THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



February '26, 1916. 



EDITORIAL 



Head Office 





NOTICES. 



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Agricultiirefor the JVtst Indiex F.I.C., F.C.S. 



SCIESTIFIO ST.\FF. 



Scietitijic Assistmit and 



Assistant Editor W. R. DiiiiLip. 



EntomohMjist H. A. Ballon, M.Sc. 



Mycologist W. Nowell, D.I.C. 



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Vol. XV. SATURDAY, FKP.UrAHY 26, 1916. Xo. 361. 



West Indian Cotton Meeting in St. Kitts. 



Arrangements have been concluded by this Depart- 

 ment for holding a meeting, in St. Kitts, of the agricul- 

 tural officers and certain of the leading planters 

 interested in cotton production in the different islands 

 working in conjunction with the Imperial Department 

 of Agriculture. The meeting will begin on March 13 

 and end on the ISth prox. The provisional agenda 

 embodies the various aspects of cotton production, 

 including statements of the position in the different 

 islands, the pests and diseases of cotton, cultivation 

 and manuring, the commerce of cotton, utilizition of 

 by-products, etc. The following officers of the Imperial 

 De^jartment will be present: Dr Francis Watts, C M.G., 

 Commissioner; Mr. W. 11. Dunlop. Scientific Assis- 

 tant: Mr. H. A. Ballon, M.Sc, Entomologist: and 

 Mr. W. Nowell, D.I'.C, Mycologist. A full account 

 of the proceedings will be ])ublished in due course. 



The West Indies in Canada. 



Two valuable publications, issued under the 

 authority of Sir George E. Foster, K.C.M.G., Minister 

 of Trade and Commerce of Canada, have been receivetl 

 at this Office from that Department. The first is The 

 Canada Year Book, 1914'. This gives a full description 

 of the constitution, agriculture, manufactures, commu- 

 nications, tr.ide and connnerce, law and education of 

 the Dominion. It is a volume which will be fotnid 

 extremely useful for reference by any one intereste>I 

 in the countr}'. On pages 428 to 487, respectively, are 

 statistics showing the trend of trade between the 

 Dominion and the West Indies. We reproduce the 

 following: — 



Value of Imports and Exports from and to the 

 British West Indies, 1901-14. 



Imports from Exports from 



B.W.I, and Canada to 



British Guiana B.W.I, ami 



into Canada. British «!uiana. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



•Contents of Present Issue. 



The editorial in this number is a review of a recent 

 lecture on the Principles of Crop' Production, with par- 

 ticular reference to the soil. 



Under Sugar Industry, on page U7, is a statement 

 showing the results obtainrd at the Antigua Sugar 

 Factory during Hn.5. 



(Jn pages 70 and 71 are several articles concerning 

 ■cotton. 



A valuable pamphlet on Indoor (hardening lor 

 Schools is reviewed on page 75. 



c Insect Notes deal with pests in the N'irgin Islands, 

 ■while under Plant Diseases will be found two iicites on 

 sulphur and crops, and on a chart of tiopical plant 

 •diseases, respectively, 



1!U)] l,40(i,4.S0 2,2!t7,.S04 



1902 1.702,2y8 2,4o(i,l:{2 



1908 2,415,008 2.(i99 KiT 



1904 7,0()ti,892 2,t)(i2..')24 



litO.") «,589,<).5t). 2.872,77(1 



190(i 7,.521,80tt 2,847,881 



1907* 5,208,892 2,188,-542 



1908 9,298,804 8,090,4(i8 



1!»09 9,088,5!t(i 8,0.54,078 



1910 !»,004,42l 8,()97,872 



litll I(»,2(i2,tll8 4,78ii,(>(t.'. 



1912 10,5."}0,4M1 4,(il7.9(;i 



1!»18 9,448,8118 4,5!»l,10o 



I ! » 1 4 8,045,844 .5,142,ti05 



♦ Nine months only. 



These figures arc of special iuteiest in connexion 

 with the second publication, which shows the steady 

 incri'ase in the exports from Canada to the British 

 West Indies. The decline in imports from these islands 

 (1918 to 1914), was ilue largely to unfavouraMe 

 climatic conditions resulting in crops below the average. 



