A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 





Vol. XIV. No. 349. 



BARBADOS, SKI'TK.MKKli II, 1915. 



Pkice Id. 



CONTENTS. 



Pace. 



in theSoul hei n Pro- 

 vinces, Nigeria 299 



Cklorophyl, Role of - ... K95 

 Corn, American ersus 



Local 303 



Cotton Sol 



Bril ish Cotton < Sruu ing 



Association -"'I 



Large Yi. Ids i J < 'auto 



1 ton in Jamaica - 294 

 West Indian Cotton ... 294 



Department Sews 30] 



Departmental Reports ... '-".'1 

 Fungus N 



A Bacteria] M ingo I >i- 



easi 302 



1 tiseasi s i >i Lime Trees 



in Forest Districts .. 302 

 Diseases of Para Rub- 

 ber Tri es in Ceylon .. 303 



Gleanings 300 



Guide to the Dominica 



Gardens 



Insect Notes: — 

 The Frog as n Pest 



Corn 



West Indian W asps 



297 



290 

 298 



Page. 



Is tin- Fermentation of 



('a.. i.. Necessary? 290 



Malnia in [llupei Tree of 



301 



Market Reports 304 



Notes and Comments ... 296 

 Pamphlet, A New 290 



St . ( Iroix, Expei inn ntal 

 Work in 299 



Science. Organizati >n of... 289 



Sugar Industry 



Problems in the t 'hemis- 



ii -\ of Sugar 292 



Sugai Possibilities in 



Bi ii ish Guiana 292 



: arimeter, A New ... '-". ; .". 



Tapping "ii the Para Rub- 

 ber Tree, Effect of ... 295 



Trade ' Conditions in Brit 

 ish Colonies since the 

 War --".17 



Village i 'lulis and Associa- 

 i ions in England 295 



\\ est Indian Products . 303 

 \\ est Indies, Motor Plough- 



ina in ""I 



The Organization of Science. 



f=r >r-s ^ . i 



it l^i'- ( " ' over twelve months Greal Britain has 

 T\r'.. ■ p ass< (| through experienc s of un paralleled 

 p^ 2 ^ intensity, and this, in cerjain respects, has 

 had a most revolutionary effect upon practical politics 

 in thai country. One of the most noticeable and 

 important changi - is the new attitude towards scii nee 

 and scientific workers. For the first time in the 

 historj ii! 1 1 . country chemists, physicists and biologists 

 are in active demand. Their work is no longer 

 led as outside the sphere of national affairs; 

 indi i 'I ii- indi spi nsable charactei lias been so forciblj 



driven home by the war that a general mobilization 

 movement has 1 n set on foot, not only to focus scien- 

 tific effort upon the immediate conduct of the war but 

 also upon the progress of British technical industries 

 in time of peace. The Government, so far as the was 

 is immediately concerned, has appointed Invention 

 Boards at the Admiralty and at the Ministry of 

 Munitions, both of winch include leading scientific 

 experts. But the most significant move has be< n made 

 by the Royal Society and the Chemical Society. 

 These influential and representative bodies have 

 presented a memorial, and have sent a deputation 

 c i posed of the must eminent chemists to the Govern- 

 ment, both procedures having been accorded a highly 

 satisfactory reception. The substance of both the 

 memorial and interview was an appeal to the Govern- 

 ment to assist in giving scientific support to certain 

 industries that have been seriousbj affected b\ the war. 

 It was urged that the main causes of the backward 

 st.iii oi certain industries are (I) failure to realize 



thai i lern industry, to be successful, musl be based 



on scientific research: and (2) want of more intimate 

 association between the manufacturers and the workers 

 in science. It was urged that a central national 

 organization should be created a kind of science 

 'clearing house' — and that the State should encourao-e 

 i. search by providing money for thai purpose. All of 

 these suggestions were favourably received. In the 

 words of the President of the Board of Education: 

 Action must not be hurried, but ii must be taken at 

 once, and though there will not be much money this 

 year, it is hoped thai when the war is over substantial 

 sums will be forthcoming.' 



The extent to which the manufacturer will fall 

 nidi line with this organization of science is a matter 

 which will be determined largely b) the pressun 



