. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. •Mi THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. November 8, GLEANINGS. According to the Demerara Daily ilri/osy (October 11, 191.'?), the youDg canes are making very good progress, but the canes now being reaped are lacking in age. The weather "has lately been very dry, hot and sukry. Legislation has been enacted in Jamaica for the com- pulsory destruction of cotton plants affected with leaf-blister mite. The importation of cotton seed is also put under control (The Journal of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, September 191
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. •Mi THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. November 8, GLEANINGS. According to the Demerara Daily ilri/osy (October 11, 191.'?), the youDg canes are making very good progress, but the canes now being reaped are lacking in age. The weather "has lately been very dry, hot and sukry. Legislation has been enacted in Jamaica for the com- pulsory destruction of cotton plants affected with leaf-blister mite. The importation of cotton seed is also put under control (The Journal of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, September 1913.) In an article in the Kev Bulhtin of Miscellaneous Injwtiiation (No. 7, 1913), dealing with the Hull Museum, it is noted that the list of presentations includes samples of lime products received from the Curator, Botanic Station, Dominica. The Cuba Review, iff referring to the British Vice Con- sul's report at Havana, says that steam ploughing is coming into much more extensive use in the cane fields than formerly. JV decided preference is, in general, shown for liritish machinery of all kinds. According to 7'lic Board of Trade Juurnal (October 2, 1913), India produced in 1912, 295,870,296 5). of tea com- pared with 208,526,197 &. in 1911. The area under culti- vation has increased since 1885 by 108 per cent. The increase in production has been 314 per cent. A letter has been received pointing out that the address of Mr. T. A. Siddall, maker of lime-crushing machines, given in Pamphlet No. 72 (Lime Cultivation in the West Indies) as 31, Duke Street, Aldgate, London, , should be 109a l)alniain Itoad, Brockley Itise, London, According to the (Jueeuslund Agricultural Journal {September 9, 1913), success is likely to attend the intro- duction of one-farui exhibits in the agricultural shows of that country. The idea is that the exhibit shall represent the result of a diverse and intensive^cultivation, and the inno- vation would seem to be particularly well suited fo
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