. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. •28 THE AGrJCULTURAL NEWS. January 1908,. GLEANINGS. The exports nf ]iiiiiciitci reached 85,000 cwt., valued at States took 40 per cent. from .Taniaica during 1907 ysOOOO. Of this, the United The average rainfall tliat oecurrc'-gcr sizes fetch as much as 8'/. eacli. {London Dnilij Mail ) The sugar cropof Porto liico for the year I'.KMl iinmuntcd to 205,000 toii«<. This indicates an increase in sugar [iroduc- tion of 'JOO per cent, in the last five years. The United States (.'onsul at Odessa reports tliat in his
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. •28 THE AGrJCULTURAL NEWS. January 1908,. GLEANINGS. The exports nf ]iiiiiciitci reached 85,000 cwt., valued at States took 40 per cent. from .Taniaica during 1907 ysOOOO. Of this, the United The average rainfall tliat oecurrc'-gcr sizes fetch as much as 8'/. eacli. {London Dnilij Mail ) The sugar cropof Porto liico for the year I'.KMl iinmuntcd to 205,000 toii«<. This indicates an increase in sugar [iroduc- tion of 'JOO per cent, in the last five years. The United States (.'onsul at Odessa reports tliat in his district refined cocoa-nut oil is being largely sold as a butter substitute. Oleomargarine, a well-known substitute coini)osearticnlarly hard upon the small peasant proprietor. The December number of the Jour mil of the Jamaica Agricultural Society comments strongly on the unsanitary conditions under which the milk .stipply of Kingston is produced. Having regard to the readiness with which disease may br carried through the medium nf milk, this is a matter needing immediate attention from the Agricultural Society and others in the island. The Liverpool press recently published a letter from Mr. Chambeilain to Sir. Alfred Jones, in which the late Secretary of State for the Colonies ofters his congratulations on the progress of the cotton industry in Jamaica. Mr. Cham- berlain added tliat he will be interested to learn of the success of the efforts that aie being made in Jamaica to eiiconrafce cotton growing amongst small landowners. The raising of Sicilian lemons is under exi>eriment in Porto Piico, where a iilantation of 10,000 trees has recently been establhshed. The trees were from one of the best lemon-growing districts of Sicily. The specimens so far )iroducnl in Porto Kico appear to ei|ual the best grade of Sicilian lemons. These results appear to promise a new iiidu-^try for the island. (J'.S. Couxiilnr li/jiiirt.) A note in the I'hiiitir draw
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