. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 17-2 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. May 30, GLEANINGS. Mr. H. H. , , has been appointed Director of Agriculture and Island t'heniist of .lamaica, at a .salary of £(^50 per annum with official residence. The Londmi J'rdla Cotitnnlti'i' CirniJar. The first article was publi>licd in the ('liruhir of March .3 last. The Jfiurnid of the .Jamaica Agricadtural Society (Maich 1908) recommends a of i parts lard, 1 part kerosene, and 1 part flowers of suliiliui-, as being most for the ])in-pose
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 17-2 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. May 30, GLEANINGS. Mr. H. H. , , has been appointed Director of Agriculture and Island t'heniist of .lamaica, at a .salary of £(^50 per annum with official residence. The Londmi J'rdla Cotitnnlti'i' CirniJar. The first article was publi>licd in the ('liruhir of March .3 last. The Jfiurnid of the .Jamaica Agricadtural Society (Maich 1908) recommends a of i parts lard, 1 part kerosene, and 1 part flowers of suliiliui-, as being most for the ])in-pose of destroying parasitic insects on sitting hens. The materials slioidd be made into a )iaste, and i-ubl)ed on those l>artsiifthe hen's licdy wliii-h are attackrd by tlir insects. In Ins address al the opening of the present . of the Condiincd Cnurt of Britisli Guiana, the Governor of the colony referred the increased activity shown of late in the collection (if balata. Whiie the quantity exported in HlO.'i-fi was (;50,000 It)., the shipments for 1907-8 were estimated to reach at least 9.^ lb. The dis|i( of tiie ]iresent 's crop of colton seed al St. formed the subject of a note in the Aiiririilfin-'jl Kcirx of May 2 (Vol. \\]. p. 110). In tiiis connexion we are iiuthorized by .\ II. K. Thorne A- Son, Ltd., of Barba- dos, to state that tlu'y will be to pitichase cotton seed from St. C'rf)ix growers who have supplies for disposal. 'I'lie prospects of eotfee planting have of late yeai's rapidly improved in Mexico. .Nbuhrii methods of curing the beans have been adopted on all the larger , and it is estimated that the coflco exports for 1907-8 will reach r)0,000,000 lb. Reports from the coffee districts, received .some montlis ago, state that there was every prospect of an excellent crop. (f. .S. Coiixii/ar Hi/Mfs.) A contagious disease affecting mules and horses, and known as epizootic lymphangitis, is officially
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