. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. ToL. I. No. 15. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 237. CAXA/iY TliADE OF FOR Jl'ol. Diplonuitk- aiul I' lieports. Foreij^ii Ottici.', July, I'JOl. The export ti-iulc was larger than in 1900, 1mt it is iintcd tliat it remains to be seen whether this iniiirovenient will be niaintaineil, or whether it will fall away under sm-h influence as eoniiietition from the AVest Indies. Tlie imports of sugar liave fallen to 2S tons (1S99, 18-t tons, I'JOU, 11:2 tons), tliis is ouing to the inereaseil local jiroduction es
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. ToL. I. No. 15. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 237. CAXA/iY TliADE OF FOR Jl'ol. Diplonuitk- aiul I' lieports. Foreij^ii Ottici.', July, I'JOl. The export ti-iulc was larger than in 1900, 1mt it is iintcd tliat it remains to be seen whether this iniiirovenient will be niaintaineil, or whether it will fall away under sm-h influence as eoniiietition from the AVest Indies. Tlie imports of sugar liave fallen to 2S tons (1S99, 18-t tons, I'JOU, 11:2 tons), tliis is ouing to the inereaseil local jiroduction especially in Grand Canary, of sugar-cane and to the new taritt. The nundier of bunches of bananas exported was •26(5,700 ( in 1900) and the value (the price obtained Ijy the fanners) £:?:?,:?:i7 (£20,490 in 1900). The fruit is said to liave been not at all first-class. It is noted that the value ?of the has actually increased in spite of the Jamaica imports into the United Kingdom, but it is not expected that the price paid can be maintained nuich longer. Land lias jiciiuired great value, partly owing to the belief among farmers and sliippers that Jamaica bananas have turned out A failure : and that they arc inferior in (juality to the Canary bananas. A crisis is foreseen in the event of the prices of tjie fruit becoming lower, because many [leople have liorrowed largely for tlie ]mrpose of acquiring land at very higli jjrices, as much as £2-50 per acre. The jiotato crop was small owing to the prevalence of was, on the wliolc, an a1>sohite failure ; mucli less land was jilanted with oiiions in Tcneritfe and the crop in Lanzarote failed owing to lack of rain. sand had been so acted on by the sun as to be almost roast- ing hot. . Tlie prostrate canes can be made into syruii, and the people were advi.^ed' to attend to this without ilelay. In several localities the allottees had })lanted large plots of various provisions after the damage done to the permanent c
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