

A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



"LIBRARV 



NEW YORK 



80TANICAI 



Garden. 



Vol. VII. No. 149. 



BARBADOS, .JANUARY 11, 1908. 



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CONTENTS. 



Page 



Agricultural .ind Rcciplo- 



city ConfL-rences 1 



Antigua's 'J'rade with Canada 11 



AibiirDa}- in Antigua 15 



Canadian lieeiprocity 



Cunfe.rence, 19ti8 o 



Colonial Fruit Show 4 



Cotton Notes : — 



Cotton Ke|]orts from the 



Sea Islands (5 



Grade in Cotton, Defects 



which Influence it ... 6 



Seasonable Notes (i 



West Indian Cotton ... G 



Pa(;e. 



Fisheries of the West Indies 8 



Fruittly in Bermuda 8 



Fruit in Queensland 5 



Gleanings , 12 



Grenadii, Agricultural 



Industries of 7 



Insect Notes : — 



Flea Remedies, Two ... 13 

 Mos(|uito.s and Malarial 



Fever ... 13 



Scale Insects on jMahog- 



any Trees in Antigua 13 

 I.\ora JIacrothyrsa 15 



Jijpi- japjia hat Industry 



of Jamaica 



Lime Crojis and Product^ 



iMarket Reports 



Notes and Comments 



Oranges in Cold Storage.. 

 Paris Green, Quality if .. 

 Pimento Growing in 



Jamaica 



Ruh'uer in Angola 



Rubber, Dominica 



Sorrel, The Red, or 



Roselle 



Souari or Butter-nut 

 .Sugar lndustr_y : — 



Cane, B. 147 



Cane-Reaping, Selective, 



at .Jamaicn 



Results at Diauiund Estat 



1007 



Sugar Industry in 



Leeward Islands 

 .Sugar Prcjducts, Exports 

 from United States.. 

 Timbers of Jamaica 



Vanilla Curing 



West Indian .Agricnltur.il 

 Conference, IO118 



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Agricultaml and Reciprocity 

 Conferences. 



'^^ TJ^- HE number oi' representatives .appointed to 

 }^? JS\l attend the Agricultural and Canadian 

 (?3if4r-r^ Conferences in this island from January 14 

 to .lannary 21 ne.xt is estimated at sixty-seven. The 

 number of members to attend the Agricultural C'onfer- 

 *nce will probably be forly-livc, while those in attend- 



ance at the Canadian Conference will numbin- tweiu^y- 

 tvvo. These figures indicati; that the proposals put 

 forward for these Conferences have been very heartily 

 supported by the several Governments ami the 

 prospects are distinctly encouraging. 



Having regard to the important character of the 

 Conferences and the unusual interest attached to them 

 this year, and in view of the distinguished persons who 

 will be gathered together as accredited representa- 

 tives of the various Colonies, arrangements arc in hand 

 for extending a cordial greeting to the visiiiors on their 

 arrival at Barbados, and it is evident that every effort 

 will be made during their stay to place such facilities 

 at their disposal as will enable thetn fully to discharge 

 the importatit duties entrusted to them. 



By the courtesy of the Directors, the Agricultural 

 Conferences will meet in the Assembly Eoom of the 

 Barbados Mutual Life Assurance Society. This room has 

 already been found convenient for such a gathering, as 

 it was used for a similar purpose in 1!)02. 



It is proposed that the Agricultural Conference 

 will be opened at 4 p.m. on Tuesda}', January 14. 

 His Excellency Sir ( iilbert Carter, K. C. M. C, has 

 kindly promised to be present and offer a welcome to- 

 the distinguished visitors from the other Colonies. 

 The Conference will resume in order to deal with its 

 regular business on Wednesday, January 1.5, at 11a. m., 

 and continue from day to daj" as found desirable. 



It is proposed that the Conference on Trade Rela- 

 tions with Canada will be opened on Wednesday 

 morning, January 1.5, at 10.15 a.m. It should be the 

 universal and fervent hope that at this Conference the 

 deliberations in regard to reciprocal relations between the 



