. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 348 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. NOVEMBEK 3, GLEANINGS. Schfiol shows will be held in Trinidad this mouth as follows : Scarborough (Tobago), November 7 ; Port-of-Spain, November 16 ; Arima, November 20 ; San Fernando, November 23, Princes' Town, November 30. A total area of 41] acres has been planted in Sea Island cotton on the Land Settlement estates in St. Vincent. The Agricultural Instructor reports that the condition of the cultivations is, on the whole, pronii-sing. Mr. Edgar Beckett, Agricultural Instructor
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 348 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. NOVEMBEK 3, GLEANINGS. Schfiol shows will be held in Trinidad this mouth as follows : Scarborough (Tobago), November 7 ; Port-of-Spain, November 16 ; Arima, November 20 ; San Fernando, November 23, Princes' Town, November 30. A total area of 41] acres has been planted in Sea Island cotton on the Land Settlement estates in St. Vincent. The Agricultural Instructor reports that the condition of the cultivations is, on the whole, pronii-sing. Mr. Edgar Beckett, Agricultural Instructor in British Guiana, has reported that an excellent crop of ground nuts is being produced at La Bonne Mere plantation. Many of the soils around Mahaica and Mahaicony are suited to the cultivation of this crop. The pure-bred Hereford bull, belonging to the St. Lucia Agricultural Society, is to be sold by auction on November 7. The upset price will be £1-5. The sale will be made subject to a written promise from the buyer that the animal will not te removed from the colony for three years from date of sale. A plot of Vanilla plaivfolia, about -j^ acre in area, was formed at the Botanic Station in St. Vincent last year, plants of the physic nut {Jatroplia Curcas) being used as supports for the vines. Vanilla appears to do well in the island, but at present only Mr. P. F. Huggins, of Bellewood, has attempted the cultivation. (Annual Report.) Messrs. Pickford ct Black, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, have written to the Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture as follows : ' After you left Halifax we had an incjuiry for copra and cocoa-uut oil in 10- and lots. Possibly you would be kind enough to ask some of the people w-ho sell these goods to quote us prices, our steamers, and also to send us a small sample to show the quality of the articles.' Mr. Thomas Thornton, , Travelling Inspector in connexion with Cotton Investigations, gave a lecture on cotton growing in the Cou
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