A FORTNrGHTLY REVIEW 



I IF THE 



LUSH 



NEW ' 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. ^Z^: 



Vol. XIII. Ko. 32T 



I'.AliP.ADOS, NOVEMBER 7, 1914. 



Price Id. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



AliM'ilifiit Karths 357 | 



Agricultural Developuieut 351 



Cauipluir 35!1 



{'ocii-nuts iu Nevis, Maiuirial 



Ex|>erinu-nts with 354 



(Vitiee. Alk-gL'cl New Vari- 

 eties of ;155 



(■Mjmi in Ceylon 354 



f'ottnii Notes: - 



Cotton Pros])ects in Eng- 

 land 35(i 



Mutation in Egyptian 



Cott..n r ... 3.".e 



West In<lian Cotton ... 35(i 



De|Fartnient News 301? 



Fungus Notes: — 



Black Root Disease of 



liiuies 304 



(ileanings 'M'2 



Huuius in Californian Soils MOl 



luiperial In.stitute o03 



India. Experiments with 

 (.irceu Manuring in ... 301 



P.\r;E. 



Insect Notes: — 



Na])hthalene as an Insec- 



ticiile 



Irrigation iu Italy 

 Jabotical)a. The 

 Manganese as a Fertilizer 

 Market Ixejxirts 

 Notes anil Connucnts 

 Onion (Irowiug in tli^ 



Virgin Islands 

 Publications of the 



Departuient of 



culture 



Students' Corner . 

 Sugar Industry: — 



Cane Sugar's 



iiity... 



Production of 



India 



Vanilla Industry 



Seychelles 

 Wheat Production in the 



Douiinions, Increased... 355 



MOO 

 35!) 

 355 

 3{;i 



.".01 ; 



;!5,s 



:;o(i 



Imperial 

 Agri- 

 ... 35!) 

 ... 303 



()]jportu- 



353 



in 

 . 353 



the 

 .. 354 



Su^ir 



ni 



Agricultural Development. 



AiC^ l^-HE (leveloiJiiifiit of now oiiterijnsf.s and the 

 £cxtensi<in of old ones in the We.st Indian 

 t colonies, may often be stimulated by experi- 

 facilities of a commercial kind in contra- 

 distinction to the work commonly carried on 

 at experiment stations and in chemic;U and biolo- 

 gical laboratories. For instance, it is clearly not 

 sntHcient to be able merely to produce a given crop 

 for consumption abroad, it is necessary as well to be 

 able to export it satisfactorily. This lattei- considei-- 

 ation applies more especially in the case of perishable 

 produce like fruit and \egetable.s, and it is instructive 

 to reiLtcmber that there are facilities at the present 

 tiiru- for investigation in the direction suggested. In 



the production of fruit for the northern markets it 

 would be interesting, and probably useful, to make 

 tiial shipments in cold storage and in cool 

 storage of different varieties and at difterent 

 times of the year. The experiments might include 

 sei-ies where the ti-uit is kept at diffei'ent tem- 

 perature and under different conditions of humidity. 

 Such investigations should lead to a better under- 

 standing of the changes that take place in the 

 tiiiit. With the encouragement given by preferential 

 treatment of British West Indian products in Caitada, 

 and the facilities offered by the newly established 

 Canada- West Indian .service of the Royal Mail Steam 

 Packet Company it seems desirable that systematic 

 ertbrts shoidd be made to take achantage of the oppor- 

 tunities fiffered, in order, by means of experimental 

 shipments of suitable products, to ascertain in what 

 directions extension of trade may be looked for. 



These experiments are not likely in the first 

 instance tt) prove entirely remunerative, but they will 

 furnish valuable information for guidance as to the dir- 

 ection in which progress may be made, and at the same 

 time it is probable that they will indicate the most 

 economical and effective methods of obtaining the 

 information desired, and of disseminating it for general 

 use. Even unsucce.ssful ventures thus carried out 

 have considerable value, in that they obviate the 

 necessity of repeated losses on the part of isolated 

 individuals in their eftorts to acquire the information 

 soiudit. On the other hand successful ventures can be 

 rapidh' followed up, and in a more extensive manner, 

 than if the information had been privately obtained. 



It will serve a useful purpose if agricidtural 

 officers, and those concerned with the development of 



