A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THB 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 





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Vol. XII. No. 285. 



BARBADOS, MARCH 29, 1913. 



Pbiob Id. 



CONTENTS 



Pagf. 



Alfiilfa, New Yaiieties of 105 

 Anti^^ua, .\i;iicultiiral aiid 



Iiuliistrial Kxhibition ... 107 

 Antijjua, Pii/.e Pasture Com- 



petitiiin at 99 



B..ok Shelf 101 



Calkins, Use of 109 



Cotton Notes: — 



British Cotton Growiiic; 



Association 102 



West Inilian Cotton ... 102 



Department News 107 



Edaphisiii 104 



Fungus Notes : — 



Citrus Galls 110 



Functus Flora of the Soil 110 



Gleanings 108 



Insect Notes : — 



Root Horors and < 'ther 

 Grubs in West Indian 

 Soils 106 



Page. 



.Jams, Adulteration <if ... lOo 



112 



104 

 lO.S 

 100 



111 



Market Reports ... 

 Notes and Comments . 

 Uphthalniia in .'\niiiials . 

 Or;uiges, Now Stuck fur. 



Rice. Perennial 

 Rubber, Functii>n of In- 

 soluble Constituents ... 104 



St. Kitts Agricultural and 



Industrial Show, 191S... 103 

 Sea Island Cotton in South 



Africa 110 



Streptothrix in the Soil ... 105 



Students' Corner 109 



Sweet Potato, Circulation of 

 Starch .uid Water in ... 100 



Tropical T'niversity, Estab- 

 lishment of a 97 



West Indian Products ... Ill 



The Establishment of a Tropical 

 University. 



■HE favourable reception given to the id'^a of 

 'the cstabli.shment of a Tropical Agricultural 

 [University is evidence of the growing need 

 that is felt for an institution capable of provid- 

 ing training and instruction in tropical agriculture 

 in tropical surroundings. The trend of o]iinion appears 

 to indicate that in onler to be successful, the range of 

 instruction must be very wide and at the same time 

 attain to a high standard. It is evident that it 

 will be necessary to go beyond the limitations of 

 an agricultural college and aff'ord facilities for 



studies of an advanced character for post graduate 

 work, and for the training of experts in various 

 branches of science applied to agriculture and research. 



If this is to be attained it will doubtless be as the 

 result of a process of growth: and the character of the 

 institution in its early years will best be determined 

 and moulded by association and co-operation with other 

 institutions. It is hoped that, as the Tropical Univer- 

 sity will be in a position to afford instruction and 

 training in matters that are dealt with under circum- 

 stances of some difficulty in T^nivcrsities situated in 

 teinperatc climates, these Universities will be desirous 

 of establishing some conne.xion with the tropical insti- 

 tution and of providing «ome means whereby those 

 students whose work involves some knowledge of 

 tropical facts and conditions, may pursue at least 

 part of their studies in tropical surroundings. Such 

 an association will prove of great value in that 

 it will serve to maintain a high standard of work 

 and teaching, and, by ensuring a constant interchange 

 of men and ideas between older and established institu- 

 tions, it will constantly vivify the latter and tend to 

 prevent narrowness of views and retrogressive tenden- 

 cies that may be a danger that would arise from remote- 

 ness and isolation. 



The second of the articles in The Times* referring 

 to this nuestion of a Tropical University concludes with 

 the following remark: 'May we not discern ni this 

 happy and fruitful association between Kew and such 

 institutions as the Imperial Department of Agri- 

 culture the promise and the nucleus of what we 

 desire in the Tropical I'niversity of the future.' 

 This suggestion is a fertile one: The association of 

 the Tropical University with Kew would be most 



* February 10, 1913. 



