

A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THK 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



LIBI 



NEW 



BOTA 



UAH 



Vol. X. No. 235. 



BARBADOS, APRIL 29, 1911. 



Prick Id. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Agricultural Training in 

 St. Lucia 



Agriculture and Hygiene 

 in Trinidad Schools ... 



Barbados Goat Society ... 



Bengal Bean 



Coft'ea Robusta in Para 

 Ruljber Cultivation ... 



Cotton Notes ; — 



Cottnn Market and Cot- 

 ton Planting 



West Indian Cotton ... 



Department News 



Exhibiti<in, Canadian 



National, 1911 



Flora of JamaiiM 



Forestry in Southern 



gci'i'i 



Fungus Notes : — 



Diseases of Pine-Apples, 



Parti 



(Jleanings 



Ni- 



135 



137 

 137 

 139 



132 



134 

 134 

 133 



129 

 137 



Page. 



i:!6 



.. 13.T 



142 

 140 



Herlmriuiii Specimens 

 Preservation of ... 

 Insect Notes : — 



A Note on Cocoa-Nut 



Pests 138 



Ex]jeriments with Cotton 



Stainers 138 



I'danure, Disinfection of ... 136 



Market Reports 144 



Mascareiihasia Ruliber .. 139 

 Notes and Comments ... 136 

 Piize-Holdings Comjieti- 



t'i"n in Dominica ... 131 

 Rainfall of Dominica, 1910 137 



Students' Corner 141 



Sugar Industry : — 



Experiments in Drying 



Megass " ... 131 



Tlie Reduced .Sugar ( )ut- 

 put fiom Hawaii ... 131 

 West Indian Products ... 143 



The Canadian National 

 Exhibition, 1911. 



> HE announcement has been made that the 

 '( 'anadian National Exhibition, 1911, will be 

 Jield in Toronto from August 2(3 to, Septem- 

 ber 11. Information has also been received from the 

 Exhibition Authorities that the space reserved last 

 year for exhibits from the British West Indies and 

 British Guiana will be again at their disposal. In 

 making a statement to this effect, the Exhibition 



Authorities, commenting on the West Indian and British 

 Guiana exhibit of last year, speak very high'y of this! 

 althottgh they give the 025ini(jn that more space would 

 have been useful for it, in showingit to better advantage. 



This definite announcement as to the holding of 

 the exhibition will enable the Exhibition Committees 

 in the various colonies to decide whether they will make 

 arrangements for representation. As little time as 

 possible should be lost in arriving at a decision, in order 

 that, if it is intended to forward exhibits to Toronto, 

 there may be a reasonably adequate period for making 

 the necessary arrangements. The experience of the 

 past, and the lessons learned in connexion with former 

 exhibitions, should enable this work to be done expedi- 

 tiously and eflficiently. 



The dates of the exhibition are such that non- 

 perishable articles for Toronto should be forwarded by 

 a steamer leaving Demeraia about the middle of July, 

 in order that they may arrive in St. John in the first 

 week of August. Perishable articles shottld be sent by 

 a steamer leaving Demerara about the end of July, and 

 reaching St. John near the middle of August. It is 

 not possible, at j^resent, to give more definite dates 

 than these; exact information will be published as 

 soon as it is available. 



the steamers of the firm 

 will carry goods that are 



As on former occasions. 

 of Messrs. Pickfork & Black 

 intended for the exhibition, free, as far as St. John. 

 Mr. C. S. Pickford, of this firm, will be present again 

 at the exhibition, to superintend the arrangement ol 

 the West Indian exhibits, as well as to give attention 

 to West Indian interests, generally. 



InforiYiation in connexion with the packing and 



