Vol. III. No. 70. 



THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



413 



AGRICULTURAL SHOWS. 



Forthcoming Shows. 



Arrangements are being made by local committees 

 for the holding of the following Shows under the 

 auspices of the Imperial Department of Agriculture 

 early next year : — • 



Dominica. — February 2-3, 1905. 



Montserrat. — The Fifth Annual Show will be held 

 in the Market Place on February 24, 190-5. 



Antigua. — February 25, 1905. 



Nevis. — A show will be held at Charlestown on February 

 28, 190.5. 



Barliados. — The Local Industrial Exhibition and Show 

 of Stock for Peasant Proprietors will be held at Dunscombe 

 plantation, St. Thomas, on .January 24, 1905. 



Grenada. — February 1905. 



St. Vincent. — It is proposed to hold an Agricultural 

 fihow in March next. 



Mr. J. Mclnroy for the agricultural produce, and Mrs. Smart 

 and Mrs. Collens for the needlework, are unanimous in 

 declaring the exhibits to liave been extremely good, especially 

 the needlework.' 



Jamaica. 



We take from the Gleaner of November 28 the 

 following notes on the annual show at Kendal : — 



The exhibits in every class showed a marked improve- 

 ment on previous shows. The show was attended by a large 

 crowd, his Excellency the Governor being among those who 

 journeyed from Kingston. Unfortunately rain fell in the 

 afternoon, which rather interfered with the attendance. 



The exhibits were well arranged and the judging was 

 carried on without a hitch. The cattle class was well 

 represented, and some fine animals were shown. In the 

 Lorsehind classes Kendal .show always stands out above every 

 other, and the lot seen could not have been equalled any- 

 where. There was a good exhibit of sheep. The minor 

 products were limited in quantity but fine in qualit}', the 

 best class being the citrus fruit and the cured coffee. 



Schools' Show in Trinidad. 



We learn from the Port-of-Spain Gazette that the third 

 Annual School's Show was opened on November 29 at 

 Tunapuna by his Excellency the Governor in the presence 

 of a large and representative assemblage. 



Sir Henry .Jackson, in opening the show, stated that 

 there could be nothing more useful than this friendly 

 competition between the schools of the colony to in-oduce the 

 best garden and the best products of the garden. He was 

 very glad to see that the young generation were being taught 

 to ttirn their hands to agriculture and to develop the natural 

 resources of the colony. He was very pleased at the 

 improvement that had been made and he hoped it would 

 continue year after year. He was sorry that Sir Daniel 

 Morris, who had expressed his great disa[)pointment at not 

 being able to be present, had had to leave Trinidad that day. 



Mr. • J. H. Collens, Inspector of Schools, stated that 

 much of the success of the show had been due to the 

 excellent section that had been opened this year, for the first 

 time, for the exhibits of outsiders, the prize money for which 

 had been found by the Agricultural Society and local sub- 

 .scribers. Among those who had taken a specially active 

 part in opening up that section was Professor Carmody, to 

 whom and to the Agricultural Society their thanks were due. 



The report continues : ' The show was an unqualilied 

 success, and the smoothness with which everything went off 

 reflects very creditably on the management of the otticials of 

 the Education Office. . . The judges, Mr. .1. H. Hart and 



School Garden Show at Tobago. 

 Mr. H. Milieu, Curator of the Botanic Station in 

 Tobago has forwarded the following note with refer- 

 ence to the second annual School Garden Show held 

 on November 1(5: — 



Twenty-three schools competed ; the sections, classes, and 

 number of exhibits surpassed those of the previous year by 

 171 exhibits. Several new features were added, and the 

 exhibits were generally better than those of last year ; 

 besides vegetables, fruits, flowering plants, etc., good samples 

 of native-made rope, cotton, and herbarium specimens were 

 exhibited. 



The Agricultural Society of Trinidad gave prizes to 

 small proprietors for vegetable products. Although the 

 above information was received late at Tobago and not much 

 time given to exhibitors to prepare exhibits, yet a very 

 creditable show in this section was made. 



There were 40 exhibitors, 42 classes, and 14.3 exhibits. 



Good exhibits of cacao pods, rice, and citrus fruits were 

 represented ; also samples of tobacco and cotton. 



The otficers of the Botanic Station gave assistance in 

 arranging and judging, and several object-lessons prepared 

 by the students of the station were also exhibited. 



ROAD-SIDE PLANTING OF FRUIT TREES. 



The following note, from the Journal of the 

 Board of Agrieultare, on the custom of planting fruit 

 trees along the road-sides, which is quite a feature of 

 certain parts of France and Germany, is worthy of 

 consideration in connexion with the Arbor Day 

 movement : — 



In some parts of the Continent it is the practice to plant 

 fruit trees in suitable positions along the road-side in place of 

 the ornamental or forest trees more usually employed. The 

 subject was discussed at the International Congress on 

 Arboriculture of 1900, and a resolution was passed to the 

 effect that in view of the injurj', which is caused to adjoining 

 lands by the presence along the roads of large trees with 

 their far-reaching roots, the planting of fruit trees in their 

 lilace should be encouraged. In France, during the past 

 fifteen jears, jtear and apple trees have been planted in 

 jilaces along the national roads, and in 1901 it was stated 

 that there were half a million fruit trees planted along 

 French roads. As an example, it may be mentioned that in 

 the Department of I'Oise, a distance of 182-J miles has been 

 planted with 57,795 trees, the total length suitable for fruit 

 trees being 257f miles. The cost of planting and purchasing 

 the trees is about the same as that of ornamental trees, and 

 the .sale of the fruit yields a small annual return. Apart, 

 however, from the return, it is contended that the fruit tree 

 serves ecpially well for shade, that its appearance when in 

 rtower is picturesque, while it serves the subsidiary purpose 

 of interesting the population in the growth of fruit. The 

 employment of the less edible varieties of fruit is recom- 

 mended, and the cider apple is, perhaps, the most commonly 

 used. The practice prevails also in parts of Germany. In 

 Hanover there were in 1901, 189,586 trees planted on the 

 road-side by the Provincial Government, which produced 

 a revenue of £8,386, although a considerable proportion of 

 the trees were not in full bearing. 



