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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



.1 I M 



1915. 



EDITORIAL 



Bead < >ffii e 



NOTICES. 



Barbados 



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The complete list oi Agents, and the subscription 

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In" cf Francis Watts, CM. G., D.Sc. 



Ag th< West Indi s F.I.C., F.C S 



SCIENTI] [I - i M l 



ntific Assistant 

 Assistant Editor 

 JEntomologist 

 Mycologist 



W. R. Dunlop. 



H. A. Ballou, M.Sc. 



W. Nowell, D.I.C. 



i i: I. U STAHF 



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 Junior Clerk 

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 Typist 



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Vol. XIV. SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1915. No. 342. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Contents of Present Issue. 



The editorial in this number deals with the 

 levelopmenl of Wesl Indian Fisheries, and indicates 



some of the directions in which research might be 

 lone in order to ai ilize more fullj I he n sources of 



West [ndian wati 



Under the heading of Citrus Fruits on page L80, 

 will I"- found tin- articL I ding n il h diffen m 

 ispects of this subjecl in the Philippines, New South 

 Wall s, and in Sicily. 



Insecl Notes, which will be found on page 186, 

 leal with corn ear worms the pink boll worm ofcotton, 

 and the < iiiinea grass moth. 



I ), partmental Reports n \ iewed on pages I 90 and 

 191, contain much useful information concerning horti- 

 cultural work in II i the general pro 



made in the agricultural indusl ries in the B 



Publications of the Imperial Department of 

 Agriculture. 



The Annual Report on Sugar-cane Experiments in 

 the Lei ird Islands for 1913-14 is now being distri- 

 buted. This reporty as in the case of those of previous 

 years, comprises Part I dealing with varieties of sugar- 

 cane, and Part. II. which gives the results of the 

 manurial experiments. The report "ill be reviewed 

 in the nexl issue oi the Agri< u tut tl News. 



The first number of Volume XV oi the West Tudian 

 Bulletin is a hunt to be issued shortly, together with the 

 index to Volume XIV ofthal journal. The contents 

 of this forthcoming number will be found on page 2 of 

 t he co\ er of t he present journal. 



Passing through the press is a new pamphlet on 

 onion cultivation, prepared in Antigua by Mr. Jacks 

 Curator of the Botanic Station, who has been closi 

 associated with the recent development of onion groi - 

 ing mi i perat v\ e lines. 



In spite of the fact that most of the West Indian 

 islands will not send exhibits this year to the Canadian 

 National Exhibition, it is intended to publish as usual 

 the handbook entitled 'The West Indies in Canada'. 

 Intending advertisers should not fail to take this 

 opportunity of bringing themselves before the Canadian 

 public. 



Pearl Oyster Possibilities. 



In connexion with the edit' rial in this issue, two 

 interesting references to oyster fisheries appear in the 

 Wealth of India for February 1915, and the Hawaiian 

 Forester and Agriculturist tin- April L915. The latter 

 publication quotes the Agricultural News as regards 

 the establishment ot pearl oyster beds in some of the 

 West Indian islands, and state.-, that in Hawaii this 

 culture was ..nee t lied at Pearl Harbour, Oahu, but 

 nothing has Keen heard of any revival of the experiment 

 for some years, although the harbour named has upon 

 its shores remains of ancient oyster beds of 



extent. 



The Wealth of India deals in a more gem ral ai I 

 detailed way with shell fisheries in South India. It 



is said that the success of a pearl tisherx depends 



upon the yield from the first 1. 000 oysters. If 

 i here is a large crop, then succeeding batches 

 command a ready sale at high prices. The investi- 

 gation into the way in which a pearl is tonne', 

 namely, bj the irritation set up by a small pai 

 or a port ion of sand, has revealed the possibilit \ of the 

 art ificial indui i ' pearl forma on A referenci 



mi Ins irticl to the 'marking ink which is shot out 

 K\ cuttle-fish mi o the water as a means of escape from 

 natural enemies leads one to - whether this 



might not be possible of utilization on comm 

 lines. The so called 'st a cat . common on the shores of 



Barbai ains what ispru milai lion, 



as an} one who has had one ol these mimals attached 

 to his hand or foot will lii<> ' ittei nti 



esting as affording still anothet possible n 

 West Indian waters. 



