. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 156 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. May 9, GLEANINGS. In Xevis a considerable acreage of cotton has been planted very early this year and is looking in good condition. The shipment of coconuts from Nevis is becoming an impoitant item in the island's trade. The results of the St. Vincent experiments with planting arrowroot on the fiat and on banks appear to indicate that the bank system leads to a decrease in yield. There seem to be no immediate advantages derived from the cultivation. It is interesting to record the
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 156 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. May 9, GLEANINGS. In Xevis a considerable acreage of cotton has been planted very early this year and is looking in good condition. The shipment of coconuts from Nevis is becoming an impoitant item in the island's trade. The results of the St. Vincent experiments with planting arrowroot on the fiat and on banks appear to indicate that the bank system leads to a decrease in yield. There seem to be no immediate advantages derived from the cultivation. It is interesting to record the extension in Dominica of factories for the manufacture of citrate of lime. At the present time it is gratifying to report that the demand for fresh is strong, and the future prospects of the industry are in every way satisfactory. As in most of the islands, the weather at Tortola has recently been very dry, and this has been mainly responsible for the poor returns of sugar-cane. Although limes were received very freely during March at the Government Factory, the crop is likely to prove a small one. In St. Kitts it is to be expected that the factory facilities in the northern part of the island, which enforce the manufacture of muscovado sugar and molasses, will prove a serious inconvenience to many of the estates. The need of a central factory in this district is keenly felt. The researches of ('. B. Lipman and P. S. Burgess, of the University of California, appear to show that copper, zinc iron and lead exercise toxic effects on the ammonifying flora of sandy soils in that State, but have a marked stimulating influence on the nitrifying flora. Two papers of some interest in tropical agriculture, which appear in the latest issue of the Journal of Agricul- tural Research (Vol. I, No. 6) are the origin of some of the Streptococci found in milk, and the crystallization of cream of tartar in the fruit of grapes. It is of interest to learn that there will soon be seven steam-
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