. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 172 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. June 3, s,-«?^w^*^rrr In view of the presence of fungoid diseases in pine-apples in some districts of Antigua, the Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture recommends that no suckers be imported from that island for cultivation in other parts of the West Indies until further notice. GLEANINGS. The shipment of cotton from Antigua by last mail amounted to 41 bales. The total weight of cotton was 7, .3-50 a>. It is proposed to hold an agricultural show under the auspices of the Imperia
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 172 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. June 3, s,-«?^w^*^rrr In view of the presence of fungoid diseases in pine-apples in some districts of Antigua, the Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture recommends that no suckers be imported from that island for cultivation in other parts of the West Indies until further notice. GLEANINGS. The shipment of cotton from Antigua by last mail amounted to 41 bales. The total weight of cotton was 7, .3-50 a>. It is proposed to hold an agricultural show under the auspices of the Imperial Department of Agriculture at Roadtown, Tortola, in the month of Sciitembcr next. In the years 1902 and 1903 the numbers of pine-apiiles exported from St. Michael's, Azores, were 940,382 and 939,638, respectively. These were shared by London and Hamburg. It is requested that specimens of cotton (lint) forwarded to the Head Otfice of the Imperial Department of Agri- culture for examination and rejiort should weigh not less than 4 oz., irrespective of the wrapping. The stallion ' Jamaica Lad' lately attached to the Dominica Agricultural School has been loaned to Montserrat for a time. For the present his services will be available at Paradise at the charsje of The Toffenburg goat 'Pauline' imported into Barbados in 1903 by the Imperial Department of Agriculture has recently given birth to three male kids. Since the kids were weanecl 'Paixline' has given an average of 7 pints of milk daily. Of the thirty-eight candidates who sat at the examination in agricultural .science held throughout Berbice on March 2-5 last, fourteen obtained certificates, while twenty-four failed to satisfy the examiner. (Demerara Ari/ony.) In reference to the note in the Agricultural ITeii's (Vol. IV, p. 121) on the West Indian onion trade, it may be mentioned that the Agricultural Instructor at Tortola has sold the onions raised at the Experiment Station to a merchant in St. Thomas at lis. per 100
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