Station
to apply for cne.
;
[t
would
be
well
perhaps,
since
the
Herald has
raised
the
guestion,
to
state
briefly.,
for
publication
in
your
paper,
a
sea
of
the
most
important
things
which
have
been
accomplished
by
the
Experiment
Station
during
its
brief
éxistence.
1.
Large
numbers
of new
varieties
of
cane
have
been
raised
and
tesftea
at
the
Station,
ana of these
one
variety,
name-
ly S.
C.
12/4.
which
has
taken
a
con-
spicujus
place
1n
these
Experiments,
has
been
raised
on
a
large
scale
and
distributed
to
the
Plantations.
There
are
already growing
in rhe Island
more
than fifty
acres
of this cane.
Last
year
we
distributed
at
the Station
more
than
150,000 cuttings.
lhe
results
obtained
on
the
Planta-
tions gave
zn average
of more
than
50%
increase
in
the
quantity
of
sugar
per
acre
above
that produced
by
the
Stand-
ard
Canes
of
the
Island.
These
facts
can
be
verified
by
application
to
the
Managers
of
the
Estates
where
this
cane
was grown--namely
Mt. Pleasant,
Hogensborg,
Sion
Farm
and
Bonne
Esperance.
At
St.
Johns
Plantation
there
are
two
large fields
eof this
cane
close
by the
roadside
whiech
will
repay
investigation.
In spite
of lack of weed-
ing
and
moulding
in
these
fields,
the
canes
are
quite
remarkable.
Had
the
fields
been
better
weeded
and
moulded
the
results
would
have
been,
I
venture
to say,
at least
20% better.
A
cane
which
can add
even
25%
to
the
crop of
this Island
is worth
to
the
Planters
annunally,
reckoning
a
normal
crop
at
tep thousand
tons,
and
the value
of the sugar
at one hundred
and
twenty
dollars
per
ton,
the
large
sum
of
two
hundred
and fifty seven
thousand
dollars
a year.
Judging
by the results
obtained
hither-
tn, this seems
a conservative
estimate
of
what
S.
C.
12/4
is
likely to
accomplish
for this Island.
Contrast
this
sum
with
the
modest
eight thousand
dollars spent
annually on
the Experiment
Station.
2.
A large amount
of work has
been
drne in improving the Sea
Island
Cotton
of St. Croix by breeding
and selection.
The
resulzs
are plainly
evident
today
in the
quantity and quality of the Cotton
vroduced
on Estates
where
the seed
has
been
supplied
by
the
Experiment
Sta-
tion.
.
You
are
hereby
referred
for
further
information
on
this
subject
to Messrs.
W.
L.
Pentheny,
A.
Nelthropp
and
S.
Jorgensen,
3.
By
selection
and
breeding
the
Experiment
Station
has
so far improved
the quantity and quality of Maize
which
2an
be
raised
in
th2 Islard,
that
from
being
2n unprofitable
crop,
hardly
ever
grown,
we row
find every
Planter
and
nearly
every
Labourer
planting our
im-
proved
Maize Seed
and getting
remuner-
ative returns.
S,
U RO
LX
&)YV 15
All the
Planters
and
Labourers
in the
‘
Island
have
been
benefited
by
this
|
work.
;
4.
Sooun after the
Experiment
Station
|
was
started,
several
new
varieties
of
|
Sweet
Potatoes
were introcuced,
and
one
|
of
these,
namely
‘‘Black Rock’’,
has
practically
doubled the yield of
potatoes
in the Island
and
di placed nearly
every
other
variety.
The
parties
benefited
here
are principally the Lanourers.
Before
closing
I should
like
to
state,
and
| call
on the
Planters
of the
Island
to
wituess
the
truth
of this
statement,
that
the
Experiment
station
has
at
all
times encouraged
Planters
to the Station
forgadvice
and
that
no
effort
has
heen
spared
to help.
If we have
erred
it
has
been
in
the
di: ection of being
too anxious
t-
help.
If Planters
would
take more advantage
of the advice
we give them,
I
venture
to
say
that the majority would
be better
off
today.
1
will instance
one point
which
I
have
urged
repeatedly,
namely
the
planting
«f
cane
fields
with
pieces
of
cane
fiee
from
disease.
In spite of all
advice
and urging I still find today
that
the
majority of
the
care
cuttings
used
to
establish
cane
fields
are
poor
and
unsound.
This
one
measure
alone,
of
planting
nothing
but
sound
pieces
of
cane,
would,
lam
convinced,
add
at
least 259,
to the
crop of the Island.
