was 22^,950, acres, which is an increase of ,494 acres over that of 1S97 8. In the first- mentioned period, tlie total area frnm which food grains were raised was 208,241,-529 acres; in 1897 8, this was 191,852,026 acres. The great earthquake in Messina, causing dislocation of trade in Sicily, created a demand for essential oil of orange from .some othe
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