. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 300 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Septembkr 19, GLEANINGS. A new .sluii intemU'cl for the J;uiiiiu-a banana trade, and wipable of trans|)orting ()0,0()0 fmnches of bananas, is being built at Glasgow for .Messrs. Kldeis i^- Fytfes, Ltd. The iJepartnient of Seience and Agrieilltuie of iiriti-sh (luiana distributed 7,000 II). of seed-jiaddy of good varieties, free of charge, to bona fide cultivators of rice in the colony, <luring the period fi-oni October I, 1907, to March ."51, 190S. There were shij)ped from
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 300 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Septembkr 19, GLEANINGS. A new .sluii intemU'cl for the J;uiiiiu-a banana trade, and wipable of trans|)orting ()0,0()0 fmnches of bananas, is being built at Glasgow for .Messrs. Kldeis i^- Fytfes, Ltd. The iJepartnient of Seience and Agrieilltuie of iiriti-sh (luiana distributed 7,000 II). of seed-jiaddy of good varieties, free of charge, to bona fide cultivators of rice in the colony, <luring the period fi-oni October I, 1907, to March ."51, 190S. There were shij)ped from Trinidad by the 'Tagus,' whii'h left foi- Southanqilou on September 7, 314 bags of copra, 41 bags of cacao, 400 bags f)f cocoa-nuts, and 3,2r)'J l)unchos of bananas, all the produce of the island. lieports from St. Croix state that cotton culti\atious in the island are looking very jHoniising. Planters are evidently giving a good deal of attention to the crop, since the fields are reported to be free from weeds, the soil will cultiMiteil, iind the cotton plants in a vigorous condition. I'",ighteen samples ol rnljber and balata have been for- Avarded from Ihitish (iniaua to the International Ivubber loard of Trade at Durban, Natal, reports that a factory for the manufacture of .starch from sweet potatos has been erected near that city. Tills factory is cajiable of a daily output of 3 tons of starcii from 12 tons of sweet |)otatiis. The pulp remaining is fed to cattle. In order to advei'tise l)i>nnnic-a limes in I'aigland, the Permanent Exhibition Comnuttee of the island are forward- ing by the lioyal JIail steameis each fortnight, a crate of green limes, consigned to .Mr. .\. .\s|)inall. Secretary of the West India Committee, wlio will distribute the fruit in .suitable quarters. A sum of £15 has also been forwarded to !Mr. Aspinall, to be spent in advertising the fruit. I'.ee keeiiing is carried on with great success at the Industrial School, Onilcrneeming,
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