. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 76 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. February 28, GLEANINGS. Ten coconut trees were damaged in Nevis during October 1913 by lightning: they are now all rotting in the bud. West Indian botanists will be interested in Part IV of Vol. XVII of the contributions from the United States National Herbarium which comprises studies of tropical American ferns. Considerable activity is taking place in St. Vincent in regard to the trial shipment of minor industry produce to Canada. Eleven hundredweight of peeled, sliced and dried c
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 76 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. February 28, GLEANINGS. Ten coconut trees were damaged in Nevis during October 1913 by lightning: they are now all rotting in the bud. West Indian botanists will be interested in Part IV of Vol. XVII of the contributions from the United States National Herbarium which comprises studies of tropical American ferns. Considerable activity is taking place in St. Vincent in regard to the trial shipment of minor industry produce to Canada. Eleven hundredweight of peeled, sliced and dried cassava roots have been prepared for export, whilst i-ton of local peanuts has already been sent. The favourable weather in St. Vincent has recently enabled the later planted cotton to yield rather better than ?was at one time expected, but the average yield per acre will be low. During January, the arrowroot was reported to be ripening up and better returns were expected. The lime trees began to flower in Dominica during January. An interesting agricultural event of the month was the visit paid by the Curator and Colonial Engineer to certain estates in order to test the effect of dynamite on the 'hard pan' which exists beneath the surface soil of certain lime fields. The St. Lucia cacao crop is likely to be short owing partly to the dry weather experienced in December and J&nuary. As regards the lime crop, which is now practically over, it is interesting to note that the export of lime products for 1913 was approximately £3,072 compared with £1,08-5 in 1912, and £290 in 1911. During January in the Virgin Islands, most of the cotton growers were busy picking their crop. A very fair first picking has been obtained, but with dry weather in February the second crop is expected to be a small one. During the month of January rain was measured only on four days and the total fall was only 49 parts. Owing to the dry season having set in, very little work was done on the Grenada
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