. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 28 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Januaey 21, With reference to the tlilrJ paragraph aliove, the Agricultural Instructor, Tortola, also reports that the Cotton Factory was opened for the purchase of seed-cotton on November 4. As the season is late in the Virgin Islands, cotton has been coming in slowly; up to the time of writing, seed-cutton equal to about 10 bales of 200 fi). had been bought, and this appeared to be of excellent quality. GLEANINGS. During the month of December, 1910, 15,275 cane cuttings, 1,500 lime
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 28 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Januaey 21, With reference to the tlilrJ paragraph aliove, the Agricultural Instructor, Tortola, also reports that the Cotton Factory was opened for the purchase of seed-cotton on November 4. As the season is late in the Virgin Islands, cotton has been coming in slowly; up to the time of writing, seed-cutton equal to about 10 bales of 200 fi). had been bought, and this appeared to be of excellent quality. GLEANINGS. During the month of December, 1910, 15,275 cane cuttings, 1,500 lime plants, and 77 miscellaneous plants were distributed from the Antigua Botanic Station. The report on the Agricultural Department of the Gold Coast for 1909 shows that trials with the sugar-cane seedlings and are being conducted at the Agricultural Stations at Coomassie and Tamale^ The Agricultural Instructor, Tortola, reports that the condition of the cotton crop in the Virgin Islands is good; cotton stainers have done some damage, but no trouble is being experienced with caterpillars. Sugar-canes and limes are making fair growth. A report from Havana, issued in October 1910, states that the total production of sugar in Cuba during the year was 1,804,349 tons; the amount for 1909 was 1,513,582 tons. The quantity of sugar that had been shipped from Cuba to the United Kingdom by the end of September was 119,418 tons; that to the United States was 1,565,084 tons. It is announced for general information that Mr. F. Cecil Laurie, of Bridgetown, Barbados, is prepared to provide and pack seedling cane plants, and all fruit, root, vegetable and flower plants procurable in Barliados, for export to all parts of the world. Correspondence should be addressed to Mr. Laurie at Dayrell's Koad, St. Michael, Barbados. It is reported by the Curator of the Botanic Station, Montserrat, that a good cotton crop is practically assured in that island; half of this had Ijeen reaped by the
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