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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



M \k. 11 21, 1915. 



EDITORIAL 



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Vol. XIV. SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1915. No. 337. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Contents of Present Issue. 



The editorial in this number discusses the origin 

 dt West Indian economic plants and animals. The 

 subject will be continued in the next issue in 

 n gard i" the sources fr and agencies through which 



imic tonus are obtained. 



A large amount of information on Indian corn 

 appears on pages !<•<> and 101. 



Fruit articles will be found on pages 102 and 103. 



Insect and Fungus Notes, which appear on pages 

 106 and 110, deal with a pest of the papan and the 

 efficiency of fungoid parasites, respectively. 



A very interesting article on radium and pli 

 grow ill will be found on page 111. 



Index to the 'Agricultural News'. 



With this number < >t t h«- Agricultural News is 

 published, as a supplement, the index to Volume XIII. 



'I'lus mu\ be bo I at one.' in the usual manner with 



cumbers 305 to 330, of which Volume XIII is com- 

 prised. 



The index should prove useful for purposes of 

 reference on all matters relating to tropical agriculturi 

 and will be of value as a guide to concise information 

 on insect pests and fungus diseases of tropical cul- 

 tivated plants. 



West Indian Bulletin. 



The' recently issued number of the West Indian 

 Bulletin (Vol. XIV, No. 4) contains an exceptionally 

 intereresting collection of articles. New movemei 

 and developments are represented by a paper by Dr. 

 Francis Watts, C.M.G., on the suggested production of 

 pork and bacon in these islands on co-operative lines, 

 and by two useful articles haying relation to I 

 developing sugar industry 1>\ the same writer and by 

 Noel Deerr. Cotton receives attention by John 

 McConnel in the form of a paper indicating the 

 importance of commerce and science in regard to cul- 

 tivation, and also in another bj W. Nowell, Mycologist 

 to the Imperial Department, on some West Indian 

 physiological affections of that crop. Tliis latter paper 

 contains a summary of the work that has been dom 

 connexion with this difficult subject in other parts of 

 the Tropics. 



The important question of Antigua's water-sup] > 

 is treated scientifically in two papers b) l>r. Wayland 

 Vaughan, of the U.S. Geological Survey, and Dr. II. A 

 Tempany, Superintendent of Agriculture and Govern- 

 ment < lieinist for the Leeward Islands, respectively: 

 whilst the Land Officer's Report on the Land Settle- 

 ment Scheme in St. Lucia will prove of much inter 

 to those who are acquainted with the Settlement 

 movement in Grenada, St. Vincent and elsewhere 



The index to Vololume XIV, of which the present 

 issue constitutes the last number, will l>e sent out 

 v. ith Volume X V, No. 1. 



Cotton Expert's Tour in the West Indies. 



.Mention was made in t lie Agriculturfd News for 

 Novembei 21, 1 ! » ! 4, of theprospect ofa visit to the 

 West Indies. |,\ .Mr. .). L. Fonda the Cotton Expert 

 representing the Fine Spinners and Doublers Associa- 

 tion, Limited, of Manchester. Mr. Fonda arrived at 

 Barbados on November 20, and alter arranging, in 

 consultation with the Imperial Commissioner of 

 Agriculture, an itinerary of the proposed lour to vi 



cotton centres in the Wesl Indie-, he | :eeded to the 



Leeward Islands per (Mi. M.S. 'Chaudiere', arriving 

 at St Kitts .ii December 6, where he remained until 

 December 1 4-. on which dale he went to Nevis. In 

 each "i these islands Mr. Fonda attended a meeting of 

 represi utative cotton growers, held under the auspices 

 of the Agricultural and Commercial Society. Leaving 

 Nevis, Mr. Fonda arrived at Montserral on Decembei 

 lit. where he remained until January 1. 1915, on which 

 date he proceeded per C.R.M.S. 'Chaleur' to Antigua, 



