

THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



.1 m li 



1915. 



INSECT NOTES. 



COTTON STAINERS AND STAINED 

 COTTON. 



i ■ , here© ttoi is grown. 'I 



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Two articl by Mr. I of which appears in 



the presei ■■''' - v •■ deal witn ''."' 



?eral years past, and in 

 ■I , . \y St. Vincent - ■ oi cotton 



bolls, Tli- I known under difiP rent nan 



;.," di 

 Although at firsl no co could be traced betv 



. ■' evidence avail 

 the preseui tin* to ii di iti thai the i i i omi 



of them, mayl i ociated with the attacks of si 

 This evidi n© hat Mr. Robson, I rator 



f t|,,. i;, il -cperiments Stati< i 3, Montsi n 



apting to campaign against th( cotton 



island. !t is suggested that the i ergetic 



ting of these insects sh< ""' ; " 



the first staineri appear in young cotton fields, in order to 



check as far as possible, the rapid increase which often takes 



xll -I il-- brei ding of tl"' Brsl and ; 



i_. aerations. 



While it is re© gnized that i pmions may differ as to the 

 method to be employed, Mr. Robsou recommends the use of 

 a collecting funnel such as that shown in the accompanying 



This plan o early ci cotton stai 



should he taken up in every locality when tainers 



es ire © m 



or win cause consicl d from 



ton. Every stainer killed earlj helps to keep down 



1.1 be easii down the 



i - n hen they h ive '» c ime 



lant, 



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Fig. 11. Cot I i \ m i.. 



: i devised i I ' ,,,,.,,, 



a thi ( lotton - 

 Bug, ( lircular No. 6, I. iculture, Trinidad and 



•, red oi I i from the cotton 



.. .it the bottom, 

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THE ADVANCE OF AGRICULTURE IN 

 THE UNITED STATES 



A rep irl bj Mr. I K V Eouston, CJniti 



I he i earbook of the Departn d foi L914, 

 provides a most interesting review of the various advai 

 thai are I eii g made in connexion with the rural industries of 

 tli. republic. As would be expected, the report is entirely 

 economic in nature, and is principally de igned to show how 



the G nt is expending energj and lej to improve 



the position oi the farmer. 



Dealing lust with aspects of production, the Secre- 

 tary points "in that progress reveals itself more par- 

 ticularly in 1 1 ;ricu e, in the rise 



of minor crops t" larger proportions, than in the increased 

 production oi staple products. For example, dairying in the 

 last generation has risen t i the position of an exceptionally 

 mportant part of American agriculture to-day. Similar 

 advance has been made in regard to vegetable production. 



In considering the standard of yields obtained, it is 

 realized that the Vmeriean farmer dor.- not produce as much 



per acre as the farmer in a numl .i'ilized nations: 



but production per acre is not th '<-. tandard. The 



ndard is the amount of prqduce for each person engaged 

 in agriculture, and hy this tesl the American farmer appears 

 to be from two to -i\ times as efficienl as most of his 

 competitor-. C' •ntiiniitijr, it is "slat.,!- 'relatively speaking, 

 extensive fanning is still economically the sound program 

 in our agriculture, but now it is becoming increasingly 

 apparent that the aim must be, while maintaining supremacy 

 in production for each person, to establish in 



production for each acre. 



A number of instances are given to indicate the manner 

 in which the experts of the different Bureaus render valuable 

 assistance to the farmer, enabling him to surmount difficulties, 

 and to produ e greater yields. 



The meal supply of the country on account of its 

 somewhat critical condition n in a special 



section. Problems relating to this q come within 



the activities of the Bureau oi Animal Industry, and 

 although it is appreciated by Mr. Houston that these 

 have hem intelligently and zealously attacked, it never 



thcless remains line that the United States faces 



, .-. ...ii ituatior in the mattei ol - meal supply. 

 i . ., ;,- i hope for a considerable inert - nation's meat 



supply lies in live stions: first, in helping the cattlemen 



to develop further the bigranch; in a more satisfac 



tory handling ol the public grazin I hird, in .--;. tematic 



attention to the production - animals in the settled 



fai h mntry, -particularly in the soul h; fourth, 



in increa ed attenl >i to the m h rw ine 



and litry: and fifth, in th - dication ol 



tick, hog tuberculosis, and other animal 



diseases and pests 



