A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



Vol. III. No. 53. 



BARBADOS, APRIL 2.3, 1904. 



Price Id, 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 Barbados, Exi>orts of ... lot 

 Britisli Guiana, Rice 



iuihistry 131 



Cacao, Proiliictioii and 



Consumiition I'M 



Cassava Staicli 1 37 



Cocoa-nuts in tliu Philip- 

 pines 132 



Cotton Notes : — 133 

 Sales of Montsenat ... 133 

 Selection of Seed ... 133 

 Shipment from Barba- 

 dos 130 



United States crop ... l.Sli 



Department T^ews 1.3'.( 



Department Publications 14u 

 Dep.artment Re|Mirf.s : -■ 

 Lectures on Agri- 

 cultural Science ... 138 

 Leeward Islands Sugjir- 

 cane Experiments ... 138 

 Educational : — 



School Hardens and 



Arbor Day 141 



Fibre jdants in Mexico... J.'U 



Eorests, Utility of 134 



Fruit, Selection for 



Export U;2 



Gleanings 140 



Insect Notes : — 

 Fumigation of Imported 

 Plants 138 



PACij:. 



Tr.scct Notes : — 



Mealie Grub 138 



Land Crabs 13il 



Mango in Jamaica 132 



Market Rejiorts 142 



Northern Nigeria, Agi'i- 



culture in ]3!t 



( )ur Book Shelf :— 



Cotton Culture 141 



Economic Zoology ... 141 

 Farmers' Bulletins of 



Philipiiines 141 



Powell, H., in East Africa lo4 

 St. Lucia, Trade and Agri- 

 culture of, loT 



Science Notes : — 



Insect-attackiug fungi 13.5 

 Resurrection plants ... 1.30 



Shade tree for Caca 135 



Sugar Industry ; — 

 Demerara seedling in 



Hawaii 130 



Blolascuit 131 



New Sugar-producing 



plant 131 



U. S. concessicms to 



Cuba 131 



l"ro])ical Diseases and their 



causes 1.3!t 



West Indian Cotton ... 12"J 

 Wrong theories. Mischief 



of ... 131 



West Indian Cotton. 



In every instance where there has been n wise 

 selection of soil and climate and where the cultivation 

 and ginning have been carefully attended to, the 

 financial results are most encouraging. We hope to 

 publish the details as they come to hand. 



The chief drawback experienced during the past 

 season was the attack of the cotton worm. Where the 

 worm did not appear at all, or where it was succesfully 

 kept under control, the return in lint per acre was 

 quite as good as in the Sea Islands of South 

 Carolina. As it is admitted that in most parts of 

 the West Indies field labour is cheaper and more 

 reliable than in the United States, there can be little 

 doubt that the profits likely to arise, on an average of 

 years, from the best qualities of cotton grown in these 

 colonies, should be as satisfactory as in any part of 

 the world. 



The best results have been obtained where the soil 

 was originally of good quality or where it was manured 

 and carefull}- cultivated. It should be clearly under- 

 stood that it is useless to expect to grow large crops 

 of cotton, or indeed of anything else, in poor soils, or 

 even in good soils unless the cultivation receives 

 constant attention and the plants are kept free from 

 the cotton worm and other enemies. 



EVERAL large shipments of West Indian ^s regards the sort of cotton to grow, it has been 



Cttton have lately been forwarded to conclusively shown that the best is Sea Island cotton. 



i^^ Jfanchester and the reports to hand as to This, as is well known, is a native of the West Indies — 



the quality of the staple are uniformly satisfactory. a geographical fact of great importance— and in 



