A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



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Vol. XIII. No. 32.-.. 



BAUBADOS, (KTOHEK 10, 1914. 



Price Id. 



CONTENTS. 



Pace. 



Agriculture, History of ... .'519 

 Agriculture in Ceylon ... 327 



Bovine Tuberculosis, Recent 

 Views on :52!l 



Cacao, (jiualities Desired l)y 

 Manufacturers .''23 



Cassava, Fattening Pigs on ;i2tt 



Cotlee Culture, Mocha 



Co-operative Credit... 



Culian Walnut 



I'ACK. 



Uejiartnient News 



Departmental Reports ... 

 Gleanings 



Insect Notes: — 



A Wood-Boring Moth... 

 Jamaica's F^xport Trade... 

 Licorice 



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 :::',■> 

 :5l'.'5 



:52l 

 325 

 :i3() 



328 



320 



... .'i33 



Market Reports 31 



Monlserrat, Agricultural 

 Prospects in 



Notes and Couinients ... 3; 



Oranges for Market, Prepa- 

 ration of 3; 



Oil. New S.iuicesof 3; 



Riiodesia, Trials with New 



Crops in 3: 



Students' Corner 'X 



Sugar lndustr\ : — 



The Possibilities of Fall 

 Sugar Production ... 3: 



Vegetable Growing in An- 



I tigu:i for Can,idi.-in Market 



during Winter Months 3; 



' West Indian Bulletin ... 3: 



West Indian Cotton 3: 



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The History of Agriculture. 



Tt^ '!^i|^"<^*t)c unac(jtiaintt'(l with the history iof ones 

 ■specialty is to lack that .sympathetic interest 

 .which a knowledge of the past must invariabh' 

 arouse. All the wider issues fail to be fully ajjpre- 

 ciated, and it is impo.ssible to form just estimates of 

 the value and creditable worth of past endeavours 

 owing to ones ignorance of the conditions under which 

 they were conducted. For th<' y<iung man, as a form 

 of education, the study of the history of his occupation 

 has a broadening influence and frequentlj- acts benefi- 

 cially in the way of lessening the tendency to under-rate 



ratiui' than over-rate results and achievements that 

 are now out-of-date. In the business of agriculture 

 as well as in the administration and science of 

 agricidture is this true; in fact the study of history 

 shows that these different spheres of activity are 

 inseparable and in this way also is of great worth. 



In forming an estimate of previous work it is essen- 

 tial to become familiarwiththe environment under which 

 it was conducted. Few people who, in the ordinary 

 coiu'se of events meieh' utilize for their own ad\antage 

 the results achieved by others realize the difficulties 

 that have in some instances been faced and overcome 

 in bringing to light new facts or in materializing new 

 ideas on a practical basis. The details of the environ- 

 ment under which the work was done remain untold, 

 for on tho modern knowledge market results are valued 

 for what they are worth and not by the energy which 

 has been expended in producing them — just as a pound 

 hardly earned can purchase no more than a pound that 

 has been gained with comparative ease. A stiKly of 

 history does the pioneer credit in this respect, and in 

 doing this it arouses .sympathj' on the one hand or pro- 

 vides encoiu'agement on the other for those similarly 

 engaged at the present time. In other words, the 

 study of history is inspiring. 



From another point of view the study is of value 

 in ;i more materialistic way. It shows the extent to 

 which one event may affect another — a most important 

 aspect for those who are concerned with aduiinistiation 

 in any capacity. The depression in the sugar industry 

 in the West Indii'S during the nineties, for example, was 

 largely responsible tor the revixal of the Sea Island 

 cotton industry which has been the making of several 

 of the islands. Coming nearer the pre.sent time, such 



