. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 412 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Deiember 20, GLEANINGS. A novel implement in the form of a combined fork and shovel is described and illustrated in the Monthly Bulletin of Ayrkultural Intellifjenc' and Plant Diseases (September 1913). It is said to be extremely efficient for the handling of litter, sawdust, leaves, weeds, and similar loose material. In order to encourage local industry, and to create a larger number of peasantry, it is practically decided that the 2,000 acres of Crown Land in the ward of Chaguana
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 412 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Deiember 20, GLEANINGS. A novel implement in the form of a combined fork and shovel is described and illustrated in the Monthly Bulletin of Ayrkultural Intellifjenc' and Plant Diseases (September 1913). It is said to be extremely efficient for the handling of litter, sawdust, leaves, weeds, and similar loose material. In order to encourage local industry, and to create a larger number of peasantry, it is practically decided that the 2,000 acres of Crown Land in the ward of Chaguanas, Trinidad, shall be split up into small holdings. The land is suitable for rice cultivation. {Portof-Spain Gazette, November 20, 1913.) In Dominica the cacao crop is ripening and the second lime crop is falling. The Grenada cacao crop is late owing to the prolong- ation of the annual drought. On the whole, the work of the new lime factory in St. Lucia is progressing very satisfactorily. Further infor- mation will be published in due course. Bulletin No i'! ^ .ut Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station deals with the subject of county experiment farms. For their instituti'^i and management a special Act has been passed. According to the Louisiana Planter (November 8, 1913), the State of Texas is importing Indian corn from Argentina. Last year a quarter of a million bushels was leceived. The early cotton crop in Nevis is now almost reaped. The late crop is ripening. The returns in some localities will not be as good as was first anticipated on account of mildew and boll dropping. The Ordinance recently passed in St. Vincent for the encouragement of agricultural banks has been published^in the Bulletin of the Bepar-t/iient nj Afjriculture oj Trinidad and Tobago (November 1913). In St. Vincent the month of November has been a depressing one for planters owing to the receipt of con- tinuous rains. The reaping of the arrowroot crop was retarded and there was further extensive damage t
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