A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



UuSV YORIi 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Tard^' 



Vol. IV. No. 77. 



BARBADOS, MARCH 2.5, 1905. 



Price Id. 



Aojricultuml Shows, 1904-5. 



The liighest position in regard to Agricultural 

 Shows in this part of the world is undoubtedly held by 

 Jamaica, where the shows are not only well organized 

 and uniformly successful, but where the results bear 

 directl}^ on the requirements and circumstances of the 

 people. During the year 1904 seven Agricultural 

 Shows were held in Jamaica as follow.s : Savanna-la- 

 Mar, January 1 ; Mount James, June 30 ; Port Royal 

 Mountains, July (J ; Hanover, July 2(j : St. Ann's, 

 August 1 : New-market (St. Elizabeth), August 1, and 

 Kendal, November 23. The grants-in-aid made by the 

 Agricultural Society, amounting to £200, were largely 

 sup]jlemented by local contributions, and valuable 

 assistance was afforded by the Agricultural Instructors 

 and other officers connected with the agricultural 

 services in the island. 



At British tiuiana exhibitions were held during 

 the official year 1903-4 by the Farming Association 

 at Buxton, East Coast, and at Georgetown for tho 

 county of Deinerara. The prizes offered from the 

 grants made by the Board of Agriculture ' were only 

 for articles exhibited in fair quantity and which are 

 either of actual or potential commercial value.' Farmer 

 Competitions took place in the Victoria Belfield district, 

 the Georgetown district (for market gardeners and 

 farmers) and in the island of Wakenaam. 



f.s,^:^,,t^j, In the colony of 'I'rinidad \"ory successful School 



"" HE .series of Agricultural Shows held in the Vegetable Shows in connexion with school gardens 



West Indies for the .season 1904-5 has were held at Couva on November 25, at Tunapuna on 

 come to a close with the interesting show November 28, and at Princes' Town on December 2, 

 that took place at Grenada on March 16 and 17 last. 1904. The funds for prizes were provided by the 



