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THE AGRICUI/ITItAT. NEWS. 



Maech 13, 1915. 



EDITORIAL K ^: 



II i u. ( )i i n i <=V '"- 





NOTICES. 



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 specimens for naming, should be addressed to the 

 Commissioner, Imperial Depaftmenl of Agriculture, 

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News' and othei Departmental publications, should be 

 addressed to thi Agents, and not to the Departmenl 



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Vol. X I \ . SATURDAY, MARCB 13,1915. Ko. 336. journal, if made use oS§ 



Initialled Articles in the 'Agricultural News' 



The desirability of initialling certain articles in 

 this journal has arisen principally in connexion with 



the Insect and Fungus Notes, h has beei ticed from 



time to time thai several ol the entomological and 

 mycological publications of both British and foreign 

 origin frequently disregard notes i mtaining original 

 observations of considerable biological valu presumablj 

 because of the difficulty of including an unsigm d articli 

 in a scientific bibliographj c mtaining a lisl ol authors. 

 As will as this isoi is possibh another, 



dependent on the fad tha anonyn - technical notes 

 lack theneccssarj authoritativeness This circumstan 

 which has tended to limit the usefulness of the 

 Department's work, it is nov proposed to remedy. 



Reference to thfi ll\ ?i India n E Vol. \ I, 



Nil. 4. which deals with the history and organization 

 of the Imperial Department, will showthat, generally 

 speaking it has been the custom for the Entomologist 

 in prepare i lir Inject Notes in each issue, the Mycolo- 

 gist the Fungus Notes, and for the Scientific Assistant 

 to write the editorials and mosl ol bicles. 



The Insect ami Fungus Notes will therefore be initialled 

 in future by the respective officers, and, in certain cases, 

 the editorials and other articles, at the discretion of the 

 Imperial Commissioner. External contributions will 

 be acknowledged in a preamble in the usual way. 



This, and future issues of the Agricultural .V< ws, 

 will include under Editorial Notices, a list of the 

 official staff for the convenience ol readers abroad. 



In concluding this notification i; ruaj be added 

 thai i\.i\ effort is made in the Agricultural News, 



in insert informati if direct interest to the West 



Indies and tin- Tropics generally. This policy can be 

 assisted 1 > \ readers, frbm whom communications con- 

 taining brief comments, information or suggestions 

 will be gladly received, and acknowledged in this 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



The editorial In tins number discusses the advant- 

 ages and disadvantages of establishing hedges and 

 mi West Indian estates. 



Two important general artichjs appear in this issue 

 on sugar and the war and St. Vincent arrowroot, res- 

 pectively. 



A \ei\ useful collection of advice and recipes in 

 ■i I tn 

 page 86. 



,. _.,,,| in the cooking of Indian corn will be found on 



Insect and Fungus Notes, which will be found on 

 90 and 94, respectively, dealt with Niget m pests 

 and citrus diseases in Florida. 



\i tention ma> be call 'It" Students < 'orner in 

 this issue, which contains a useful list of books for the 



iltnral student- 



Forestry ill Southern Nigeria. 



The Annual Report on the Forest Administration 

 o Southern Nigeria, 1-913, just received, deals with 

 the activities of thi Department in several direction* 

 In the section dealing with the regeneration of forests, 

 interesting notes are given in connexion with depart- 



ntal plantations and the girth measuremi 



trees. As in previous years, measurements were taken 

 of tin girths of various sample trees in one of the 

 reserves. While the average annual girth increment 

 of thi wild growing trees in the Mamu R - nol 



very high, only a little .over 5 \j-inch, the inci 

 the plantation trees in the OJokemeji Reserve is 

 remarkable, amounting to about :'• it on the 



a\ erage. The □ foi th does nol seem to be 



eh .ill \ stated. Ol mosl inten >l from th '\ Indian 

 aspi ct is thai pari of the reporl di il minor 



s products. Much attention has been given to 

 the production oi r made 



to continui the output of P bn The 



