A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF Till, 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



Vol. XIV. No. 342. 



BARBADOS, JUNE 5, 1915. 



Price Id. 





CONTENTS. 



Page. 





iltural Education in 



S i i n Scl Is ... L89 



;ua Exports in L914 L85 



Citrus Culture in Ni 



South Wales L80 



Citrus Fruits inthePhilip- 



pines 180 



i! Notes: — 

 West Indian Cotton ... 182 



Depai : mental Reports ... 190 



IV\ elopmenf of \\ est '■ 

 ■ iiin Fisheries 177 



Gleanings 188 



Government Aid in 



I . lis! 'Mi J Sug i 



Factories 185 



II : Bean as a Poultry 

 F 1 181 



[nsecl Notes: 

 Corn Ear Worms ... 186 

 'I'h. Guinea Grass Moth 186 

 'I'lu- Pink Boll Worm of 

 Cotton 18ii 



Items , f Local Interest ... 183 



Notes ami Comments ... 184 



Pearl Oyster Possibilities 184 



Publicationsof the Imperial 

 Department of Agri 

 culture 1^4 



Select ion oi Rubber Seed 185 



Sugar Industry 



Radio Active Manures 179 

 Sugar Samples in the 

 New York Botanical 



Gardens 185 



Water-Supplj in Tropi- 

 cal Sugai' Factories... 178 



Soil Losses bj Leaching..'. 187 



Soils, Tropical, Loss of 

 Fertilizers in 191 



Sweet Potato and Cowpea 

 Vines as F 1 for Stock 181 



The Lime and the Lemon 

 Compared 180 



Timber Trees in Planta- 

 tions, Sowing Seeds of L82 



Tuber Cuttings Versus 

 Vines 181 



Market Reports 192 



Development of West Indian Fisheries. 



IpOURTEEN mm.- ag i at tin- Third West 



TVrjip Indian Agricultural Conference held .-it 

 UP 



Barbados, Dr. J. E. Duerdon, oi the" Jamaica 



Institute, brought up the question of developing the 

 marine resources of these islands. In the course of an 

 interesting paper he showed how great are the poten- 

 tialities of the surrounding - and indicated that 

 their development should yield results of proportion- 

 ate value to the improvements and successes obtained 

 in regard to agriculture. Dr. Duerdon, as a marine 



biologist, was able to include in his papi i 

 amount of technical information and practical sugges- 

 tions, and those readers who are interested in the subject 



under discussion will Hud the article instruct 



It is indeed deplorable that with tin ptions 



of Jamaica and the Bahamas (of which the latti 

 not strictly speaking West, Indian), no systematic effort 

 has beenmade by the British West Indian Islands in 

 the direction indicated. In the case of agriculture^ 

 departments have arisen, societies and boards have 

 been established, outside enterprise has brought capital 

 and men, an extensive literature has grown up— in fact 

 the land has monopolised attention. The development 

 of the marine resources has been left entirely to the 



labouring classes win. earn from them a scanty livelih I, 



and to certain individual observers who have condu 

 very estimable enquiries, but only as amateurs. 



Before attempting to make suggestions as to the 

 ways and means of development, we maj consider 

 briefly what constitute the present marine industries. 

 Around most of the islands line fishing tor snapper, 

 bream, and dolphin is carried on to meet as tar as 

 possible the daily demand, but Barbados is of course 

 renowned for its flying fish industry. Coming withn 

 the category offish' in the popular sense are sea-eggs, 

 oysters, lobsters, and crabs. The sea-egg miiustrv is 

 principally, though not necessarily, confined to 

 Barbados; oysters are raised in Jamaica and Trinidad 

 on a considerable scale, and lobsters mid crabs are 

 caught ,,n tin- reels around most of the islands. One 

 of the most important industries from the point of view 

 of export is turtle fishing, which has its centre at 

 Jamaica. The value of the turtles exported is 

 considerable, and it is one of tin- few it ■ that 



*See West Indian l: ■!'<■* in. Vol. II (1901). 



