A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OK THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



Vol. XIII. No. 3i3. 



BARBADOS, SKPTE.MBEl! li', 1914. 



I'lUCK Id. 



CONTENTS. 



Aglic-ultui;il News Ma 

 KuJicMt 



Bean. A New 



tiaiiadiaii Sugar Duties. 



C'dcii-iiut Experiments 

 <-Vyl">' 



t'ottiiii Notes: — 



Note Mil New Cottons. 



West Iinlian t'nttoii . 

 Dfpartiiiental Reliorts . 

 Departiuent News ... 

 Filiie UecorticHtor, .\ 



New 



Forests and Floods... . 

 FMiigus Notes: — 



The Eti'ect of Grass 



Fruit Trees 



(ilcaiiiiigs 



Ground Limestone ... 



P.4.;k. 



iket , 

 .. 2<)7 

 .. 2!« 

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ill 

 .. 2'.»-2 



.. 2'.I4 



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.. 2! 14 



.. 303 



.. 2!l!l 

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B.VdK. 



< 'o-olieiati\e Soci- 



2!IS 



2!t.S 

 303 



302 

 300 

 2<ll 



Indian 



eties .\ct. 1!I12 ... 

 Inseet Notes:— 



The .\crohat Ant ... 

 Items of Local Interest 



Market l{e)>orts ;504 



Minerals. I'tilization of 



Local 2'.t7 



Motor Ploughs, New 



Kinds 2'.tli 



Notes and Comments ... 2'.U> 



Plants and Animals, Legis- 

 lative Protection, II ... 28!l 

 Potash, tile Suiii)ly of ... 2'.»1 

 Soils, Chemical Anal.ysis of 207 



Students' Corner 301 



Tulieirulin Testing Cattle, 

 Intradermal Method of 203 



Legislative Protection of Plants and 

 Animals. 



II. 



.'~i Well ;i.s in.stitutiiig ciiutnd in foniU'.Kioii 

 I with the diseases ofcmps, legislative avithori- 

 tties have of recent years (lone much to protect 

 the health of domestic animals. This part of the 

 subject is of very vital concern because it has inaiied- 

 iate relation to the preservation of human health. 

 Particularly instructive in this respect are the various 

 Orders in regard to tuberculosis .lud anthrax, because 

 as most persons know, the causative organisms of 

 these fatal maladies are comniunicable to man. The 

 spread of tuberculosis is intimately bound up with 



milk sujiply. In England, the local authorities are 

 I'liipowerefi to inspect herds (if daiiv cows and may 

 oi'der the slaughter of any animal that shows evidence 

 o.'the jiicseiice of I lie disease, or even of any diseased 

 c indition (d'the uddei'. Compensation is given by the 

 (lovenmicnt on the sliding .scale system, the amount 

 granted varying with the degree of infection as deter- 

 mined by a post-mortem examination. It will be 

 evident that this system must tend to eliminate 

 infecte(l .soui-ces and result in an improved state of 

 affairs as regards the proiluction of wholesome milk. 



In certain parts of Africa, the (iovernnient endeav- 

 ours to check the spread of tuberculosis in another way. 

 In Rhod(_'sia. for example, an Act is in force which prohi- 

 bits the introduction of breeding animals lielow a certain 

 age, the reason for this being that, although a young 

 animal may show no evidence of tuberculosis, it may 

 possess an inherent susceptibility for the disease and 

 develop it at a later date. In the West Indies, 

 although bovine tuberculosis is very prevalent, no 

 definite measures are adopted for enforcing its eradica- 

 tion, the principal difficulty being the want of a veteri- 

 nary organization. 



Anthrax, the second disease that has been speci- 

 allv mentioned, comes under the Contagious Diseases 

 Ordinances in most countries. It may be obser\'e(l here 

 that in the ])ast. most of those maladies whicli are 

 sudden in their attack have receivwl, and only natur- 

 alh so, the careful attention of legal authorities; but 

 it does not follow that a less violent di.sea.se like 

 ttiberculosis is less deserving of biological intervention 

 b\ law: on the contrary, it is the more insidious affec- 

 tions that call for compulsory measures of eradication 

 most, because the losses are not .so strikingh' app:iront. 



