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THL &GK1C'JLTUK£lL NEWS, 



AriwL 5. 1910. 



EDITORIAL 



Hka..> Offics 



«jfe®. 







NOTICES. 



— Barbados. 



Lettera aiid matter for publication, as well as all 

 Bpecimens tor naming, should be addressed to the 

 Comrnissioner, Imperial Department of Agriculture, 

 Barbados. 



All applications for copies oi the 'Agricultural 

 News' and other Departmental publications, should be 

 addressed to the Agents, and not to the Department. 



The complete list of Agents will be found on 

 page 4 of the cover. 



Imperial Cirmmissiotier of 

 AaricvtUia-f for the West Indies 



Sir Francis Watts. K.C.M.G., 

 D.Sc.F.I.C, F.C.S. 



SCIENTIFIC STAFF. 



tieie7Uific Aaistant and 



Assiiiant Editor 

 Entomologist 

 Mycologist 

 A$sislaHt for Cotton Research 



fW. K. Dunlop.* 

 \Rev. 0. H. Branch, B.A. 

 H. A. BaUou, M.Sc. 

 W. Nowell, D.I.C. 

 S. C. Harland, B.Sc.+ 



Rainfall in Dominica in 1918. 



Copie.-* of raintail returns ufl'ominica for iKlN 

 have been forwarded to this (Jtfice by ^Ir. Joseph J ones, 

 the (Curator of the Botanic Gardens. From these ifc 

 appears thiit the mean rainfall for fifteen leeward 

 coast stations was 78-8o inches: for two windward coast) 

 stations, \:U'AH inches: for two inland stations, IGO-TS 

 inches: and for ejoht Lasoye stations, ILSoli inches; 

 thus making a mean rainfall for twenty-sevenVtations of 

 KtO'NO inches. The highest total recorded was at 

 Governor, and the lowest, as usual, at Batalie on the 

 leeward Coast. Compared with the rainfall «i recent 

 years, that uf UtllS is the lowest recorded since 1912. Iiv 

 11I17 the mean for thirty stations was IKfSIi inches, 

 while in l^'Ki it was 125-7(i inches for thirty-three 

 stations, and in 11.1 I.t it was no less than 1.S7-11 inches 

 for thirty-four stations. 



It is difficult to draw any rigid conclusions as to 

 the difference in the mean 'rainfall in Dominica in 

 successive years, owing to the fact that there are varia- 

 tions in the number and situation of the stations from 

 which returns are obtained. Thu-s, in 191(.i there were 

 records from eleven inland stations, whiTe heavy rains 

 are experienced, and in 1918 only two inland stations, 

 provided records, which may account to som eextenb 

 for the diminished mean. 



Chief Clerk 

 dtrical Asaidantf 



OLKRICAL STAFF. 



A. G. Howell. 

 (Jj. A. Corbin 



Typist 

 AMsistanl Typut 



Auistant for Publications 



-lP. Taylor.* 

 Ik. R. C. Foster. 

 Miss B. Robinson. 

 Miss W. Ellis. 



A. B. Price, Fell. Joum. Inst. 



*ifeconded for Military Service. 



^Provided by tha Imperial Department of Sci.entific and 

 Industrial Btiearch. 



Slgricultiiral llfius 



ToL. XVIII SATURDAY, Al'RIL 5, 1919. No. 442. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Contents of Present Issue. 



The editorial draws attention to the progress 

 made in the world's cotton production, especially of the 

 finer grades. 



The connexion of skin di.seases in cattle with ticks 

 is rofened to under Insect Notes on page UKj. 



The fii-st part ofan important article on lime 

 tSUlti\ation in Dominica will be found on page 100. 



Of! page 100 there is reproduced an article on 

 IRgal and henequcn :iS grown in Jamaica- 



Trinidad Agricultural Exhibition. 



The agricultural exhibition was held on March 14, 

 at the Government Farm, St. Joseph, and was opened by 

 His Excellency the (Jovernor. 'Amid the picturesque 

 surroundings of St. Joseph', says the Trinidad (r((tir- 

 (iia7i, March 1">, 'no, more ideal spot could be chosen 

 for the holding of an agricultural exhibition.' In 

 its report the GnanHav points out that a remarkable 

 feature of this \ ear's exhibition was the absence of use- 

 less and inferior exhibits, whereby those of real worth 

 were brought more prominently forward. Among the 

 general exhibits there was an exhibit of manufiicturecl- 

 cocoa, in addition to many products of the coco-nut, 

 especially first class oil. An uncommon exhibit .was 

 one of gru-gru nut oil, an article not unknown in the 

 Windward Islands, 



The success of the silk industry in 'I'linidad waa 

 shown by an exhibit from a local manufacturer of silk 

 in all its stages, and in various kinds. The silk, in 

 small (juantity, is regularly shipped to l>yons. 



The exhibits of the Department of Agriculture, 

 which occupied the centre of the buildings, were various 

 and attractive, including samples of sugar, cacao and 

 coffee, rubber and cotton, stock feeds and lime products, 

 together with specimens of growing plants producing 

 the various crops. There were also good exhibits of 

 cattle, goats, and jiigs from the Department's firms. 

 A noticeable exhibit, though not sent for competition, 

 was that of stock from the Ste. Madeleine estate, 

 of horses, mules, donkeys, goats, an<l pigs, all of .i high 

 degree of excellence. 



It is evident from the report given in the OuaV' 

 dian that this year's exhibition was a great success, 



