. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 182 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Junk 17, ANGUILLA. The St. Kitt's Daily Express of May 29 has an article on cotton cultivation at Anguilla, from which we extract the following:— We understand that Mr. \). .J. van Itoniondt, of Bt. Maitin, who started a snuill ginnery in the island of Ansjuilla in March last, has exiiorted about 12,000 lb. of Sea" Island cotton, and that he is now making strenuous efforts to get the cultivation of that product materially increased. He has cultivated in the last two years a la
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 182 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Junk 17, ANGUILLA. The St. Kitt's Daily Express of May 29 has an article on cotton cultivation at Anguilla, from which we extract the following:— We understand that Mr. \). .J. van Itoniondt, of Bt. Maitin, who started a snuill ginnery in the island of Ansjuilla in March last, has exiiorted about 12,000 lb. of Sea" Island cotton, and that he is now making strenuous efforts to get the cultivation of that product materially increased. He has cultivated in the last two years a large area of his own iilantation at St. Martin in this cotton, and from his small ginnery there has turned out this season 130 bales. We feel [lersuaded that this industry is the sheet-anchor of that poor island. We are informed that Mr. van Komondt has reaped as much as 1,000 R. seed-cotton per acre from some of his fields. BARBADOS. following The Maiiclii'titer Utnirdian has tht reference to the cotton industry in Barbados :- The Agricultural Xnr.^ (Barbados), tjie official organ of the Imperial Department of Agriculture of the West Indies, publishes an account of the proceedings at a very successful conference of cotton growers held at Barbados on April 14, at which an address was given by Sir Daniel Morris. In the discussion which followed some interesting facts^ were put before the meeting by various cotton growers. There appeared to be a general feeling that the prospects of the industry were good^and that, where efforts had been made to keep the cotton worm in check and the soil had been well cultivated, the results had been satisfactory. In many cases the yield of seed-cotton had not come up to expectation, but this was, for the most part, attributed to the drought. Efforts are being made to obtain a careful estimate of the average cost of growing cotton and idacing it on the English market. It was suggested by Sir Daniel Morris that a special meeting of the Agricultur
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