I 



A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



Vol. IV. No. 88. 



BARBADOS, AUGUST 26, 190-5. 



Price Id. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Palata in Brazil 271 



Britisli (iuiana, Agri- 

 culture in 204 



at 



» 



Cacao and Rubber 



St. Kitt's 



Cacao in Surinam 



Cassava Cultivatinn at 



Anguilla 



Cassava Trials in Jamaica 

 Cocoa-nut Industry in the 



West Indies 



Cocoa-nut Industry in 



Trinidad .. .'.. ... 

 Cotti.ui Nutes : — 



Maniirial Experiments 



in Leeward Islands 



Nevis 



Ratfjoning 



Departmental Reports : — 



St. Kitt's-Nevis 



department News 



Dominica at the Colnnial 

 E.xhibitiun 



lEducational : — 



Agricultural Schuuls ... 201 

 Schoi>l Gardens in 



Ger.nany ... 

 Trinidad ... 



200 

 260 



270 

 200 



257 



200 



263 

 202 

 262 



200 



270 



200 



Jleanings 



201 

 261 



268 



I'AGE. 



Insect Notes : — 



Cdttun Aphis 266 



CV'ttim-eating Beetle ... 266 

 Fumigation of Im- 



]iorted Plants at 



Barbados 266 



Market Rejiorts 272 



Notes and Connuents ... 204 

 Paris Green, Price of ... 264 

 Rubber, A Kew Source 



of 205 



Rubber Industry in 



Para 271 



Sheep Manure 207 



Sugar Industry : — 

 Central Factories at 



Jamaica 2.58 



Naudet Diftusion Prt)- 



cess 250 



Surinam, Agriculture 



in 265 



Tapioca Cultivation in 



Java 270 



Tarpon Fishing at 



Barbuda 267 



Trinidad Fruit Trade ... 264 

 West Indian Bulletin ... 265 

 West Indian Products in 



Canada 271 



White Egrets in British 



Guiana 260 



Cocoa-iuit IncIiistLy in the 

 West Indies. 



T may be of some interest to bring to the 

 notice of the readers of the Ayricultural 

 Keivs the important position occupied by 

 [the cocoa-nut industry in two of the West Indian 



Colonies. The export of cocoa-nuts from Jamaica and 

 Trinidad is an industry of considerable standing. In 

 the latter island, moreover, the manufacture of copra 

 has, in recent years, been extensively taken up. Cocoa- 

 nut oil is also largely produced both for an immense local 

 consumption and for export. The acreage under 

 cocoa-nuts in Jamaica in 1903 was placed at 14,396 ; 

 in Trinidad, in 1902, the Wardens' returns showed 

 14,000 acres under cocoa-nut cultivation. 



The number of cocoa-nuts exported from Jamaica 

 in the year 1902-3 was over 2.5i millions, representing 

 a value of £07,903. This industry suffered severely 

 from the hurricane of 1903, and the trade may be 

 expected to be slower in recovering than that in 

 bananas. A very large number of trees v,-as destroyed, 

 but there has since been a large amount of re-planting, 

 showing that confidence is still felt in this staple. 

 There is, in addition to the exports, a large consump- 

 tion of cocoa-nut oil in the island. Neither the oil 

 nor copra, however, figures in the list of exports from 

 J amaica. 



The important position occupied by the cocoa- 

 nut industry in Trinidad is indicated in a note 

 elsewhere in this issue. The number of cocoa- 

 nuts exported during the last few years has not 

 varied much from 10 millions. In 1895 these 

 represented a value of about £35,000, but, owing to 

 a serious decline in prices, the value in 1902-3 was 

 only £17,000. Advantage has, however, been taken in 

 Trinidad of new uses found for these nuts. The large 

 estates are now equipped with drying houses by which 

 the nuts can be converted into copra. In the year 

 1903-4 over 2| million pounds of this product were 



