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THE AGRiCTLTniAL ^^:ws. 



JrsE 3. 1916. 



EDITORIAL 1^^}% 



Head Office 



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NOTICES. 

 — Babbados. 



Letters and matter for publication, as well as all 

 ■specimens for naming, should be addressed to the 

 O)mmissioner, Imperial Department of Agriculture, 

 Barbados. 



All applications for copies of the 'Agricultural 

 News ' and other Departmental publications, should be 

 addressed to the Agents, and not to the Department. 



The complete list of Agents, and the subscription 

 and advertisement rates, will be found on page 3 of 

 the cover. 



Imperial Commissiorur of Francis Watts. C.3LG., D.Sc., 



Agriculture for the Wist Indies F.LC, F.C.S. 



SCIESTIFIC iTAPF. 



■ScietUif.c Aisistaut and 



Asiistaiii E-iiior 

 ^fUoniol'j-jiit 

 Mycologist 



€kUf Clerk 

 Atattaiit (Xerk 



■Gerical Atsistatiii 



W. R. Dunlop. 



H. A- BaUou, iLSc. 



W. SowelL D.I.C. 



CLEEICAL STAFF. 



A. G. Howell 

 iL B. ConnelL 

 I'L. A. Corbin. 

 P. Taylor. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Contents of Present Issue. 



The editorial in this number contaiDS some 

 suggestions with regard •- '^-■-nt legislation against 

 plant diseasea 



An im porta:, . article will be found on 



page 179 dealing with the identity of West Indian sour 

 grasses. 



Another interesting ii'ji« is that on page 189 

 dealing with the poisonous nature of chlorate when 

 used in manares. 



The discussion on cotton pests and diseases at the 

 recent Cotton Conference will be found summarized on 

 pages l.'*2 and 1*<:3. 



Insect Nuttr,< in tn,s is--u«- c'jiii-'.rn the dispersal of 

 leal-blister mite of cotton. 



Ehicouragement of Corn Cultivation in 



St. Vincent. 



In our lasr issuejbiit one. we gave an account of 

 a Maize Show which was held a short time aso in 

 Antigua with the object of stimulating growers to 

 increase their acre^e under com. The Agricultural 

 Department in St. Vincent also is making efforts to 

 get a larger area under Indian com in that island. 

 This object has been furthered by issuing a small 

 pamphlet entitled. How to Grow Indian Corn or 

 Maize in St. Vincent. The iniormarion is presented 

 in good form, and is of a practical character such 

 as would be likely to prove useful to the practical 

 grower. The various points dealt with include the 

 variety to plant, selection of seed, time to plant and 

 planting distance, vsowing of seed, iutercultivation, 

 harvesung and preparation for export. Besides this, 

 space is devoted to insect pests and diseases. The 

 pamphlet should serve a useful ptirpose, and will 

 probably be found valuable in islands other than 

 St. Vincent. The .|»mphlet is a revision of a similar 

 one issued during March 191-5. 



The Grenada Scholarship. 



The Grenada ijovernment <ktz€tte for April 1 last, 

 contains the draft of a bill for an Ordinance entitled, 

 'An Ordinance to provide tor the establishment of the 

 Grenada Scholarship". The Bill provides for the 

 establishment of one scholarship to be opened to public 

 competition each year; the scholarship is made tenable 

 during membership of any University or College in 

 Europe or Canada, or any Agricultural, Scientific, or 

 Technical College or Institution in Europe, Canada or 

 the United States of America, approved by the Gover- 

 nor-in-Council: it shall be of the annual value of £17-5. 

 and tenable for not less than three and nor more than 

 five years, at the discretion of the Govemor-in-Council. 

 It shall be open for competition to every person who 

 produces proof that he will not have exceeded twenty 

 years of age. on the'first day of the month in which the 

 examinadon is held, and who is either a native of 

 the Colony or the child of parents, one of whom 

 has had his, or her, permanent residence in the Colony 

 for the ten years immediately preceding the exam- 

 ination, or of parents who have resided in the Colony 

 for the ten years immediately preceding the examin- 

 ation, or is the child of parents one of whom has died 

 in the Colony, if such child has resided in the Colony 

 ten years previous to the ex;-. It is nls^. 



provided that the candidate : - .- five y>;-ars 



immediately preceding the examinatioD, have been 

 bona fide receiving his education in Grenada and have 

 passed the .Junior or .Senior Cambridge Examination 

 in Honours. 



The scholarship will be awarded on the results 

 of the Cambridge Senior Lo.al Examination to the 

 competitor who is reported by the examiners to have 

 the best claim to be awarde<l the scholarship. 



Similar provisions for an open scholarship exist 

 in the Leeward Islands. 



