. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. XV. No. 377. THE AGKICULTUKAL NEWS. 331. SUGAR INDUSTRY. PROGRESS OF SUGAR IN CUBA. PRODUCTION this The data given in the notes on page 323 of issue refer to the crop of Since then some twelve new houses have been erected, all of which have had at least a crusher and 12roller outfit installed, and one of which has been designed from the start for and With the high prices there has been imported into Cuba much new machinery, and .several of the older milling outfits have
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. XV. No. 377. THE AGKICULTUKAL NEWS. 331. SUGAR INDUSTRY. PROGRESS OF SUGAR IN CUBA. PRODUCTION this The data given in the notes on page 323 of issue refer to the crop of Since then some twelve new houses have been erected, all of which have had at least a crusher and 12roller outfit installed, and one of which has been designed from the start for and With the high prices there has been imported into Cuba much new machinery, and .several of the older milling outfits have been torn down and the less efficient trains been converted into 12-roller tandems. The outstanding feature in Cuban development during the last three years has been the extraordinary interest, in .some cases amounting to a mania, for electrification. t)f the advantage of the centralization of all the small units in one power producer there can bp no doubt; but many engineers look askance at the electrification of the grinding plant; there is no centralization here, but rather a decentralization with a double conversion of power and its consnquent In Western Cuba there is an increasing interest shown in the use of fertilizers, in the possibilities for irrigation, and in the use of mechanical as opposed to manual cultivation of the cane. Exports from St. Lucia.—The Agricultural Superintendent of St. Lucia (ilr. A. J. Brooks) has forwirded the following returns showing the exports of produce from St. Lucia for the periods January 1 to August , 1916 and 1915:— Jan 1 to Aug. 1") Jan. 1 to Aug. 15 1916 1915 Bay oil galls. 231 24 Cacao cwt. 10,397 10,961 Coco-nuts No. 61,271 59,232 Copra cwt. .53 62 Honey ft. 28512 28,120 Limes brls. 2,334 564 Lime Juice raw galls. 1,0S0 1,083 „ eenctd. , 3,137 5 Lime Oil n 90 297 Logwood tons 790 377 Molasses galls. 68,076 Rum P- „ 14,456 9,389 Sugar cwt. 87,028 90 931 Syrup or Fancy Molasses galls. 1,-565 The satisfact
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