. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 108 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. March 30, It is estimated by the Government Statistician of Queensland that 0§ ^rea of sugarcane cut Ijy 1912 will be 96,3'JG acres, yiel3Tng l,56i,993 tons of cane. The quantity of sugar is expected to be tons; this, as is pointed out in the Australian Si'iai'Journal ior January 11, 1912, has been exceeded on three previous occasions, namely in 1906 with tons, 1907 with 188,307 tons, and 1910 with. 210, tons. GLEANINGS. The cabled particulars, subject to correc
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 108 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. March 30, It is estimated by the Government Statistician of Queensland that 0§ ^rea of sugarcane cut Ijy 1912 will be 96,3'JG acres, yiel3Tng l,56i,993 tons of cane. The quantity of sugar is expected to be tons; this, as is pointed out in the Australian Si'iai'Journal ior January 11, 1912, has been exceeded on three previous occasions, namely in 1906 with tons, 1907 with 188,307 tons, and 1910 with. 210, tons. GLEANINGS. The cabled particulars, subject to correction, issued by the Colonial Secretary of the Gold Coast Colony show that the exports of cacao during 1911 w-ere 89,,241 D)., valued at £1,622,424. The similar figures for 1910 were 51,691,810 fc. and £875,352. The shipments of cacao from Trinidad during the month of January 1912 are given in the Procetdinqs of the Agricul- tural Society of Trinidad and I'oUvjn for January and Febru- ary 1912, as 10,757,066 fc. The output for the same period of last year was 5,848,611 B). The plants distributed from the St. Lucia Botanic Station during last month amounted to 1,713, and included limes 1,000, cacao 613, and nutmegs 50 There were also sent out 1,500 Liberian coffee berries, 102 packets of seed and 2 bushels of horse beans. 'ihe Station Jiecord,Yo\. XXV, p. 577, gives attention to a paper in which the results are described of ji chemical and physical analysis of the butter, body fat, and lard oljtained from animals that have been fed on cotton seed products. The investigations showed that cotton seed oil vas present in practically all of these. The Government Gazette oiihe TedetAled ^Malay States iov January 19,1912, shows that the exports of cultivated rub- ber from those States during 1911 amounted to 19,695,330 lb.; eriod January 1 to March 31, 1911, and was issued on February 20, 1912, gives a short description of a variety of date received from Tunis, and k
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