A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW ......... 



OF THE NEW YORK 



'OTANICAL 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. - 



iARL>EN. 



Vol. VIII. No, 176 



BARBADOS, .lANUARV •-'.'., lliO'.i 



Pi;icE Id. 



CONTENTS. 



P.\GE. 

 Agricultural Banks in 



Western Australia 



Antigua, Hedges at 



Antigua Sugar and Cutton 



in Liverpiiol 



Assam Rubber, Method <if 



Tapping. 



Bordeaux Mixture 



Cacao Industry, < )rganiza- 



tion in the 



Cotton Notes : — 

 Cotton (irowing in 



Uganda 



West Indian Cotton ... 

 Departmental Kejiorts : — 

 Antigua : Botuiic Station, 



etc., lV)07-« 



British Honduras : 



Botanic Station, l!t07... 

 Foot-and-Mouth Disease ... 

 Frencli Colonial ScIkjoI 



Gleanings 



Innnature Citrus Fruit, 



Shipment of 



Insect Notes: — 



Mites and Lice on Poultry 2ti 

 Live Stock in the West 



Indies 17 



Market Reports 32 



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 25 



22 



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27 

 24 

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20 



Page. 



Meclianical Tillage and 



Sugar-cane Machinery 



in British (iuiana ... '2i> 

 Milk Adulteration in 



Trinidad 23 



Notes and Counnents ... 24 

 Pipe Cahdiash at (Grenada 21 

 Poultry :- 

 Britisli Eggdaying 



Competition ot) 



Prickly Pear as a Forage 



Crop ... 31 



Rice Crop in British 



(iuiana 30 



Rice in British Honduras 24 

 Rum Manufacture in 



British (iuiana .3(j 



Students' Corner 2!l 



S<iil Survey Work 21 



Sugar Industry : — 

 Sugar-cane Experiment.s 



at Barbados 19 



Toliacco (irowing in 



British (iuiana 25 



Tropical Fruits, Ripening 



of 20 



West African Rams 23 



\\est Iiulian Products ... 31 

 Woodlands and l{;iinfall... 24 



Live Stock in the West Lulies. 



HE nature and quality of the live stock of 

 a country generally form a sure indication 

 of the degree to which agricultural progress 

 CT) has advanced in the community, since among the first 

 O". points recognized by those anxious to improve the 

 , conditions of agriculture are the importance of intro- 

 OO ducing or developing the most valuable qualities in the 

 CD various kinds of stock kept, and of breeding only from 

 \^' the best. 



The West Imlies can scarcely be regarded as 

 a stock-raising country, since agricultural pursuits form 

 the chief industry. Yet, as animals are required in 

 fairly large numbers for (1) labour, (2) meat, and (3> 

 milk, the matter of their breeding and rearing is an 

 important consideration, and should receive every 

 attention compatible with the possibilities of these 

 colonies in that direction. The large number ofaiiimals 

 imported every year indicate that there is abundant 

 scope for home production, and the raising of stock 

 should certainly form a more considerable feature in 

 the economy of many estates than it does at present. 

 A secondary reason which may be mentioned in favour 

 of this policy is the value of the pen manure produced. 



It is obvious that a good deal more yet remains to 

 be done in levelling up the general character of West 

 Indian stock, and further that, under present condi- 

 tions, the full returns that might be possible from meat 

 and milk production are now realized in a few cases 

 only. Among the chief reasons for this state of affairs 

 are: (I) want of care in selection and breeding, by 

 which is meant not only the use of male animals of 

 inferior character, but also that, in many cases, insuffi- 

 cient attention has been given to the selection of those 

 particular breeds which are best adapted to West Indian 

 conditions: (2) imperfect realization of the fact, in 

 the case of cattle, that the various breeds may be 

 regarded as specially adapted either for beef produc- 

 tion, or for milk production, l:>ut that it is useless 

 to expect both qualities in a high degree in the 

 same breed ; and (3) the inade(]uate nature of the food 

 supply on many estates, which frequently is insufficient 

 for keeping any number of live stock throughout the 

 year. There is a distinct need in most of the islands 



