30 



THE AGRlCULtriJAL NEW8. 



May 10, 1902. 



its iii:iiii (ro[' ill the dry season is siiggestetl. Sucli jiluiits 

 W(iiilil iii'obaljly bo more disease-resisting than tliose ;it 

 present grown. Experiments in this dnection are being 

 made in Ceylon and the results will not fail to be ot value 

 to tlic West Indies. 



The remedies suggested to check the Ceylon cacao 

 disease, are practically identical with tliose already brought 

 forward in the West Indies. (Wcit Iiulian Hiillflin, 

 Vol. r., i>p. A-li-1 ; Vol. II., i)p. 190-2U8). The cutting 

 out ol cankered si>ots gave better results than .shaving 

 oti' the di.sejised bark. The tarring of the wound.s, made in 

 ])riining and cutting out cankei'ed b.irk, is not insisted on in 

 ('(ivliin where the cacao beetle does not seem to be a pest. 

 Tarring is neces-sary in the West Indies both on account of 

 the Itoctle and the danger of reinfection at tli? cut surfaces. 



Moulds Every one knows that articles of food and 

 clothing liecome mouldy during very wet weather, or .when 

 jilaced in damp places. This mouldiuess is caused by the growth 

 of minute plants called fungi. Like all plants these mould 

 fungi require water. We can check this mouldiuess by 

 removing the mouldy articles into drier places when the fungi 

 liie for want of water. In dry [daces there is little danger 

 of moulds since a cousideiable degree of nmisture is neces- 

 sary for their developniont. 



Fruit packing. One of the first conditions for success 

 in the packing of troi>ical fruit is that each fruit or bunch of 

 fruits should be sipxrated from tlij resi by smu; s'aitible 

 jtacking material. Thus oranges are wrapped separately in 

 paper. Under these conditions decay is jirevented from 

 spreading from one or two rotten oranges through the whole 

 package. The decay of fruit is largely Ijrought about by fungi. 



HAND-BOOKS TO THE WEST INDIES. 



The following Hand-books afi'ord interesting infonnation 

 of a descriptive, statistical and general character res[)ecting 

 the West Indies. They also contain particulars respecting 

 the imports and exports anl the agricultural resources of the 

 CoUmies enumerated : — • 



Hani>-15ook oI'" .Jam.\1(:.\ for ]i)02, comprising Histdri- 

 c:i!. Statistical and Oenoral Infonnation concerning the Island. 

 Twenty-second year of publication. L'>ndon : Edward Stanford, 

 26 and 27 Cockspur Street. Jamaica : Government Printing 

 Oltiee, King.ston. 



British Gctiana Dirkctory and .Vlmana k fm lltOtJ. 

 Georgetown, Demerara : 0. K. Jardine. 



Tiumoao anu ToiiAoo Ykak Book, 1002. Thirty-sjventli 

 ycjvr of issue. Com|iiled by James Henry CoUens. I'ort-of- 

 .Spain ; Mnir, Marshall & Co. 



Thk Mikkok .\i.mana(;k and (jk.nkrat. C'ommkrciai, Dikko- 

 TORV ot' TiUNiDAO AND Tou.ViO. Port-of-Spaiii : Mole Brothers. 



The Grknaoa Hanp-book, Directory ano .Almanack ioi: 

 THK VKAR 1!)02. (ioiiipiled by tlie Colonial Secretary. Kondon : 

 Samjison Low, Mar.ston & Co., Ltd. 



Thh: St. Lccia Hand-book, Dirkctory, and .Vi.mwvi iou 

 1!KI2. (.'onipiled by Kverard G. Garraw.ay, Castries, l!)()-_'. 



Tkk I'.AUr.ADoS I)lKE(TORV ANh \\i:sT IsiUAN (ilvVKllAL 



Ai)MaciisKii, 1!K)1. Compiled by S.J. Eraser. Bridgetown, 

 liarli.ados : Kin" it Co : 



Lioiiti-.oi'Rn's Wk.st Inthan Diukctorv and Com»ii uciai. 

 But: ■!■ l.\. J. N. I.ii'htliouni, Si. 'I In mas. 



AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN 

 THE WEST INDIES. 



Jamaica lioaril of Agriculture: Cluiinniiu : The Honhle 

 Sydney Olivier, C.M.CJ.; i<i:i\ct<irii : W . I!. Buttenshaw, M. A., 

 B.Sc. ; i'i(W(V<(h(i/i — Occasional Bulletin. 



