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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



December \1, 1904. 



WEST INDIAN AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE 

 1905. 



The following is ;i jjrovisional list of the Repre- 

 sentatives likely to be jiresent at the Agricultural 

 Conference to be held at Trinidad from January 4 to 

 January 12 next. Thi.s li.st will be revised in accord- 

 ance with the further information to be received by 

 the mails to-day : — 



President. 



Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.M.O., M.A., D.C.L., D.Sc, 

 F.L.S., Liiperial Commissioner of Agriculture for the West 

 Indies. 



Representatives. 



.JAMAICA. 



The Director of Public Gardens and Plantations (the 

 Hon. William Fawcett, E.8c., F.L.S.). The Representative 

 of the Board of Agriculture (the Hon. Henry Cork). 



BRITISH GUIANA. 



The Representative of the Board of Agriculture (the 

 Hon. B. Howell Jones). The Superintendent of the Botanic 

 Gardens (A. W. Bartlett Esq., B.A. B.Sc, F.L.S.). 

 The Lecturer in Agriculture (E. W. F. English Esq., B.A.). 

 The Assistant Instructor in Agriculture (J. E. Beckett Esq.). 



TRINIDAD .\ND TOBAGO. 



Representatives of the Trinidad Agricultural Society : — 

 Peter Abel Esq. (Usine St. ;Madeleine), J. G. de Gannes 

 Esq., and Edgar Tripp Esq., Secretary. The Government 

 Analyst and Professor of Chemistry (Professor P. Carmody, 

 F.I.C., F.C.S.). The Superintendent of the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens (J. H.' Hart Esq., F.L.S.). The Principal of Queen^s 

 Royal College (W. Bur.slem Esq., M.A.). The Principal of 

 the College of the Immaculate Conception (the Rev. 

 Father Xeville). 



Additional Representatives for Trinidad : — The Hon. G. 

 Town.send Fenwick, C.M.G., and the Rev. Dr. Morton. 



Representatives for Tobago :— The Hon. H. L. Thornton, 

 T. L. M. Orde Esq., J. P., and the Curator of the 

 Botanic Station, Tobago (Henry Milieu Escp). 



WINDWARD ISLANDS. 



Representative of the Grenada Agricultural Society 

 (the Hon. D. S. De Freitas). The In.spector of Schools, 

 Grenada (J. A. Harbin Esq.). 



Representative of the St. Vincent Cotton Growers' 

 Association (the Hon. Conrad J. Simmons). The Agri- 

 cultural Superintendent, St. Vincent (W. N. Sands Esq.). 



Reiiresentatives of the St. Lucia Agricultural Society : — 

 The Hon. E. Du P.oulay and C. R. Kennaway Esq. The 

 Agricultural Instructor, St. Lucia (George S. Hudson Esq.). 



BARBADOS. 



Representatives of the Barbados Agricultural Society : — 



The Hon. Forster M. Alleyne, Vice-President, and 



The Island Professor of Chemistry in chemical charge of 

 Sugar-cane Experiments (Professor J. P. d' Albuquerque, 

 M.A., F.I.C., F.C.S.). The Agricultural Superintendent of 

 Sugar-cane E.'tperiments (J. I!. Bovell Esq., F.L.S., F.C.S.). 

 The Head Master of Harrison College (Horace Deighton Esq., 

 M.A., F.R.A.S.). 



I.EEWARD I.SLASDS. 



The Govenunent Analytical Chemist and Superintendent 

 of Agriculture (the Hon. Francis Watts, C.M.G., 

 D.Sc, F.J.C., F.C.S.). Dr. H. A. Alford Nicholls, C.M.G., 

 M.D., F.L.S., etc., Author of ' Tropical Agriculture,' 



Dominica. The Ofllccr-in-charge of the Agricultiu-al School, 

 Dominica (Archiliald I'rooks Esq.). His Honour the 

 Commissioner, Montserrat (F. H. Watkins Esq., I.S.O.). The 

 Resident Magistrate and President of the Agricultural Society, 

 Xevis (the Hon. C. A. Shand). The Agricultural 

 Superintendent, St. Kitt's-Nevis (F. R. Sheiiherd Esip). 



OFFICERS OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



Imjicrial Commissioner of Agriculture for the West 

 Indiss (Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.M.G., M.A., D.C.L., D.Sc, 

 F.L.S.). Scientific Assistant (W. R. Buttenshavv Esq., 

 if. A., B.Sc). Mycologist and Agricultural Lecturer (L. Lewton- 

 Brain Esq., B.A., F.L.S.). Entomologist (Henry A. Ballou 

 Esq, B.Sc). 



Honorary Secretaries to the Conference — W. R. Butten- 

 shaw Esq., M.A., B.Sc, and Alleyne Graham Howell Esq. 



Programme of Proceedings. 



The following is a preliminary programme of the 

 subjects likely to be brought forward and discussed at 

 the Conference : — 



The Representatives appointed to attend this Conference 

 will be received in the Council Chamber, Priuces' Buildings, 

 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, by his Excellency the Governor 

 (Sir Henry M. Jack.son, K. C. M. G.) at 12 noon on 

 Wednesday, January 4, 1905. 



SUGAR INDUSTRY. 



I. Results of recent experiments with Seedling 

 Canes and ^lanurial Experiments in the West Indies. 



(Brief papers with discussion.) 



II. Review of the principal Fungoid Di.sea.ses 

 affecting the Sugar-cane. (Mr. L. Lewton-Brain, B.A., F.L.S.) 



III. Review of the treatment of Insect Pests affect- 

 ing the Sugar-cane. (Mr. Henry A. Ballou, B.Sc). 



IV. Field treatment of cane tops for planting 

 purposes. 



V. Cane farming at British Guiana and Trinidad. 

 (The Hon. B. Howell Jones and Professor P. Carmody.) 



VI. On the polarometric determination of Sucrose. 

 (The Hon. Francis Watts, C.M.G., etc., and Mr. Harold A. 

 Tempany, B.Sc, A.I.C.) 



VII. On the Central Sugar Factory in course of being 

 erected at Antigua. (The Hon. Francis Watts, C.M.G., etc) 



CACAO INDUSTRY. 



VIII. Experiments in improving the health and pro- 

 ductiveness of Cacao trees in the West Indies. 



IX. Cacao drying houses and the results .so far 

 attained. 



X. Cacao cultivation and green dressing. 



FRUIT INDUSTRY. 

 XL The Fruit Industries of Jamaica, Barbados, 



Trinidad, and other parts of the West Indies. 

 (Brief papers and di.scussion.) 

 COTTON INDUSTRY. 



XII. Results of experiments in the cultivation of 

 cotton at Barbados, St. Vincent, the Leeward Islands, and 

 other colonies. (Brief statements and discussion.) 



XIII. The [)rincipal Diseases of Cotton, and the best 

 means of controlling them. (Mr. Henry A. Ballou, B.Sc, 

 and Mr. L. Lewton Brain, 15. A., F.L.S.) 



GENERAL SUBJECTS. 



XIV. Agricultural Banks. (The Hon. William Faw- 

 cett, B.Sc, F.L.S.) 



XV. Review of efforts to establish plantations of 

 rubber-yielding trees in the West Indies. 



