. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 228 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. XoVEMBEK ;^, ?1- \!''X^'m^ WEST INDIAN FRUIT. CULTIVATION OF BANANAS. The t'ollowiiig notes on the cultivation \ the Hoii'ble W. Fawcett, , , read before the Agricultural Conference in Januaiy last and published in full in the IIW Indian Bvlhi'ni. Vo'. 11., pp. 153 to 171 :— i':Ar,iNii. In ground covoveil with forest or woodland some are cjntent to out down and hum, leav'ng the stumps to decay ; hut it is Ix'tter, if it can he done, so to cut the trees that they will t
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 228 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. XoVEMBEK ;^, ?1- \!''X^'m^ WEST INDIAN FRUIT. CULTIVATION OF BANANAS. The t'ollowiiig notes on the cultivation \ the Hoii'ble W. Fawcett, , , read before the Agricultural Conference in Januaiy last and published in full in the IIW Indian Bvlhi'ni. Vo'. 11., pp. 153 to 171 :— i':Ar,iNii. In ground covoveil with forest or woodland some are cjntent to out down and hum, leav'ng the stumps to decay ; hut it is Ix'tter, if it can he done, so to cut the trees that they will tear up their roots in their fall. The trees should he carefully selected, marked and cut up for their special uses —tindjer, posts, jiilcs, tramway sleepers, firewood, etc. The underwood and hrush can he used ti hurn up the roots and the trunks of useless ti'ees such as riiumgn, 15astrtrd Cedar, etc. The ground should finally he carefully stunijied. Even if the land is vii-gin soil and does not require [iloughing, it is better to stump at first. The plants can then he jiut in at regular distances at once --an imrortant nratter in many ways ; and if ploughing is necessary at a later [icriod, there no delay caused hy digging out stumps, litumping also facilitates cutting ami carrying the fruit. If the land is not the virgin s;iil of a forest, and especially if it he old cane land (ir [lasture, it should he first thoroughly ploughed at least !) inches lant 8 by iS in order to .shade the ground soon as possible. It is stated by the advocates of close planting that the crop conies in sooner, that it can he regulated with greater success so as to come in during the five months of high prices, and that less weeding and less water are re(piire(l. On the other hand, it will he found necessary to remove every alternate row for first , and probalily for third latoons to reduce the field to stems at distances of l(j by K! feet AVhere there is too much shade, the Imllis
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