The
planting season
is
now here,
and
I urg® Planters
to adopt
the system
of
using
their
best
eane
for planting
pur-
poses.
[am prepared
to examine
cuitings
for
any Planterin
order
to help
him
to
secure
cuttings
iree from
desease.
I would also urge Planters
to plant their
canes
more
closely than
they
do.
Our
experiments
have
proved
conclusively
that
the best
distance
to ; lant cane
is
4
ft. X 2 instead of the 43 fr. X 3 ft. which
is usually practiced.
I am, Sir,
Yours faithfully,
LONGFIELD SMITH,
Agronomist-in-charge.
YELEGRAMS
-
S
OROIX STATION.
.
London
Oct. 6th.
Great Britain’s rail-
way system
was again in o] eration
today
as a result of the settlemen.
yesterday
of
the
great railway strike,
virtually every
man engaged
in railway work in
Londen
returned
to work before
nvon today.
The
various
services
did
not especially reach
the
normal
state,
however,
because
of
the
displacement
of the railway material
that had resulted
from the
suspension
of
work. In the country distric:s
also the re- |
sumption
was general, except in the
out-
'
lying districts,
where teiegrams
arnounc-
|
ing the settlement
and ordering
the
men
|
back,
could
not
be deliverzd
last nizht.
|
The
railway companies
promised
today
|
that
a virtuallyregular service
would
be
in operation
on the lines tomorrnw.
Work
in
the
coalfields,
which
has
been
s_‘p-
pec owing to the
lack
of freighted
cars
is
now
being
resumed
rapidly.
The
Irish
mail service
has
also
been
started
again.
Mr.
Thomas,
Secretary
of
the
National Union of railway men,
said
this
morning
that
in
some
districts
strikers
had refused
to return
to
work
with
the
men
who had volunteered
to work during
the
strike,
bur
he hoped
that
this diffi-
culty
in
carrying
out
the
settlement
would be
overcome.
On
the
other
hand
one
comp=ny
had
declined
to permit
the
strikers
to return,
thus
creating
a
seri-
ous
situation
but
the
company
yielded
after
intervention
hy
Mr.
Bonar
'aw®
and
Sir
Eric
Geddes,
with
whom
Mr.,
Thomas
had
a long conference.
London, Oct. 6th.—The opening
of
an
organized
prohibition
ecampaign
was
set
for
today
in
Liverpool.
Conferences
throughout
the
week
are
on
the
pro.
gramme,
and
many
American
lecturers
are annexed
to take part.
“openhagen.
Oct.
6th.— Polish
forces
have carried
the fortifications
of Dvinsk,
between
old Russia
and Poland
after
two
days
of
hard
ftighiing,
according
to
Berlin
advices
the
dismantled
city,
ex-
cept
a portion south
of the Dvin river,
is
now held by the Poles,
it is <aid.
London,
Oect.
6th.—The
controver:y
between
rival
claimants
for the
honour
of having
invented
the
army tank,
used
with
such
signal
success
in
the
great
war,
will have
a
hearing
before
the
commission
on
awards
to inventors
to-
morrow.
Eleven
clairants
will
appear
before
the
commission.
Mr.
Winston
Churchill, Minister of War, will be among
the witnesses
called
to the
stand,
in
an
effort to settle
the controversy.
Washington,
Oct.
6th.--President
Wil-
son
continues
to
improve and
passed
a
satisfactory
night,
says
a bulletin issued
this morning.
Christiania,
Oct.
6th.
A plebiscite
to
determine
the
question
of
a
national
prohibition
of
alcohol
in
Norway
was
begun
today throughout
the country.
Chicago,
Oct.
6th.
Cincinnati
today.
won the fifth game
of the world’s
series,
defeating the Chicagc
Whie
Sox sto
0
i a
contest
that
developed
sensational
pitching, sharp fielding,
one-sided
bats-
manship,
and
very
nearly
deprived
the
White
Sox
of
their
last
glimmer
of
hope.
The
National
League
champion
have
won
four
games,
and
therefore
need
but one
to win.
The
teams
left for
Cincinn-tti tonight
for
two
games,
if
that
many,
are
required.
Paris,
Oct.
6th.—The
peace
.commis-
sion of the Chamber
of Depnties
has
ap-
proved
in principle
the
proposal
to eall
upon
the allies to form an interallied pool
toward
indemnifying
the
allied
comba-
tants
for
their
war expenditures.
De-
puty
Albert
Grodet
was
charged
with
draftinc the report
to the Chamber
upon
this
proposal,
which
will ask
for
its
adoption
with
some
modifications
in the
wording of che original resolution.