A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



Vol. III. No. 46. 



BARBADOS, JANUARY 16, 1904. 



Price Id. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Agave Americana, Fil)ru of 24 

 Agi-icultural Education ... 24 

 Agriculture in Lagos ... 25 



Balata, Notes on 2.5 



Bananas from Sierra 



Leone 20 



Barbados and Porto Rico 



Molasses 17 



Barbados Local Exhibition 24 

 Bee-keeping : — 



West Indian Honey ... 22 

 Cacao, Sliade Trees and 



Manure for 25 



Carbon Bisulphide as an 



Lisecticide 29 



Cotton : — 



Montserrat 21 



Pests at Antigua 24 



Seed Cake 21 



Department News 29 



Department Reports : — 

 Barbados and Portcj 



Rico Molasses 20 



British Guiana, Report 

 of the Board of Agri- 

 culture 29 



Educational : — 



Dominica Agricultural 



School 27 



St. Lucia Agricultural 



School 27 



St. Vincent Agricultural 

 School 27 



Page. 

 .. 28 



Gleanings 



Guinea Grass, Machine 



for Cutting 21 



In.sect Notes : — 



The Cotton Worm ... 2(5 



Jamaica, Prison Farm at 20 



Lectures to Planters at 



Barbados 23 



Market Reports 31 



Notes and Comments ... 24 

 Ontario Crop Report ... 24 

 Oranges, Picking and 



Packing for Export 20 

 Our Book Shelf:— 



Diseases of the Horse £7 

 Hints on Outfit for 

 Travellers in Tropical 



Countries 27 



Poultry : — 



Sulphuric Acid for 



Chicken Cliolera ... 30 

 Sugar Industry : — 



Barbados Molasses ... 18 

 Porto Rico Molasses ... 18 

 Sugar-cane, Improve- 

 ment by Chemical 



Selection 19 



Sunflowers and Bees .. 22 

 Tamworth Pigs in 



Trinidad 19 



Watering, Notes on ... 22 

 West Indian Products ... 30 



Barbados and Porto Rico 

 Molasses. 



N Pamphlet No. 28, just issued by this 

 Department, planters and others are 

 placed in possession of information relating 



to molasses and syrup. The greater part of the 

 pamphlet is devoted to the report of the Imperial 

 Commissioner and Mr. Bovoll containing information 

 obtained in New York and elsewhere as to the trade 

 in molasses. A brief summary of this report has 

 already been given in the Af/ricultund Xewts (Vol. II, 

 p. 387). 



It has for some time been felt that something- 

 should be done to improve the quality of Barbados 

 molasses. In a letter to the Imperial Commissioner 

 of Agriculture, dated September 7 last, the Barbados- 

 Committee of Commerce made the suggestion that it 

 would be to the advantage of all concerned if Sir Daniel 

 Morris and Mr. Bovell were able, while on a visit to the 

 United States, to obtain information as to the relative 

 value of Barbados and Porto Rico molasses, the quality 

 of the packages and other matters connected with the 

 trade in this product. It was also suggested that they 

 might visit Porto Rico for the purpose of ascertaining 

 whether there is adopted in that island any particular 

 method of manufacture which might be the cause of 

 Porto Rico molasses being accorded preference in the 

 United States and Canadian markets. Information 

 was also desired as to grading and shipping of 

 molasses in Porto Rico. 



It was intended that Mr. Bovell should return 

 to the United States by way of Porto Rico for 

 the purpose of making inquiries on the spot. As 

 however it was ascertained that the time was not 

 a suitable one for the purpose on account of the crop 

 season being over, this plan was abandoned. 



