. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 396 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. r)EC5?^iEr. 12, GLEANINGS. Sugar shipmL' were nuide from British in October last to tlie extent of 21,703 tons. Of thin quantity, 10,373 tons went to Canada, 7,233 tons to the LTnited States, and 4,0-5-1 tons to the I'liited Kingdom. In the first nine months of 1908, tlie frnit exported from Doniiniea (exclusive of limes) was as follows ; bun.)nas, 3,295 bunches ; cocoa-nuts, 30O,23.'- : oranges, ;)2 liahels and 701 boxes ;, and a quantity of mangos \alued at i
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 396 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. r)EC5?^iEr. 12, GLEANINGS. Sugar shipmL' were nuide from British in October last to tlie extent of 21,703 tons. Of thin quantity, 10,373 tons went to Canada, 7,233 tons to the LTnited States, and 4,0-5-1 tons to the I'liited Kingdom. In the first nine months of 1908, tlie frnit exported from Doniiniea (exclusive of limes) was as follows ; bun.)nas, 3,295 bunches ; cocoa-nuts, 30O,23.'- : oranges, ;)2 liahels and 701 boxes ;, and a quantity of mangos \alued at i;()9. On the motion of Mr. S. C 'J'horUe, a C'.innnittce of the Barbados House of , consisting of Thorne, .Tackmau, Robinson, Sealy, and Clarke, has been appointed to 'draw up a scheme for the establishmeut of cehtral sugar factories in the island. Heavy, but very partial showers of rain were experi- enced in .some districts of the parishes of St. Michael and Christ Church, , on the morning of Novenilier 30. AMiile .some estates received no rain at all, on others the fall varied from 15 inches to as nnich as 5 inches in one case. According to the latest /!)(//»(//yj'fV'fi; ^ (1907-8) of the Board of Agriculture of Guiana, the total estimated numbers of live stock in the country districts of the colony are as follows : horses, 1,850: , (i; cattle, 72,000; '..sheep, 17,200 ; goats, ,.5()() : swine, 13,200. All the ground |iro\isions consnnied at tlie St. Lucia Agricultural School are [uodiiced at the Ivxpcrinient Station <'an'ied on in connexion with the institution, tl'.e necessary labour for which is largely .sujjplied by the jjuiiils. Valuing the provisions at market prices, the saving ett'ected in this way during 1907-8 am<junted to £-12 'x. \OiL The cultivation of sugar-cane and cotton form the chief agricultural industries of the lj;-azilian State of Pernambuco. In 1907 the .sugar croj) of the State was 1,-178,4
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