A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW library 



NEW YORK 

 "I- THK BOTANICAL 



GARDEN 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



Vol. I. No. 1. 



BAltH.U)t)S, APRIL 25, 190i>. 



Price 1(/. 



CONTENTS. 



EDITORIAL. 



With the vic-w of supplyiug, in ;i jxijuilar tiinn, 

 infoniiation of an agricultural character nMxU'd to tiic 

 requirements of the West Indies the " Agrieultiu-al 

 l^ews " is launched to-day. 



It lays no elaim to |iulilic recognition beyond an 

 earnest desire (in the pai't of the Imperial De])artraent 

 of Agi'iculture to instruct anfl assist all classes of the 

 comiiiunity and to |iMiiiiiite the agricultural interests, 

 of tliese C'oionies. 



It IS hci)ie(l that tlie " Agricuitui'al News." which 

 is proposed tu lie pulilished tiir disti'ibution 1)\' each 

 mail, will serve as an expeditious means of communicat- 

 ing with the numemus official and <ither corre.spondent.s. 

 of the I)e])artment, and that it uia\ l)e of service, also, to. 

 members of the general ]iublic who desire to keep- 

 themselves closely in touch with agricidtural ettbrts in. 

 the West Indies and elsewhere. 



A special feature uf the "Agricultural News" will be- 

 information respecting the interesting work now going 

 on at the Chemical Laboratories, Botanic Institutions,, 

 E.Kperiment Stations, Agricultural Schools, E.xperiment 

 Plots, Agricultural Shows, as well as a record of the 

 \ery considerable activity manifested in jiromoting 

 agricultural education in the Colleges and Schools in 

 the West Indies. 



Agricult\iral News" will, appeal 

 \nd the peasant. As already 



It is hojied the 

 both to the plantei 

 announced it will be regularly on sale by the Local 

 Agents of the De])artinent, and this fact, combined 

 with the moderate price proposed to be charged for 

 it, should place it within reach of every jierson owin'ng. 

 or cultivating, lantl throuarhout the West Indies. 



