. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. VII. No. 169. THE AGRICULTUKAL NEWS. 333. ycz^'^iisCy-a;j^-i— - -. v--;'-?^.: •,. ,S7'. VIJCEJT: ANXUAL REPORT OX IIOTAX- JC STATIOX, AOHICULTURAL fiCUOOL, LAX I) .SETT L EM EXT SCHEME. AXD Ot^ GOVEKXMEXT VETEIIIXARY .SUMUEOX, 1907-8. ' The total pxpeiiditure in connexion with the St. A'incent Botanic Station iluriny 1907-8 was £.530 lis. 'j>l., there being a decline of £40 llx. lil. ;is conijiareil witn the expenditnre of the pievious year. The receipts were £24 3(/., showini;- a slight on
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. VII. No. 169. THE AGRICULTUKAL NEWS. 333. ycz^'^iisCy-a;j^-i— - -. v--;'-?^.: •,. ,S7'. VIJCEJT: ANXUAL REPORT OX IIOTAX- JC STATIOX, AOHICULTURAL fiCUOOL, LAX I) .SETT L EM EXT SCHEME. AXD Ot^ GOVEKXMEXT VETEIIIXARY .SUMUEOX, 1907-8. ' The total pxpeiiditure in connexion with the St. A'incent Botanic Station iluriny 1907-8 was £.530 lis. 'j>l., there being a decline of £40 llx. lil. ;is conijiareil witn the expenditnre of the pievious year. The receipts were £24 3(/., showini;- a slight on those of 190G-7. One result of the increasing amount of attention given to the cultivation of Sea Island cotton in the island during the past two years has been a great falling off in the demand for economic plants from the Botanic Station. In 1900-7 the nundjcr of economic i)lants distributed was 10,143, including •(i,;) cacao trees. During the year under review 5,148 •economic jilants were sent out, of which 4,-520 were cacao. The cacao industry of St. Vincent is'evidently making ?excellent progress, and the cultivations would appear to have nearly recovered from the effects of the hurricane of 1898. In I 905-G the cacao exports weie 137,073 lb. They advanced to 193,073 lb. in 190G-7, and t<i 216,380 lb. in 1907-8. The area under cultivation with Sea Island' cotton has now reached 3,200 acres (an increase of 100 per cent, over the cotton area of 1906-7). This is believed to represent the limit to which cotton can he pj-ofitably cultivated in the island. The weight of lint exported during 1907-8 was 388,833 Iti., this representing an average return of ] 35 lb. per acre. In 1906-7 the average yield of lint was equal to 175 lb. per acre, and the falling off was due partly to bad weather, and iittacks from pests ; but in many cases, bad management -of the crop also contributed to the decline. In regard to the Agricultural School and Stock Farm, the t
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