. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 28 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. January 22, GLEANINGS. The distribution of plant?, etc., from the Antigua Botanic Station and Experiment Mots for December last was as follows: cane plants 98,350, sweet potato cuttings 1,400, bay grass (Andropoijmi cavicosun) 350, limes 200, cocoa-nuts TiO, eucalyptus 47, palms 8, miscellaneous seeds 50 packets. The Diplomatic and Conxulur Jitjiorfs, Xo. 4,380, Annual Series, states that it is interesting to note that the ABC of Cotton Flantin;/, published by the Imperial Depart-
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 28 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. January 22, GLEANINGS. The distribution of plant?, etc., from the Antigua Botanic Station and Experiment Mots for December last was as follows: cane plants 98,350, sweet potato cuttings 1,400, bay grass (Andropoijmi cavicosun) 350, limes 200, cocoa-nuts TiO, eucalyptus 47, palms 8, miscellaneous seeds 50 packets. The Diplomatic and Conxulur Jitjiorfs, Xo. 4,380, Annual Series, states that it is interesting to note that the ABC of Cotton Flantin;/, published by the Imperial Depart- ment of Agriculture, lias been translated into the French language, and published bj- the local Government in the official journal. A remarkable development in the cultivation of sisal (Ac/ave rir/ida, var. xigahnui) has taken place in German East Africa. This is shown by the fact that the export has risen from 421 tons (value £16,205), in 1903, to 1,820 tons (value £67,408) and 2,830 tons (value £108,084), in 1906 and 1907, respectivelj'. The amount of cotton exported from the Nyasaland I'rotectorate during the year ended March 31, 1909, was 756,120 a., of a value of £28,355. For the period 1907-8 the similar figures were 403,48(3 ft), and £13,999. The chief varieties grown are Upland and Egyptian. {Colonial Reports—Annual, No. 619.) Particulars have been received from J. f J. Childs l^- Co., Ltd., Hawthorn Eoad, Willesden fJreen, London, , of air motors which are manufactured by this firm for providing electricity for such purposes as lighting, cooking, ventilating, charging accumulators for electrically driven vehicles, working lifts, irrigating and pumping, etc. A curious application of the telephone has recently been made, that is, as an aid to the destruction of white ants. The luodification employed for this purpose consists of a steel tulje having a microjihone at the upper part. Its use is to detect the places \\here the nests are present, and it is said to
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