A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



Vol. I. No. 12. 



BARBADOS, SEPTEMBER 27, 1902. 



Pkice 1(/. 



CONTENTS. 



Page 

 Agricultural Etlucatimi ... 177 



Carrapichu or Arauiina 



Fibre 181.) 



Department News 187 



Deiiartmeiit Publications 191 



Educational : — 



Agricultural Scholar- 



sliips, Antigua 187 



Cambridge Local Exauii- 

 natiuns 187 



God Ocliro 



... 180 



Insect Notes : — 



Insects attacking Indian 



Corn 184 



Insects attacking Sweet 



Potatos 18-t 



WocJly Pyrol Moth ... 181 



Page. 

 Lagos Silk Rubber 185 



Market Reports 100 



News from the Islands ... 188 

 Notes and Comments ... 182 



Our Book Shelf: — 



Forest Influences ... 18!) 



Pine-apples, at Dominica 180 

 Poultry 18G 



Spineless Limes 180 



Sugar Industry : — 



Experiments at Barba- 

 dos 178 



Ex[>eriments at British 



Guiana 17'-' 



Sweet Potatos, shipping 181 



Toronto Exhibition 



181 



AOTicultaral Education. II. 



X the Aijricidtvval Nnvs fur .July 19, a 

 brief statement was made as to what was 

 Sp^i'^ really in view in thi^ scheme of Agricul- 

 tural Education in the Elementary schools. It was 

 pointed out that this was practically identical with 

 the proposals already in force in other countries under 



the name ' Nature Study,' and that whether we label 

 our efforts 'Agricultural Education' or 'Nature Study' 

 our object is exactly the same, namely, to draw the 

 children ' to take a dec}) and abiding interest in the 

 phenomena of air, soil and water, and in the life of 

 jilants and animals and lead them step by .step to 

 exercise their powers of observation and reason tixmi 

 cause to effect in watching the every-day life aroiind 

 them.' 



We desire to state that we by no means confine 

 our efforts to Elementary schools. The next stage in 

 the scheme of Agricultural Education for the AVest 

 Indies is tlie establishment of scholarshi2)s tenable at 

 Agricidtural schools for strong, healthy boys of the 

 peasant class (from 15 or IG years of age) irrespec- 

 tive of creed or colour. These boys are boariled and 

 trained free of expense to their parents for three or 

 mure years. The object is to turn out an intel- 

 ligent class of working gardeners and small farmers 

 capable of not only skilful cultivation but accustomed 

 to cure an<l pack pr(i<luce for export so as to obtain the 

 best results for their labour. 



There are about seventy boys now holding scholar- 

 ships at the Agi'icultural schools at St. Vincent, 

 St. Lucia and Dominica. The results, so far, are distinctly 

 encouraging. 



A higher stage is the scheme of instruction in 

 Agriculture to boys in Secondary and High schools 

 assisted by special instructors provided by the Imperial 

 Department of Agriculture. There are two Scientific and 

 Agricultural masters and sevei-al scholarships tenable 

 at the Grammar schools at St. Kitt's and Antigua. 



