A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



ToL. VII. No. 158. 



BARBADOS, MAV IR, 1908. 



Pkice Id. 



CONTENTS. 



Aj;ne:ilt«ial Ciinfevenct', 

 i!)()S, :in(l St. N'iiiueut 



Delui^iitcs 



A,i.'riuullnr:d Co-cipenitioii 

 Anthrax in St. VincenL ... 

 C'aii:idiiii Kxhibitions, 1!)08 

 Casliau 'I'lce in Hawaii ... 

 Cuttcn Niitf.s:— 



B;u li.-uloH, Conference of 

 Ccjttoi] (jrowers at ... 

 Bavbado.s, Cotton Seed 



Imports into 



Cotton in the Sea Islands 

 .Jamaica Cotton, Wild ... 

 West Indian Cotton ... 

 Ijepartmental Reports : — 

 St. Vincent : Botanic 

 Station, etc., lOOti-7 



Department News 



Dominica Limes 



KL'g I'le.serv.itiou 



GleaninL's 



Ground Nut Cultivation .. 

 Imported Secdsand Plants. 



Danger from 



Insect Notes : - 



Cotton I'ests at Antigna 

 Mangosteen at Dominica 

 Jlangro\ e Bark in British 

 (jluian.'i ... 



Lj.-l 

 140 

 14.1 

 151 



]51 



150 

 150 

 151 



1511 



157 

 157 

 148 

 1.5-2 



1511 



i-ty 



l.jo 



154 



148 



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Page. 



Market ltci>orts 160 



Blot or Cower in Agri- 



cnltnr.d ( Iper.itions... lo'l 



Notes and Comments ... 152 



Paper M.iuiif \ctuie from 



Meg;i.ss 1,52 



Rice Cu;tivati(.n 1.55 



Rubber, Castillo.a, Culture 



of 1.58 



Rublier Kxhibition in 



London 1.5M 



Rltbber Lands of I'.ritish 



Guiana 152 



Rubber, Plantation 



BersK.s Wild I'ara ... L58 

 School SIjows at Trinid.vd 151 

 Shingles. Red Paint for 147 

 Sugar-cane I isease at 



Antigua 155 



Sugar Industry: — 

 Carrington Central 



Factory, Barbados... 147 

 Form.ddeliyde as a Pre- 

 servative of Cane 



Juice 147 



Java, Sug.-ir Outjiut of... 147 

 Tobacco-breeding Exi)eri- 



ments 15o 



West Indian Products ... 159 



Cauaclian Exhibitions, 1908, 



IXCE arrangements are already in progress 

 for holding the Canadian Exhibitions of the 

 present year, the following information 

 will be useful to members of Permanent Exhibition 

 Committees in the West Indies, to whom is entrusted 

 the work of liringing together and shippincr ret^re- 

 sentative collections of the products of these colonies. 



As mentioned in the last number of the Agri- 

 culttiral Aeivti, the Toronto Exhibition will open on 

 August 29 and close on September 14, while the 

 Halifax meeting opens on September 2 and closes on 

 September 10. It will be observed that the two 

 exhibitions will be in progress at alout the .same time, 

 and in cmsequenoe it will not be pos.sible, as on 

 previous occasions, for exhibits that have been on view 

 at 'I'oronto, to be afterwards shown at Halifax. If it 

 is desired that the West Indies be represented at both 

 gatherings, it will be necessary to send two sets of 

 exhibits. 



In case only one set of exhibils is sent, and no 

 exhibit is made at Halifax, it may be worthy of con- 

 sideration to arr.-inge at the close of the Toronto- 

 Exhibition, that the collection of West Indian produce 

 may be repacked ;ind forwarded either to Ottawa, 

 Winnipeg, Montreal, or some other prominent city, 

 where an exhibition is to be held immediately after 

 the close of the Toronto Exhibition. 



Canadian Exhibitions are largely attended by 

 manufacturers, prodtice merchants, and others from all- 

 parts of the Dominion, as well as from the United 

 States. Further, the nattire and quality of the exhibits- 

 receive due attention and are fully discussed in the- 

 Canadian press. These facts, rightly utilized, should 

 prove of great advantage to colonies that are anxious- 

 to find a more extensive market for their produce^ 



The Canadian Exhibitions certainly form the best 

 means of bringing the resources and chief products of 

 the West Indies before the merchants and consumers 

 of the Dominion, and in view of the Conference on Trade 



