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A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



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IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



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Vol. XIII. No. ■^■2iK 



KAEBADOS, AUGIST 1, 1<)14. 



Peice Id. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Biuumas in l,JiioLai>.l:iH<l. 



Miiiiuriiig i)f -4;> 



Bel igal Beans as Cattle Fi ii nl, 



Slu]ihient (if 243 



B.M,k Slielf 255 



Biiti>li (iuiana. KxiHirt 



Trade nf. witli Canada. 



nn:i 248 



(Canadian Exliibitieu. ]'.I14 241 

 Cattle in (iiiadelduiie, C(in- 



tayiiius Diseas(>.s nf ... 251 

 Cottim Ndte.s: — 



Identitieation of Cotti^n 

 Plants in St. Vincent, 24(i 



PA(iE. 



... 25(i 

 24.S 



Market Hc|)(irts 



Xiiles and ('(innuents ... 



Oxen. Skin Temperature and 

 Fattening Cajiacity in... 251 



Pig Prdductinn in the Cnited 

 States. Outhidk for ... 24'.» 



Publications of the imperial 

 Department of .Agricul- 

 ture 



Rice tirain. Disintegration 

 of 2^.1 



St. fjucia. (iovernment l/iine 

 Juice Factory 245 



Sisal Output, Yucatan ... 245 



Students' Corner 25.'i 



Sugar Industry: 



Determination of N'aricties 

 of .Sugar-cane liy Means of 

 Stoiuiital Characteristics 244 

 The Sugar Pahii 244 



'I'amarind. Wild, as a Soil 

 Renovator 24!l 



West Indian Awards at the 

 Tro|iical Products K.shi- 

 liition 



24.'< 



II 



2411 



24! 1 



Canadian Exhibition, 1914. 



N tlir lllth of tills iiKiiitli tile r.-uiailiaii 



)\atiiinal Exhiljitimi will bi' opciiccl al 



I 'I'oroiiio. At it«ill lie rcjircsi'iitcil nidst df 



the Colonies in the West Indies, and it uiav In- dtinteii st 



to those whoare concerned if we present a re\ iew of the 



-- i)reseiit i)osition of West Indian trade with ( 'aiiada 



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~ and endeavour to indicate .some of the ways in which 



the exhibition should Serve MS an effective eclucatioiial 



■^ and advertisino niediuiii for t hese colonies. 



^ Alt examination of the statistics sniiplied bv the 



Canadian Board of Trade and the \arioiis local 

 West Indian (ioverniueiits shows that on the whole 

 the exports of produce from the West Indies to 

 Canada have been less during- 1!)18 than in 1912, 

 the value of the exjjorts of sugar alone in 1913 

 being at least S2,0U0,0()0 less than that recordetl for 

 the previous year. The principal cause for this reduc- 

 tion has Iteeii the severe drought experienceil in the 

 \\'est Indies during tlie past threi' years, anil the low^ 

 prices which prevailed for sugar during the greater part 

 ofthevear 1!)K'.. It will be readily understood that this 

 reduction is somewhat unfoi'tunate in more ways than 

 one, paiticnlarly in view of the establishment last year 

 of the Reciprocity Aoreemeiit between the West Indies 

 and Canada; for the reduction in the value of West 

 Indian exports makes it ditlicult, if not inipo.ssible to 

 decide the advantage's that have acciind from the 

 agreement in ipiestion. But turning to products other 

 than sugar we find signs of an increasing trade during 

 the |)i:i.st year, the exports of hides and skins, coffee, 

 cacao, coco-nuts, and crude lime juice being considerably 

 in excess of those recorded for 1912. Hence it is to be 

 expected that with fa\iiiuable climatic conditions, 

 exports from the West Indies to Canada next year will 

 show a big all-i'ound increase. 



From the Canadian point of view, trtule relations 

 during 1918 ha\e been generally .satisfactory. The 

 value of the Hour imported into the West Indies has 

 increased, and the present time sees most of this 

 imported food-stuff of Canadian origin, and there is 

 little doubt that as tlu' outcome of the preferential 

 tariff, Canada will soon be the sole supplier of flour to 

 these Colonies. The. second most impoi-tant Can.idian 

 product shippefl to the West Indies is lumber, which 

 has also shown an increase in value. In connexion. 



