A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



Of THK 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



r-,tW YORlL^ 

 BOTAMCAl' ; 



Vol. XVIII. No. 440. 



BARBADOS. MARCH 8 1919. 



PRICB hi 



Paoi 



Agricultural Kxpeiiinent 



Station, St. Croix ... 72 

 Agrii'ultuie in Bai'V)«lii8 ... 75 

 Aiilcylo.storiiiasis, Treat- 

 riifiit of 71 



Itact^ria, Nature of ... 78 

 Bookshelf ... ;i| 



Camiihor Cultivation in 

 Flond.i ... ... (57 



t 'lilorosis of iSiigar-cauf 68 , 



Cotton - 



\ Remarkable Tplainl 



Variety of Coltim ... 7- 

 Cotton Plantini,': T'wo 

 Plnnts versus ()n«- 

 Plant per Hole ... 70 

 Siea (stand Cotton Market 70 

 Cowpea, Notes on 



Inheritance in tliu .. 68 j 

 Department News 70 



PiaR 



De|iavtmental Reports ... 



Formu.sa, Suuar Indu.stry in 



Ginger. Wild ... 



Gleanings 



Insect Notes; — 

 Miscellaneous Inseits ... 



Items of Local. Interest , . . 



Lint Length in Cotton, 

 Relation of to Rainfall... 



Market Reports 



Notes and Comraentt. ... 



Plant-; Affecting the Sense 

 of Taste 



.•"It. Vinco'it, Preser^riti"!! 

 ( 'f Foodstutl's in 



Sarawak Bean (DoliehoH 

 Hosei) 



Siilpliate of Ammonia and 

 Nitrate of Soda, Com- 

 bined Ukc of 



Work of the Future, The... 



73 

 70 



74 

 74 



80 



The Work of the Future. 

 II. 



•N ihe last issue of tliis Journal attention wa.s 

 .directed to the necessity tor taking definite 

 (thought with regnrd to the measures which, 

 raiist betaken in order to secure to these colonie.s, in 

 t'lce of the coming struggle con.^equenD upon the de^'■el- 

 opnieht of new countries and the concliision of peace, 

 thaae agricultura! industries upon which they are «■■ 

 largely dependent io'- their we''hr>^. 



the government of the colonies, as well as the efforts of 

 the planters themselves. 



The manner in which the governmenta concerned 

 may, or must, manifest interest in this aspect of ad min- 

 i.stratiou may be briefly considered, though it is obviou* 

 that no adequate statement or survej' of the position 

 can be made in advance, for the duties of any govern- 

 ment, and the demands upon its sympathies will vary 

 with the varying fortunes and progress of the coIoQjr 

 concerned. However. ?ome broad general principles 

 uui\ be stated. 



Every colonial govei-nment endeavours to .safeguard 

 the interests of its agricultural industries by providing 

 an Agricultural Department whose function it is to 

 watch the course of e\ents concerning local industries, 

 and to assist the planters with advice with regard to 

 an}- difficulties that may be experienced, and at the 

 same time to point the way to improvements, either in 

 existing industries, or through the introduction of new 

 ones. Simultaneously these departments are concerned 

 with the protection of the mdustries of the country 

 rVoiij dangers that may threaten from outside, upon 

 them largely rests the duty of preventing the intro- 

 duciiofi of new pest.s and diseases which ma\ prove 

 disastrous to agiicult are. These .are now commonplacea 

 of olunial administration, thty are matters which are 

 daily becoming more and more cho concern of executive 

 ofheersas well as ot planters. 



It was point'.'d iiur, that rhis work of secnring the There are, howei^jr other iunction.s of j^uvernitient* 



j^^ iieiuianence and development olchese industries, as well to be exercised in this connexion, which are not .to 



ii- as the creation of new ones, involves the conscious >yell understood, either by the agricuUurAl co^umunitie* 



1. operation of those concerned iri the administration v' in whose interests they should be ?xercised or bv the 



