A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



Vol. IV. No. 91. 



BARBADOS, OCTOBER 7, 1905. 



Price Id. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



AgiiLultural Prosfjects at 



Jamaica 305 



Anthrax Innoulation ... 318 

 Bananas fi-din iMai'tiniijue 308 

 Barbados ScUoLii-ship ... 312 

 Bee Keeping at St. Lucia 315 

 Cokmial Products 



Exhibition 311 



C'ottijn Notes : — 



Barbados Factory ... 311 



Barbuda 310 



St. Vincent 311 



St. Vincent Factory ... 313 

 Sea LshuulCrop .." ... 310 



We.st Indies 310 



Wind-breaks 310 



Departmental Reports ... 317 

 Educational : — 



Barbados 315 



Jamaica 315 



Fisliing in Jamaica 307 



Gleanings 31G 



Grape, Fungoid Diseases 



of the 309 



Grenada, Exports of ... 312 

 Insect N" ( ites : — 



Cane-% 314 



Hair-f.jllicle Mites ... 314 

 Pests in Egypt 314 



Page. 



Jamaica Orange Industry 308 

 Jippi-jappa Hats 313 



Market Reports 320 



Rat Virus in Dominica ... 310 



Science Notes 317 



Show of Colonial Fruit ... 308 



Sisal Hemp 318 



Sisal Hemp in Caicos 



Islands 318 



Spineless Liuies 308 



Sugar Industrj' : — 

 Gane Farming at 



Trinidad 307 



Naudet Process at 



Madeii-a 30G 



Tea Cultivation in 



Jamaica 300 



Tobacco Industr}', \\'est 



Indian 313 



Tobacco in St. Kitt's ...319 

 Turks and Caicos Islands, 



Exports of 313 



Vanilla in Tahiti 311 



"West Indian Agricultural 



Conference 313 



West Indian Products ... 319 

 Wireless Telegraphy ... 307 



Agricultural Prospects at Jamaica, 



& ^S^ N connexion with the recent official visit 

 of the Imperial Coramissioner of Agri- 

 culture to Jamaica, it may be of interest 



to review briefly the agricultural prospects cif the 



colony. 



A striking feature of the present situation 

 is the increased interest which is being taken in 

 developing the undoubted resources of the island, 

 especially in regard to sugar cultivation. The 

 Imperial Commissioner is of opinion that sugar and 

 rum must continue to be two of the leading industries, 

 as without them it would be impossible to maintain 

 the prospects of the island in a thoroughly satisfactorj- 

 condition. Now that the bounties have been abolished 

 and the prospects for West Indian sugar in Canada 

 are likely to be improved, the industry should be 

 largely developed. There is no doubt that in the 

 Vere district, provided water is supplied in sufficient 

 quantities, the outlook for sugar cultivation is so 

 favourable that the industr}' coiild be carried on so as 

 to compete with any part of the world. The establish- 

 ment of two new central factories in this district is 

 likely to meet with satisfactory results. 



In the production of first-class rum Jamaica 

 stands in the foremost position, and it should be the 

 aim of all concerned to maintain this position in spite 

 of any changes that may take place in regard to the 

 production of sugar by means of central factories. 

 The work that is being carried on under the direc- 

 tion of Dr. Cousins at the Government Laboratory 

 and at the Sugar Experiment Stations in different 

 parts of the island deserves the warm support of 

 the planting community, as it is confidentlj' believed 

 that it will eventually be productive of much good. 



In regard to the banana industry, while it is 

 of great value to the colony, it would be a misfortune 

 if, in the case of, comparativel}' speaking, so risky 

 a cultivation, too much reliance were placed upon it. 



