A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THF GARDEN 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



Vol. Vn. No. 16;j. 



BARBADOS, AUGUST 22, 190s. 



Price Id. 



CONTENTS. 



Bhii;iii;i * Irnwiii^ m ( 'iilm... 

 BnrliHilii.s IjL'iiiiin (ira.ss ( )il 

 Briti.sh (iiiiana, Pnifilial 



Larceny in 



Ciicoa-nut (HI. Piiritio.itiiin 



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Cotton Cult ivat inn, Hritisli 

 Cotton Note.s :-- 



Cotton Conference in 



Knglanil 



Cotton in the Sea Islands 

 Cotton Ijand, Legum- 

 inous Crops for 



West Indian Cotton 

 Cowpeas anil other Soil- 

 renovating Crops 

 Education, Agricultural : 

 Agricultural Scliocils, 



Re[M)rts on 



Reading Courses in 

 Practical .Agriculture, 

 Hooks HeconiMiended 



for 



Gleanings 



Insect Notes : - 



Coleoptera 



Jamaica Kum 



Lime Market in New Vnrk 



Market Reports 



Notes and ('(jimuents 

 Palm.s, Wax-excreting 



ACE. 

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2(i4 



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2(i2 

 2(i2 



271 



In regard to the scNison tor planting cotton in the 

 West Indies, experience has shown that the lnoi^t satis- 

 factory results are obtained from areas that have been 

 planted cbiring the period from the beginning of June 

 to the end of Septetnber. Within the limits men- 

 tioned, the planter must depend on loc.U experience to 

 guide him as to the most suital)le date for sowing his 

 seed, but the soil shoidd be got into a good state of 

 cultivation so that advantage may be taken of early 

 showers of rain to start planting operations. 



2<>!> 



2r,7 

 litis 



2fi(> 



L'fil 



2«3 

 272 

 2()4 I 

 2(ili 



I \r,K. 

 Rice Cultivation ni 



British (Jui.ana ... 2117 

 Ru))l)er Exhibition, The 



Coming 2tiH 



Ruliber Production in 



Ceyhm. Cost of ... 2li:i 



St. Kitt's Tobacco, 



Favourable Report on 2t;i 



San Oomingo, Agri- 

 cultural Industries of 2I>."> 



Sapodilla Tree 2t)(l 



Sea I.sland Cotton Cultiva- 

 tion 2r)7 



Sugar Imjiorts int'i Indi.i 2ti4 



Sugar Industry : 

 'Diamond' Cane Crusher 



Roller 25!l 



Sugar Industry in Vera 



Cruz 2.V.t 



Trinidad Sugar Crop ... 2.">'.t 



Sweet Potatos, Cas.sava, 

 and Maize as Food 

 for Hogs 27<» 



Sweet Potatos, Csesof... 270 



Trinidad, Agricultural 



Shows at 2ti4 



Uganda, Agricultural 



Progress in 2tir) 



Wind-breaks for Orange 



Groves in Porto Rico 'Jiy,'< 



Sea I.sland Cotton Cultivation. 



EA Island cotton planting has been in active 



progress in many parts of the West Indian 



Islands for several weeks, but large areas 



§ are yet to be planted, and the present is an oi)portune 



22 time for again drawing the attention of planters to 



oo points in connexion with the cultivation which they 



•will do well to observe. 



In the case of planters who niay have had com- 

 paratively small experience in growing Sea Island 

 cotton, the labour supply and the question of suitable 

 soil will first need attention. It siiould be remembered 

 thiit for the gathering of cotton an abundance of 

 laliour, more especially of women and children, is 

 essential. As regards soil, although cotton has been 

 grown on practically every type of land, it is now 

 generally ri-cognized that the best results are obtained 

 from fairly light loams, capable of lieing easily worked. 

 It is important that cotton land, more especially if of 

 a heavy nature, should be efficiently drained, since it has- 

 been noticed that where the soil is retentive of mois- 

 ture and the rainfall is high, the cotton produced has 

 a tendency to become weak and wasty. On the other 

 hand, even with a high rainfall, the cotton does not 

 show these chaiai'teristic's if the soil is of a porous- 

 nature. 



Thorough and careful preparation of the land is 

 most essential for success with the cotton crop, and 

 is one of the chief factors in determining the ultimate 

 yield, as well as the quality of the lint. 



The land should be ploughed or forked and the 

 surface soil well pulverized, some time before sowing 



