404 Agricultural Gazette of N.SJF. [Mau 2, 1908. 



TIk' facad iinlusli'v in tlic West In.li;'- was valucil in 1 lt(i:)-(; at 

 1 1 ,:)()(),()()(). ii is the sole cro]" of (Irciiada. In 'I'rinidail it is worth 

 (h)ulilc llic siiuar <Mit|iiit, ami is a hii-,L;i' iinlustry in .lanniica, St. Lucia, 

 Doininii'a, ami St. \'inccnt. 'riu- avcrauv yirld in (Jreiiada is 7.~^ 1 lb. 

 to the ai'fe. Mf. Caldrv is also plant int:' dui a cunsidofabh.' amount of 

 ruhhei' trees; but none of them ai'e of eoiiuiirrcial value up In llie present. 

 1 also visited the snuai'- mill, where about .")()() tons of sujiar is turned 

 out cverv vear : but nearly all the mills in .lamaica make their jirofits 

 out of the rum tliey distil, while the sufj:ar.pays their workin<^- e\])ens3S. 

 Next morning;- 1 came down by ti-ain to Spaidsh Town, and from there 

 took a trap to llartlands Estate, where .Mr. .\ . ^Vi,lzens, mana^nii<i- 

 partner, took me all over the citrus oi'ehai'd of UK) acres. This estate 

 was first ])laidAMl with bananas; Imt it was found that they would not 

 du in the heavy black soil, and citrus fruits were subst it uteil. The 

 greater part consists of u'rape-fi'uit , witli some IJnyal oranLjcs (a man- 

 darin with a very coarse skin), Navel, ami otiier oranges. The whole 

 place is irrigated l)y <iravitation. Here, as in Cuba, melanose is very 

 bad, while "white louse" (Chiitasin's cilri) and "round scale" (Aspi- 

 (]i()tii>i firi(s) are very abundant, often covering the fruit. ("aidu-r, 

 somewhat similai' to " collar rot " with us, and probably due very often 

 to the same cause — want of drainagi — is very common, 1)Ut is ke])t under 

 with cutting awa\- tlie diseased tissue, and treating with a mixture 

 of fish-oil and tar. 



Spraving with Paris green and lime, salt, and sulphui- is rcLiidarly 

 carried on in tliis orchard. Mr. Wigens ships a good deal of his fruit 

 direct to England. 



New Year's Day, left llartlands at 10 o'clock and reached Montigo Bay 

 at G p.m. This is another l)aiiana district, and there are a good many 

 small sugar mills in the district. A very large. Hat, briglit-re(1 niamlarin 

 is grown about Manderville on the road from Hartlands ; the skin, how- 

 ever, is very loose, and I was told it would not travel well. This is the 

 only place where 1 came across this distinct vaidety. On the following; day 

 I left Montigo ]{a\- for Kingstcm, reacliiiiL:' there that evening, and packed 

 up mv luggage to leave next morning for Ibirbados; but my boat diil not 

 leave till t'arly on the 4th. After calling at Colon (Panama), Savenilla 

 (Pt. Coloumbia), La Ciiayra, and 'I'ldnidad, we arrived at Barbados on 

 tlie evening of the Uth. On boai'd the B..M.S.P. La Plata T met the 

 delegates to the Imperial Department Aiii'icult uial Conference of the \\ est 

 Indies, Messrs. Eaucett, Williams, and Savage, and also, latei' (Ui, those 

 from Trinidad, .Messrs. Hart, Collins, Tripp, and Clarke, who, wlim we 

 met the reception connnittee, introduced me lo Sir Daniel .Morris, who, 

 as soon as T explained mv mission, nominated me as an honorary member 

 of the Conference. During the week that the Conference was sitting I met 

 most of the leading agricidt urists and teachers re|irescnting nearly every 

 island in the West Indies, and learnt more from them than T wouhl have 

 been able to do in a month otherwise. Tlu' chief industrv in liarbados, 



