. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 380 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. NOVEMBEK 19, GLEANINGS. The Toronto Satimlcuj Night of October 22 contains an illustrated sketch of a trip from Canada to the West Good illustrations are given of tyiiical West Indian scenery. The twenty-third annual sale of stock is to he held at Valsayn, St. Joseph, Trinidad, on Wednesda)-, .January 11, 1905. At a meeting of the Trinidad Agricultural Society held on Xovember 8, Professor Carnrody read a paper on the ' Manuria! aspect of our increasing Exports of Cacao.'
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 380 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. NOVEMBEK 19, GLEANINGS. The Toronto Satimlcuj Night of October 22 contains an illustrated sketch of a trip from Canada to the West Good illustrations are given of tyiiical West Indian scenery. The twenty-third annual sale of stock is to he held at Valsayn, St. Joseph, Trinidad, on Wednesda)-, .January 11, 1905. At a meeting of the Trinidad Agricultural Society held on Xovember 8, Professor Carnrody read a paper on the ' Manuria! aspect of our increasing Exports of Cacao.' At the same meeting it was announced by the Colonial Secretary that the increased reward for the destructiim of the mungoose was having a effect in killing out the pest. We have received a pamphlet (122 pp.) entitled: ' Trinidad to Manitoba and Back,' compiled by Messrs. C. W. Meaden and \V. C. .Tardine. Tlie notes on this trip are reprinted from the Denierara Z>'"Vy Clo-onide. An attempt is being made by Messrs. Garnett it Co. in British Guiana to develop an export trade in bananas. A small shipment was made by the steamer which left on October 20. According to Board of Trade statistics, during the three months ended September 30 last .51,209 bales of cotton were imported into the United Kingdom from British India, 871 bales from the British West Indies, and 870 bales from Ih-itish West Africa. It is gratifying to observe, from statistics recently published as to the exports from .Jamaica during the first half of the year 1904-5, that nearly all the items .show a large increase over the exports for the corresponding period last year. According to the annual report of the Section of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, the average percentage composition of dried tubers of yams was: Fat, 1 '02; albuminoids, 10-87; , 7701; fibre, 516; ash, 594 ; nitrogen, 1'73. During the fortnight ended t)ctober 20, 25 bales of West Indian cotton were
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