

NEW VOW 

 BOTANIC' 



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



A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



Vol. X. No. 231. 



BARBADOS, MARCH 4, 1911. 



Pkice \d. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Page. 



Abnoniuil Rainfall in 



St. Lucia and Dnniin- 

 ica 73 



Agricultural Conference, 



1911, Postpnneuient of 72 



Agricultural ScIkjoIs, Half- 

 Yearly Exauiinatiou of 75 



British (iuiana and the 

 Canadian E.ihibitions, 

 1910 C9 



CoiFee and Coft'ee Disease ... 68 



Cotton Notes : — 



Cotton-Growing in Alge- 

 ria 70 



Cotton Manufacture in 

 India 70 



West Indian Cotton ... 70 



Fungus Notes : — 



.S(-inie Diseases Common 

 to Rubber and Cacao 

 Trees 78 



Gleanings 76 



Imperial Department of 

 Agriculture in the 

 We.st Indies 71 



Index and Title Page ... 72 



Insect Notes ; — 

 The M.ith Borer of the 

 Sug;ir-Cane as a Pest 

 of Indian Com 



Machines for Gathering 

 Stones 



Manchester Fruit Market 



Mango.steen in Dominica 



Market Reports 



Notes and t omments ... 



Practice of Economy on 

 Estates, The 



St. Vincent Starches and 

 Canadian Trade Reci- 

 procity 



Sesbania Aculeata as 



a Green i\ [anure 



Spcmge Culture 



Students' Corner 



Sugar Industry : — 



Sugar from Shredded 

 Cane 



Tenure of Private Estates 

 in .lava 



Tephrosia Purpurea as 

 aCireen Manure 



West Indian Products ... 



74 



72 

 68 



(iS 



80 



65 



73 



73 

 6!» 



79 



The Practic^i of Economy on 



Estates. 



' X the present days of serious competition and 

 low prices, a full recognition is being gi\ en to 



i the importance of effecting the major econom- 

 ies on estates. The nature of these is well recognized, 

 and they have become part of the natural routine in 

 the work of the estate. There are others, howtwer, 

 whose existence is not obvious, which are the outcome 

 of careful thought and consideration, in the light of 



what may be termed more j)nrely formal knowledge. 

 The purpose of this article is to indicate briefly 

 the nature of some of these economies. 



A larger proportion of the expenditure of an estate 

 than is commonly recognized consists in the continual 

 replacement of small articles. Where no inventory is 

 made of such articles, and where the lists, even if they 

 exist, are not checked every few months, losses are 

 occasioned through careless use. and through the mis- 

 placing of the articles, because, as these are not regularly 

 entered as estate property, the cost of buying them 

 from time to time is considered to be a small matter. 

 The keeping of accurate records of the purchase of such 

 articles, and the consequent knowledge of the economy 

 effected by the careful storing of them, will not fail to 

 give the practical agriculturist an idea of the expense 

 that carelessness in this respect has caused him in 

 tlie past.* 



In the matter of the larger articles, stich as the 

 implements en)ployed in cultivation, although these 

 cannot be lost outright, neglect of care for them short- 

 ens st-riously their period of usefulness, and lessens 

 their efficiency. When these are put aside for a season, 

 the parts which have to bear the greatest wear and 

 tear, more especially, should be dried, cleaned, and 

 covered with an application of heavy lubricating grease. 

 Attention may also well be given to those portions of 

 them that do not receive direct wear, and here the care 

 will consist in keei)ing such parts properly painted. 



Sonre of the largest, but least obvious economies 

 can be effected in regard to the animals employed by 

 the agriculturist. Animals are required by him for 

 the provision of energy, or for giving food products. 

 In either case, the policy should be followed of treating 



*See also Agricultural Neivs, Vol. IX, p. 127. 



