A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



Vol. III. No. 55. 



BARBADOS, MAY 21, 1904. 



Pkice Id. 



CONTENTS. 



Fage. 



Cast ilk j.a Rul>bfr Seeds ... 1C5 

 Citrus Fruit and Pine- 

 apples in Jamaica ... 104 



Cotton Notes : — 



Britisli Guiana I(i0 



Grenada Central Fac- 

 tory 105 



St. Lucia, Exi)eriments 



at 105 



West Indies, History of 



Cotton in 105 



Dej)artnient New.s IVl 



Department Publications 175 



Dominica, Exjiorts of .. 100 



Fer-de-lance at St. Lucia 103 

 Fodder Grasses for West 



Africa 108 



Gleanings 172 



Grapes, Culture of 100 



Insect Notes : — 



Grenada Maril)U!ita ... 170 



Insects and Disease ... 100 

 Paris Green and 



London Purjile ... 170 



Sugar-cane Leaf Hojiper 170 



Page. 

 .. 174 



107 



168 

 108 



.. 171 



Market Reports 

 Medicinal Plants, A 

 Garden of 



Northern Nigeria, 



E.x ports of ... 

 Notes and Connnents 

 Our Book Shelf :— 

 Flowering Plants and 



Ferns 



Vegetables and 



Flowers from Seeds 171 



Pine-apple Fibre 100 



Pine-ajiples, Tinning ... 104 

 Rainfall at Dominica ... 173 

 Science Notes : — 



Pomegranate 107 



Red Sorrel and Surinam 



Cherry 107 



Silk-cotton for Canada ... 173 

 Sisal Hemp in Queensland 100 

 Sugar Industry : — 



Barbados 102 



Maple sugar 163 



Trade in Cas.sava Products IIU 

 Vanilla in Pondicherj- ... 16!) 

 West Indian Products ... 173 



Trade in Cassava Products. 



EVERAL references have been made in 

 recent issues of the Agricultural Ne^vs to 

 the jjossibilities of a trade in cassava 

 products being worked up between the West Indies 

 and the United Kingdom. Cassava is so commonly 



cultivated in these islands, and its cultivation so well 

 understood by the small cultivators, that new outlets 

 for its products would, no doubt, be eagerly taken 

 advantage of. 



It would appear that there is a possibility of 

 a market being found for cassava in at least two 

 directions, viz., for cassava starch and for the manufac- 

 ture of glucose. 



With regard to the former, much credit is due to 

 the enterprise of Mr. J. \V. Middieton, of Jamaica, in 

 starting a factory for the manufacture of cassava starch 

 on his property at Longville. In January of the 

 jiresent year, Mr. Middieton shipped a ton of cassava 

 starch to England for the purpose of testing the 

 market and learning the value of this product. The 

 results of this trial shipment have already been 

 announced in the Agricultural A^ews : they were 

 entirely satisfactory, as a price of £10 per ton in Bristol 

 was offered, with a request that 50 tons should be 

 shipped at the earliest opportunity. 



We learn that the factory at Longville is capable 

 of turning out 150 tons per annum, and we have no 

 doubt that as soon as it is shown that there is a ready 

 sale for this product, Mr. Middieton 's operations will 

 be extended. As we have already stated, cassava is 

 a crop that is particularly suitable for the small 

 proprietor, and there should be no difficulty in starting 

 a very successful cassava-farming industry. 



In the article published in the last issue of the 



