A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



Vol. VJI. No. 169. 



BARBADOS, OCTOBEK 17, 190JS. 



Price Id, 



CONTENTS. 



1' 



Bee-ki;e]iin>r iu (.V'ylnii 

 Benuudii AiTowrdnt 

 Bfiinuda ; Iiniirovuiiiuiit of 



Agi'icultin'e at 



Eritisli Hdiulur.is, Agri- 

 cult ui-.il Expnrts of... 

 Cacao Pn III uctidii in Brazil 

 Cotton Notes : — 

 Cotton -growing in 



.Taiiiaica 



Cotton in the Sea I.slands 

 Hor.se Cultivator for 



Cotton 



West Indian Cotton ... 

 Departuiental Rejiorts : - 

 St. Vincent ; Botanic 

 Station, Agricultural 

 School, etc., l!K)7-«... 

 Trinidad : CTOvernnient 

 Stock Farm, I'.IOT-S... 

 Dutch (Juiana. .Vgricultural 



Industries of 



Forage Crops for Hogs ... 



Gleanings 



Grenada. Agricultural 



Meeting at 



Hand Cultivators 



Insect Note.s : — 



Diptera, The 



Maize Crop of the United 



St.-ites 



Market Rejiorts 



Notes and (.'oiinuents 



:wi 





:«(•> 

 :!•_>(> 



:;.''.5 

 ;v_".i 



:!2S 



I'AGE. 

 Packuiu of Non-drvalile 



Seeds :«4 



Pine-aii]ile Culture in 



Florida ;U4 



Quinine as a Preventive 



against Malaria ... 32cS 



Rice Crop of I'nitedStates ;'.2!» 

 RuMier Exports from 



B;diia ol'7 



Rulilier Production in the 



Congo Free State ... .'^io 

 Rubber. Treatment of 



Latex in Preparation 



of ■■■•27 



St. Kitt'.s-Nevis, (iale at :!•_".» 

 School .Shows at Triuid.id .'tiiS 

 Science Notes :- - 

 Agricultural I'lants, Tlu' 

 Inqirovement of ... .'■!:>] 

 Stock-kee|>ing at 



St. Vincent .V.VA 



Sugar Industry : 

 Formosa, Sugar Industry 



in ... " .'. ;«:i 



Seedlnig Canes I). Kill 



.md B. .Sdi; in 



Mauritius 3-'2 



Toli.icco Productii'n iu 



Rhodesia '.'i'2i^ 



West Indian Cotti>n 



Growing :K1 



We.st Indian Products on 



the London Market ^i.'io 



West Indian Cotton Growing. 



()W that full rc^^jorts of the proceedings at 

 the liite Lancashire Cotton Coiif'eroncc 

 have come to hand, the attention of nlaiit- 

 CT) j-rs ma}' well be drawn to one or two point.s of especial 

 interest tunong those disctis.sed. 





The (]neslion ot the prices obtained for iheir 

 product has caused some uneasiness among growers 



in the West Indies during the past season, ami the 

 opinion has been expresed in some quarters that 

 the supply of cotton grown in these islands has 

 already overtaken the existing Lancashire demand 

 for lint of tiie particular degree of fineness. This 

 view of affairs was, however, stated l>y Mr. J. Arthur 

 Hutton, Chairm.an of the Council of tfiie British 

 Cotton-growing Association, to be quite a wrong one 

 There was no danger wdialever of over-production of 

 Sea Islam! cotton in the West Imlies. But Mr. Hutton 

 pointed out that planters, outside of St. Vincent, were 

 making a mistake if the}' aimed at growing cotton of 

 the finest grade and longest staple. For this class of 

 prothice there was indeed btit a limited demand. What 

 was wanted, and for which there wotild always be- 

 a good market at remunerative prices, was a stronger 

 and more generalh' serviceable kind of lint, of the 

 second grade of fineness. Such a type of cotton had 

 Lately been prodiK^ed by a planter at Barbados (see 

 A(frirultural N''ivs of May 2 last, page 134), and 

 growers would be well advised to devote their energies 

 to the production of cotton of the kind mentioned. 



Mr. Hutton attribtited the low prices obtained for 

 Sea Island cotton in the past season to general trade 

 depression, llubber and other products were also 

 suflcring in the .same way ; a little more than a year 

 at^o the best rubber commanded a price of r>s. per lb., 

 whereas to-day it was only worth about half that sum. 



It was pointed out by Sir Daniel Morns that the- 

 protitable nature or otherwise of cotton growing in the 

 West Indies depended as much upon the yield of lint 

 obtained per a<rre, as upon the market prici- of th(! pro- 

 duct. If it were possible toobtain retiini.s oi 200 tb. to 

 250 lb. per aci-e, the industry would be a comparatively 



