Title: Agricultural news
Identifier: agriculturalnews01grea (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Great Britain. Imperial Dept. of Agriculture for the West Indies
Subjects: Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies
Publisher: Bridgetown, Barbados, Bowen & sons;
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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94 THE AGr.ICL'LTUKAL NEWS. JiLY 5, 1902. WEST INDIES. Hand-book of General Information. The iMiiigiiiuts' Intiinnatiiiii Office (."il, >5ioa(lway, We.st minster, S.W.) liavo recently published a new edition of their hand-book of general information for intending settlei-s in the We.st Indies. The following .sinniu.iry of the latest and most important details contained in it is (juoted from the Impir'idl Ii't^tiiuic Ji'r„>il, May. 1002:— Kicstly, with regard to general oiieiiiiigs, the .--ugLU- inUustrv comes under consideration. This however, reijuires caiiittil and exi)erience, and i.s mainly in the hands of large proiirietor.s, most of wliom have been long connected with the West Indies. All field labour, and nearly all artizan labour, is carried on l)y cohnueil workmen, who are better able than white labourers to work under a tropical .sun. (n Britisli (luian I and Trini and .judge for themselves of their cajiabilities as a field for investment and a place of residence. Small capitalists with, Ray, .i'L',000 will find that these Colonies offer a fair prospect «»f making a comfortable livelihood, but they .should first work for a year or two with some planter to learn the methods of cultivation. The indu.stries for which the islands are Kuited are the cultivation of fruit.s, such as bananas, plan- tains, cocoa-nuts (by the .sea coast), lime.s, oranges, etc., for all of which there is an increasing market ; and also tobacco, cofl'ee, cacao, arrowroot, india-rubber, fibre-plants, spice.s, and iu some islanils (as in Jamaica) the raising of cattle, hor.ses and nudes. Intending settlers in Jamaica would do well to ,000 capital, who wish to adopt an agricultural career. .A ~ettler with enough wards. The outlook for fruit growers has been considera- Jily brightened since the starting of the direct line of steani- ei-s. I'.auanas yield large cro().s, and their cultivation recpiires less capital than most of the other crops, and is renuinerative. Sugar has latterly fallen tn ^ l(,u position, the total value of the sugar-cane (iroducts exported during the last five years being little more than one third of the value of bananas an<l oranges .shi()ped to the I'lnted States. The cau.se of this depres.sion of the sugar industry arc not far to .HH'k, and in so much as they arc of local origin they are entirely remedial. There are perhaps, four sites in Janiaic;! at III.- fireseut time where the election of centnd factories fed from :i clientele of contiguous estates would enable sugar to l)e produced at a greatly reduced cost, Imt on the whole the majority of sugar estates in Jamaica are of sntticient size, agriculturally, to stand on their own merits and to be capable of iiidixidnal develoimient. The sugar district of Vere is being provided with a s\stem of irrigation. The Oovenuiient chemist considers that a eapitali.st seeking an outlet for his money in Jamaica could find no investment so safe, certain and remunerative, as a well-situateil sugar estate managed on up-to-date lines, and with sntticient capital to work it economically. It is observed tliat in the above re\icw nouu-ntiou is made ot Dominica. The infornuition in the hand-book (d'this island shows that, po.ssibly, Dominica offers just now the best openings, if any, for young men with a capital of abtnit £2,000. especi-dly if tliey have jirevions knowledge ot the tropics and take tip Crown lands. These are obtainable at a very moderate price, but. naturally, are not so accessible as the coast lands. HAND-BOOKS TO THE WEST INDIES. The following Hand-books afford interesting informatiim of a descrijitive, statistical and general character respecting the West Indies. They also contain jiarticulars respecting the imports and ex'jiorts and the agricidtural resources of the Colonies enumerated :—• H.vND-BooK OF Jam.mc.\ for 1902, coni)irising Histori- cal, Statistical and (ieneral Information concerning the Isl.md. Twenty-second year nf jjublication. L .^liian.vck foi l'My2. (leorgetown, Denierara : C. K. Jardine. TKiNii>An ANO ToB.ioo Tear Book, 1902. Thirty-seventh year of issue. Compiled by James Henry Cullcns. Port-of- Sixiin : Bluir, Rl.irshall & Co. The Mirror Almanack asp General Commeriial Direc- •roitv OF Tuinihau and Tobaoo. Port-of-Spain : Mole Brothers. The Guenaoa Hanh-book, Directory and .\lmanai k for THE VEAK 19 West Indian General Advertiser, 19(11. Compiled by S. J. Eraser. Bridgetown I'.arbados :King iV ('•■. LioHTUoi rn's West Indian Directory and Commercul Directory. J. K. Liirlitbourn. St. Thom.is.
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