. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. GLEANINGS. Al ? called in the /' n - .1 (D mi rara) for l 10, 1915, to the oul break of anthrax among cattle on t! I Dei ara. The necessarj pro^ isions ha - I i prevent fin ther spread. The Barl foi Februarj 1 7. 1915, repro- an article which says that the Wadsworth light used for manj purposes, has worked well ii Trinidad. The machine costs, delivered in thi \\ i 51,200. In this issue will be found two notes on the potash situation. Apparently the discussion of this subject is of much genera] into rest. The
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. GLEANINGS. Al ? called in the /' n - .1 (D mi rara) for l 10, 1915, to the oul break of anthrax among cattle on t! I Dei ara. The necessarj pro^ isions ha - I i prevent fin ther spread. The Barl foi Februarj 1 7. 1915, repro- an article which says that the Wadsworth light used for manj purposes, has worked well ii Trinidad. The machine costs, delivered in thi \\ i 51,200. In this issue will be found two notes on the potash situation. Apparently the discussion of this subject is of much genera] into rest. The Planters' Chronicle of Southern India reproduces in its issue for December 12, 1914, a previous article from the Agricultural News on the subject According to a communication from the International Institute of Agriculture, Rome, there are in Martinique seven agricultural syndicates which grant loans to small fanners. In Guadeloupe there are numerous agricultural syndicates, but a scarcity of capital has prevented the development of agricultural credit. According to The Times (Annual Financial Review) for January 22,1915, Great Britain looks forward at the end of this year to a complete dependence as regards sugar, on sugar- cane. It is urged that the powers of the Royal Commission should be extended so that it might investigate fully all sugar resources both within the Empire and elsewhere. A portion of the editorial which appeared in the Agricultural News oi January L 6 on West Indian exhibits at the Imperial Institute, is reproduced in the Daily Argosy (Demerara) for February 20, 1915. It is satisfactory to observe that the local press considers the advertisement oi colonies in the way under consideration a matter of economic importance. According'to The Board of Trade Journal foi January 7. 1915, under memorandum dated December 5, I HI I, it is stated that i ler to avoid exposure of bananas entering < lanada in carload lots, the entry of ears ol bananas from the I Slates
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