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OrTOBEK 10, 1914. 



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"Vol. Xin. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 19U. No. 32.5. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



• Contents of Present Issue. 



Tile editorial in this number discusses the value 

 -of a .study of the history of agriculture, with jmrticular 

 reference to what has taken place dui-ing the past 

 iifteen years in the West Indies. 



On page 321, an account will Ije I'oiukI of the most 

 recent information on palm sugar production. A list 

 is given of the principal palms which are at present 

 legardpd as providing pintitable supplies of sugar. 



A useful account of up-to-date methods nf prepar- 

 ing oranges for market will br found on page 822. 



On page 824, an account of an aildress given by 

 the Imperial Conmiissioner of Agi'iculture at Mont- 

 ■ serrat in regard to the agricultural pinspects of the 

 near future, is published on page 884. 



A review (jf the report on the Agricultiual Depart- 

 anent, St. Lucia, for 1918-14, appears on ]jagv 82.5. 



The West Indian Bulletin. 



The present issue i.if the West Indian Bulletin 

 (Vol. XIV, Xo. 8) Contains .six articles of much interest 

 and importance. The first is entitled A Veterinary 

 Survey of the Windward and Leewarfl Islanrls. In 

 this, Mr. P. T. Saunders, M.R.C.V.S., late Veterinary 

 Officer to the Imperial Depaitment of Agriculture, re- 

 views in geographical order his professional and dfficial 

 observations made during the last three years through 

 the islanfls from Grenada to St. Kitts-Nevis inclusive. 

 This c(jntains useful suggestions and comments on 

 such matters as tputi'antine legislation, the control of 

 tuberculosis, of the meat and milk supply, and the 

 geneial aspects of veterinary matters in the several 

 islands. 



On agricultural education and its adjustment to 

 the needs of the students, Dr. Fi-ancis Watts, C.M.G., 

 Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture for the West 

 Indies, writes at considerable length, and beginning 

 with the most eleiuentary grades, sketches the various 

 .systems in vugue with particula rreference to the 

 West Indies. In this paper, which was read at the 

 recent International Congress of Tropical Agriculture, 

 Dr. Watts refers at some length tn the (juestion of 

 Agricul tural Colleges. 



In view of its industrial iuipuriaiice. an account of 

 the ad\antages and disaihantages relating tu the 

 budding of cacao is rt'pi'intefl in this numbei' from the 

 last Annual Report <jn the Agricultural Department, 

 Dominica, under the charge nf Mr. Joseph Jones. 



Turning to the ne.\t article, in view of the uncert- 

 ainty tliat lias long existed in regard to the chemical 

 methods employed for the commercial valuati(m < if con- 

 centrated lime jtiice and citrate of lime, a translation of 

 the Report of a Chemical Committee of the Ministry of 

 Agriculture, Rome, is reproduced, and this states that of 

 all methods, Ogston ..^ Moores (Warrington's) method is 

 to be preferred. Following on this article, are tables 

 of specific gra\ities and the equivalent pounds of sugar 

 per Imperial gallon of cane-sugar solutions at .80° C, 

 compiled by Mr. William Douglas, F.I.C., F.C.S. 



The number ends with the Annual Report on the 

 prevalence of some pests and diseases in the AVest Indies 

 during 1918, compiled by the Entomologist and Myco- 

 logist on the Staff of the Inqjerial 1 )epartment. The 

 form of this repurt is now well known to West Indian 

 readers, and it is to be expected that the present report 

 like previous ones will serve a useful purpose. It 

 shows concisely the degree of occurrence of the different 

 pests and diseases of cultivated crops in the Windward 

 and Leeward Islands during the past year. 



Insect Notes, which will be found on page 82JS, 

 comprise an article on a woofl-boring moth which 



-damages certain economic and 

 the West Indies. 



irnaiiiental plants in 



Instructive information concerning co-operative 

 •icredit in Tiiniilad will be fiiund on page 882. 



Jamaica's Export Trade. 



Statements appear in the Supplentent to the 

 Jamaica Gazette for July 2, 1914, showing the po.si» 

 tion of Jamaica's export trade for 1918. The interest 

 of the Ignited Kingdom, ft'om the figures given for 

 the last three; years, appears to be a rapidly dimin- 

 ishing quantity. In forty yeai's her percentage of 

 acceptance has dwindleil down from over SI per cent. 



