cr. 



A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



LIBRA 



NEW V( 



ijotank 



Vol. VIII. No. 18-5. 



BARBADOS, MA^ 2'J, 1900. 



Price Id. 



CONTENTS. 



Antigvi.-i, TiVf Planting 

 Ciikiuui Cyanaiiiiik' or 



■ Nitiolim ' 



Cloltuii Notes : — 



Cuttim at MdiitsLn-rat 

 Cotton (irowiii^; at 

 Toitola 



Page. 

 at 174 



... 1(5!) 



... 106 



Kif) 



Pac 



Pulliny;()l(l('ottoii Plants Itili 

 West Jndiau Cotton ... lt)(i 



Covpfas in Air;li'alia ... 17?> 



Ci:v.-s, Protection of from 



Flies 171 



Dominica Agricultural anil 



Coniiiiercial .Society... Kw) 



Doiiiinica. Prize-hoiilin^ 



Scheme at 107 



Ecuador. Agricultural 



Proiliicts of ]7r) 



Eucalyptus Culture in — 



California 109 



Foie.-ts and Soil Tempera- 

 tun^ 175 



Fruit Trees on (irass Land lO'.t 



Oleanings 172 



Gold Coast, Agricvdtural 



Work at 109 



Grafting Wiux, Prepara- 

 tion of 104 



Grenada, Prize-holdings 

 Couil)etition at 



Insect Notes : — 

 Mosc|uitos at St. Vincent 

 Warble Flies ... 



Jaiuaica, Projiosed Farm 

 School at 



Kerry Cows 



Lime throwing at Nevis... 



Lime Indu.stry in Virgin 

 Islands ... 



Market Re] lorts 



Milking a Goat 



Nicaraguan Shade Tree... 

 Nitrugen-fixing B.-icteria, 



Free 



Notes and Connuents ... 



Rice in British Guiana ., 

 Rubber Coagulation by 



Leaf Infusions 



Students' Corner 



Sugar Industry : — 

 Sugar-cane Culti\ation 



ID Natal 



Timber Production... 

 Trinidad Cacao Exports. 

 Water in the Soil ... . 



17.-^ 



17(1 

 17(> 



171 



l<i,s 

 104 



lii4 

 170 

 171 



1()8 



KiS 

 lOS 



17-5 

 109 



17;^. 



lo:; 



101 



107 

 1(55 



rimber Prod action. 



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L'^_ N moso countries the question of the world's 

 ^•^ supply of timber, and its relation to the 

 ^^4=K:^a^ inereasinj^ demand, has received attention 

 of late years. In earlier times the virgin forests that 

 existed in many parts of the world, even in Europe, 

 proved an adequate source of supply of all the timber 

 required. Rapid increase of population, however, has 



■^ demanded largely extended areas for food-producing 

 purposes, and as a result the primitive forest lands are 



ZD being increasingly depleted, and applied to agricultural 



uses. Further, the advance in [xipulation has natuially 

 brought about a gieater demand for timber of all kinds, 

 to be used in house construction, and in the m.inufac- 

 ture of furniture, and manj' other necessities of modern 

 life. The manufacture of paper pulp is another indu.stiy 

 which of late years has- drawn enormously upon the 

 sources of timber supply. 



The question of a cheap timber .supply is a most 

 impoitant one, but of late years there has been a con- 

 .stant tendency towards increase in price, and in most 

 European countries warnings have frequently been 

 given that the jilanting up ol woodlands will have to be- 

 undertaken on a much more extended scale if produc- 

 tion is to keep jiace with demand. Unfortunately for 

 the general consumer, however, the question of time is 

 the most important factor in raising marketable tiui- 

 ber,and a number of years must necessarily elapse before 

 the relationship between supply and demand can be- 

 placed on a more satisfactory footing. 



In Great Britain the total value of the wood and! 

 timber imported each year amounts to over £27,000,000. 

 Of this enormous quantit}-, the great bulk consists of 

 pine, larch, spruce, etc., from Russia, Scandinavia, and 

 Canada. Smaller quantities of more valuable woods, 

 such as mahogany, teak, ebony, etc., are imported from 

 tropical countries. 



Since there exists over 20,000,000 acres of waste 

 land in the United Kingdom, the question has 

 repeatedly been urged that portions of this enormous- 

 area might well be utilized in the production of a good 

 proportion of the timber now imported. Three Royal 

 Commissions have within comparatively recent years 

 sat to consider this matter, and the third has but 

 lately issued its report. In this the Commissioners 