Jamaica .\giicnltnral Society (with thirteen atHliated 

 Branches). Kingston, Jamaica. Pnsiilciif : Sir .\ugiistiis W.L. 

 rieniiiiing. G.C.M.G. Di/iKt;/ Chiiiniuii, : Hon'ble Win. Faw- 

 cett. B.Sc, E.L.S. t^errvtanj : John Barclay. Publivotivii : 

 '■Journal of the Jamaica Agi-icultural Societv." 



Royal Jamaica Society of Agriculture A' Connneroe it 

 Merchants' Exchange, Kingston, J;unaica. J'rt'xidciif : Hon'lile 

 Lieut-Colonel Ward, C.M.G. .S'ccirfur;/ : J. L. Ashenheim. 

 Piililiitiliiiii : Annual Report. 



The Institute of Jamaica : Kingston, Jamaica. Chiiinniiii : 

 Sir Fielding Clarke, hii'c.rdarij : Frank Cundall, F.S.A., Ciniifor 



Iff Miisi'iim : Piihliriif'oii.s "Journal of the Institute of 



Jamaica. " "Jamaica in 1901." 



Kingston it St. .Andrew Hirticii'tural Society. Kingston, 

 J.amaica. Prexiilcnt : Hon'ble Wm. Fawcett, B.Sc. i<cn'('tiini : 

 Willi.vm Harri.s, F.L.S. 



British Guiana Board of .Agriculture, Georgetown, Uemeni- 

 ra. Chiiirmiiii : Hon'ble .\.-\. Ashmore, t'.M.G. Thpntii ('Imii- 

 iiKdi : J. B. Harrison, C.M.G., M.A., F.LC, F.tJ.S.,' F.C.S. 

 Si::;retarii : Oscar Weber. 



British (iuiaiia Ko3-al .-Vgricidtural it ("ouimcrcial Society 

 Georgetown, Demerara. Fiixiiimf : Luke M. Hill. B.A., 

 M.I.C.E. Sirvetiinj : Thomas Dale}'. Lucid i^erretiirii : (Berbice,) 

 Dr. C. F. Ca.stor. A.ssisfinit Six-rdani anil Librarian : J. Rod- 

 way, F.L.S. . (')iriifiir af Mii.fpum : Richard Evans, M..\., B.Sc, 

 P iihliadUtn : "Journal of the Royal Agi-icultiiiv ami Commer- 

 cial Society of Britisli Guiana." 



Trinidad Agricultural Society, Port-of-S|i:iiii, 'I'linidad. 

 rrcxiilaU : Sir Alfred Moloney, K. C.M.G. Scirctiinj : Edgar 

 Tripp. ViihlicatliiH : "Proceedings of the Agricultural Society 



i.f Ti 



(Jrenad.a .Agricultural Societ)', St George's, Grenada. Prisi- 

 ././,/: Sir Robert B. Llewelyn, K. C.M.G. Sccntanj: W. E. 

 P.roachvaj-. Piihliriiflnn : Minutes of Meetings. 



Barbados General -Agricultural Society it Reid School of 

 Practical (!hemi.stry, Bridgetown, Barbados. T'resiilr)d : Sir. 

 (Jeorge C. Pile, Kt. yi-rnianj: J. H. Poyer. Pidilindiou : 

 ■ " Barbados Agiioultuiid Gar.ette and Planters' Jom'nal." 



St. Lucia Agricultural Society, Castries, St. Lucia— Pee .■.'- 

 drid : Sir H. L. Tb.omp.sou, K. C. M. G. l<ecrctarii ■- R. G. 

 McHugh. 



Dominica .Agricultural Societ}', Roseau, Dominicji. Prc.i- 

 idiid : The Hou'i)le Hesketh H. Bell. Secretary : E. A. .Ag-ar. 



Antigua .Agricultural Societv. Presideuf Seeretiin/ : 



W. N. Sands. 



St. Kitts-Nevis .Agricultural Society. Prexidctd : Ho -.our- 

 able E. G. Todd, t^ceretiirij : C. A Smith. 



[Further particulars of .Agricultural and Hortic .llural 

 Institutions iu the West Indies would be gladly rece vkI for 

 this list. .Also lixturcs fur .Ai^ricuUural Shows for IWL'. 1 



