A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



NEW ^ 



botan 



QAKO 



Vol. XII. No. 282. 



BARBADOS, FEBEUARV 15, 1913. 



Priob Irf. 



CONTENTS 



Pack 



C;ulpiiii Assiiiiilutinii, 



Energy for 02 



Cotton Nor.es : — 



T..nncasliire and Ccittun, 



1912 54 



West Indian Cotton ... B4 



Deijartment New.s 55 



Dei«u-tiii(.tnt)il Reports ... 55 



Fruits, Artiticial Ripen- 

 ing c{ 52 



Fruits, Preserving for Ex- 



liil)its 52 



Fungus Notes : — 



Inoculation Experiments 



witli Cotton Boll Rots 62 

 Pea Disease of Rul>l)er 

 Trees G2 



G.riiian Culonies, Devel- 

 opment in 1912 61 



Gleanings 60 



Grenada, Trade of 5G 



Insect Notes : — 



Review of a Report on 

 Insect Pests in L'arba- 

 dos 58 



o;{ 

 64 



Paob. 



Leaves, Nitrogen-li.xing Bac- 

 teria in 57 



Maize Cultivati<n, Weeds 

 and 



Market Reports 



Notes and Connnents ... 



Rubber Trees, Tapping 

 of ^. 



Soil Analysis, New Method 

 of 



Southern India, Manures 

 in 



Southern Nigeria, Agricul- 

 ture in 



Students' Corner 



Tropica! Univei'sity, A 

 Tropical University, Case 

 for 



Umte<l Kingdom, Sugar 

 Trade of " ... 



Wattle P.- rk, I 



Weed Exterminator, 



New 



50 



62 



57 



56 



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 01 



40 

 59 

 51 



6:! 



A Tropical University. 



fX The Times of January 23 there appears 

 Su,a special article under the heading 'The Case 



jfor a Tropical Universitx ' advancing .strong 

 reasons for the creation of a University of Tropical 

 Agriculture and pointing to the West Indies as the 

 most suitable locality for the suggested university. 

 This article is reproduced on anothtr page of the 

 present issue of the Agricultural Kcws, and should be 

 read in connexion with what follow;- here. 



The publication of Mr. Nor: nan Lamont's book 

 called Problems of (lie Antilles' is the immediate 



prompting cause of the arcicle just mentioned, which is 

 a powerful appeal for consideration of the subject: and 

 it is evident from the many references to the matter in 

 agricultural journals, in deliberations on tropical agri- 

 culture, and in the proceedings of the recent West 

 Indian Agricultural Conference, that the question is now- 

 ripe for extended discussion with a view to definite 

 action. 



The subject has for some time been a matter of 

 serious consideration and some correspondence on the 

 part of the Imperial Department of Agriculture, and 

 the time has now arrived when it appears necessary 

 and desirable to ventilate the question as freely as 

 possible, and this in view of the strong advocacy of 

 The Times and the definite allusion to the West Indies 

 as attbrding a good localitiy as regards ease of access 

 and material for teaching. 



The aspects of the suggestion for a University of 

 Tropical Agriculture are man}', and it is to be expected 

 that support will be accorded to the proposals by those 

 who have advocated various sides of the question which 

 may well be embraced within the bounds of a copious 

 scheme. Foremost amongst the ideas which it may be 

 expected to include is that of the Agricultural College, 

 then follow ideas pertaining to agricultural investiga- 

 tions, first of a utilitarian and then of an abstract kind, 

 and finally the training of experts to an extent beyond 

 the generally accepted scope of the Agricultural College 

 — experts who may deal w'ith problems of Agricultural 

 Chemistry. Entomology, Mycology, and man}' allied 

 branches of study. 



The need for agricultural colleges has been 

 pressed upon the attention of those engaged in tropical 

 agriculture for over fifty years. In this advocacy the 



