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A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



Vol. XII. No. 295. 



BARBADOS. AUGUST 16, 1913. 



Pbice Id. 



CONTENTS 



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Agiiuiiltiiv.il Slidw, Uoyal 271 



Announcfiiicnts, Recent 



Inteie>ting '2C>2 



British Hmuluia.s Coliune 

 Nuts from 260 



Citrus Cultiv,it;..ii in Italy 2(i0 



Cotton NoKes : — 



Cotton ill Ki^'jpt 262 



West Indian Cotton ... 262 



Cyanjimide as an Insccti- 

 ciJe 271 



Departmental Reports ... 267 



Elevator. Self- Propelled 

 I'ortable 261 



Forests and Rainfall: A New 

 Aspect 265 



Fungi. Early Conceptions 

 Regardiii'4 265 



Fungus Notes : — 



Recent French Work on 

 Diseases of Hevea and ' 

 Cacao 270 



Ginger, Neutralizing the 

 fungencv of 271 



Gleanings '. 268 



Insect Notes :— 



Cacao Thrips in Florida 266 

 Sugar-cane Pests in British 

 Guiana 266 



261 

 261 



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Japan, Agricultural Iiii| ' 

 iiieiits in 



.Juicir .'^calc, Automatic 

 l;ecoi;iing 



Market Reports 



Milk Siipoly in .Small Com- 

 munities, Control of ... 257 



Notes .md Comments ... Sr)4 



I'hilippine College of Agri- 

 culture ... 26f> 



Phili])pine Fibre Industry 27(t 



Rulilicr Cultivation. Compo- 

 sition of Soil Suitable for 259 



Sawdust, Extiniruisliing 

 Fires with ..." ... "... 261 



Students' Corner 269 



Tile Ktt'ect of Common 

 Sail on the Growth of 

 Sugai-cane 259 



Tractors for the Tropics... 261 



Trade Products of the Brit- 

 ish Empire 264 



Tropical Produce. In lustrial 

 Centresand Supply of... 265 



Tunis, Fruit Growing in... 260 



Veterinary Notes: — 



Fecundity in Fowls ... 26? 



Cnited States Inspection 

 an d l,>uarantine Service 632 



Control of the Milk Supply in 

 Small Communities. 



'T is doubtful whether those writers vvho were 

 responsible for the creation of a romantic side 



I to the milking ot the domestic cow would 

 have written in such eulogistic terms had they been 

 able to predict the sordid circumstances that must 

 surround the operation when towns grew up and rural 

 districts became thickly populated. The conception of 

 the idealistic dairymaid and the perfect cow has been 

 shorn of ail romance by co- operative methods and 

 chemical control, so much si' il'.at in well-organized 



industrial centres the idea of associating milk with its 

 source of origin is almost as unusual as a pound 

 of sugar suggesting a clump of canes or a field of 

 beet roots. This, however, is merely sentiment, for 

 the modern industrial organization and inspection 

 of milk supply ensures a safer and even more con- 

 stant grade of article than that on the farm itself. 

 In the case of the small producer in crowded commu- 

 nities, on the other hand, a very different state of affairs 

 e.xists; for whilst co-operative concerns give rise, from 

 the public health point of view, to considerable com- 

 mendation, the small producer — the owner of a cow 

 or two, and the street huckster — gives cause for grave 

 dissatisfaction. 



Although adulteration is frequently practised even 

 in places where the machinery of the law is efficient, 

 it is by no means entirely the intentional, the criminal 

 tampering with milk that is to be deprecated. There 

 is another side to a defective milk supply, the objec- 

 tional features of which are due to the ignorance and 

 carelessness of the vendor. Hence in the regulation of 

 milk supply not only must there be legislation strin- 

 gently executed, but there must also be education 

 accompanied, if possible, by some means of encourage- 

 ment to convince the cow- keeper that it is a national 

 duty and commercially worth while to produce the 

 best possible . grade. Although what follows deals 

 mainly with the ways and means of controlling milk 

 supply this aspect reg;irding education and encourage- 

 ment must not be lost sight of. 



From time to time, reports on instances of milk 

 adulteration come before the public eye. They may 

 frequently be observed in the form of prosecution 

 cases in European and American publications. 

 Strangely enough, the West Indies can boast of 

 btting remarkably free from any such defamatory 



