A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



NEW YORK 



BOTANICAL 



GARDCN 



Vol. III. No. 67. 



BARBADOS, NOVEMBER 5, 1904. 



Peice Id. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Page. 



Bananas ami Pine-apples 

 in Puito Rico 



Briti-sh Cotton-growing 

 Association Deputa- 

 tion 



Cacao, Samples of 



Cotton Industry : — 



Anguilla 



Barbados 



I Production of Fine 



P Cotton 



St. Lucia 



Sea Island Crop 



West Indian Cotton .. 



35C 



301 

 350 



O'Oi 



357 



357 



357 

 357 

 3.50 



Department News 363 



Department Publications 367 

 Educational : — 



St Vincent 363 



Tobago 363 



Exports and Rainfall ... 301 



Gauiljia, Exports of ... 354 



Gleanings 304 



Grenada, Exports of ... 360 



Insect Notes : — 



Ticks 



Toads 



Lemon Grass Oil (vmn 



Montserrat 



Mangrove Bark Industry 



Market RejKirts 



Notes and Comments 

 Pine-apples, Tobago 

 Rubber in the Gold Coast 



Colony 



Science Notes ; — 



Nitragin 



Thorn Apple 



Sugar Industry : — 

 Manurial Experiments 



at Barbados 



Naudet Process for 

 extracting Cane Juice 

 Sunflowers as a Crop 

 West Indian Agricultural 



C( inference 



West Indian Products ... 

 Ylang-ylang Oil 



362 

 362 



301 

 362 

 366 

 360 

 350 



355 



358 



358 



354 



354 

 361 



353 

 365 

 363 



West Indian Agricultural Con- 

 ference. 



S brieflj' announced in the last issue of the 

 Agricultural Keirs, it is proposed to hold 

 the next West Indian Agricultural Con- 

 ference in Trinidad from about January 4 to January 

 13, 1905. 



Trinidad possesses special advantages as a meeting 

 place for the leading authorities connected with West 

 Indian agriculture, as those selected to attend would 

 have opportunities for obtaining information likely to 

 be of great benefit to their respective colonies. Not 

 only will Trinidad aftbrd welcome opportunities for the 

 study of the cacao and sugar industries, but the colon}- 

 possesses several institutions where important agri- 

 cultural work is being carried on. 



The Ro3"al Botanic Gardens are amongst the 

 oldest in this part of the world, and contain interesting 

 collections of trees and other economic plants. 

 A successful Experiment Station for sugar-cane, 

 rubber-yielding trees, coffee, cacao, etc., has been 

 established in recent years at St. Clair, while the 

 Government Stock Farm in the parish of St. Joseph 

 is also likely to prove of interest to the representatives. 

 It may be possible, too, for a visit to be paid to the 

 large Central Sugar Factory that is in full working at 

 St. Madeline, near San Fernando, several cacao planta- 

 tions whose produce obtains the highest prices in the 

 European markets, and the local cotton experiment 

 stations. 



Taking into consideration all these advantages, 

 there is no doubt that the Conference of 1905 

 will be no less useful than former Conferences. It 

 would be of advantage if those who are likely to attend 

 would give careful consideration to such subjects as it 

 may be desirable to bring forward. 



As mentioned in the Agricultural Neu's (Vol. 



