A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



NEW 



BOTA 



UAK 



Vol. IX. No. 2>', 



BARBADOS, OCTOBER 29, 1910. 



Pkick Id, 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



P.\GE. 



Agiiciiltiiial ('Diifcrouci', 



I'.tii :W7 



Bauiburiii Ciruviiiil Nut ... ;i40 



BanaTi.i M<al 'Mo 



('aiic-llautini; ill Iiidi.i ... 315 

 Cayman Island.-^, .\gricul- 



tiui> ill 351 



Cotton Notes : — 



Tlu' EL.'VI)liaii Cotton 



Crol), I'.tO!) .•!42 



West Indian Cotton ... 342 

 Ciudr ( lil Kinulsii.n fur 



Cattlf Tiiks .344 



UepHltininit No\v^s 34!) 



Departmental Rejiorts ... 347 



I'Ai.iador. Cacao in 351 



Fnngu.s Notes : — 



The Disinfection nf 



Indian Coin Seed ... 350 

 The Frog-Ho|pi>ei- Fun- 

 gns in Trinidad ... .350 



Gleanings 348 



(iieeii .M.iiniie, A New ... .341 

 Insect Notes: — 



Fiog-Hi'piiois in Trini- 

 dad 34(; 



iM.arket Reports 352 



Nitrate nf Soda, I'lodiic- 



liiin of, I'JOil-lO .. .341 

 Notes and Comments ... 344 



Ramie Wool .344 



Students' Comer 34!t 



Sugar Industry : — 

 Demeiaia Seedling 



Canes m Loiiisiana ... 3.3!l 

 Tlie luHuence of Molas- 

 ses on .Soil Fertility... .33'.t 

 Trade of Sierre Leone, 



1019 345 



Weed, .A Piinnising 345 



West Indies and Canadian 



Exhibitions, 1010 ... 343 



The AiiTicultaral Coiifereuce, 191 1. 



11 1*", iiiiinbor (if Moricultiiral conferences tliat 

 "^have been held, so far, in the West Indies, 



taking- into accnunt the one which was inter- 

 ruiitrd. ill .lamaica in 1907. is seven. The first took 

 place in 1S9!>, and they were held anniiallj', nntil 190:? 

 and 1904, when ((uarantine difficulties at Barbados and 

 Tiinidad, respectively, led to their suspension. They 

 were i-esunied in 1905, but a proposed meetino dftJK' 

 kind in .Jamaica was rendered iiiipcssible, in the ne.xt 

 yeai', owing to transport iliffieulties. In 1907, these 



difficulties were .surmounted, and the delegates travelled 

 to that colony, where however, as has been indicated, 

 the occurrence of the earthquake made it impossible to 

 hoifl iiKjre than jiart of t!ie fir.-t iineting. Barbados 

 was chosen as the place of meeting, in IflO.S, and since 

 this occasion, no agricultural conference has been held 

 in the \Vc;t Indie.s. 



.\rrangf ments are now in progress for holding the 

 ne.xt West Inrlian Agrieulttiral Conference from Janu- 

 ary 11 to IS, 1911, at (ieorgetown, British (Juiana. In 

 anticipation of a visit by the Imjji-rial Commissioner 

 of Agriculture to British Guiana in connexion with 

 the ])reliiiiinaiy airangeiuents for the Conference, 

 a Committee was appointed by His Excellency the 

 Governor of British Guiana, for the jmrpose of assisting 

 in making these; from this Committee, a sub- committee 

 was delegated with the object of obtaining suggestions 

 in relation to the matter. The visit of the Commis- 

 sioner was made on October 12, when he arrived in the 

 Colony as the guest of the Governor. Dr. Watts was 

 afforded an ojijiortiinity of conferring with the Com- 

 mittee, as well as with others who are more directly 

 interested in matters appeitaining to the Conference, 

 when it w-as found that the sub-committee had a very 

 complete list of suggestions to place before the Com- 

 mittee. The meeting at which these were brought for- 

 ward was held on October 1-i, at the office of Professor 

 .1. B. Harrison, the Director of Science and Agriculture, 

 British ( luiana. 



As a result of the deliberations of the committee, 

 in consultation with the Imjicrial Commissioner of 

 Agriculture, a provisional programme has bei-n outlined, 

 as follows, and submitted by the Commissioner to the 



