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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



July 8, 1911. 



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Vol. X. SATURDAY. JULY 8, 1911. No. 240. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Contents of Present Issue. 



The editorial of this issue treats of the subject of 

 Agricultural Education, with particular reference to 

 the West Indies, in the light of a report issued recently 

 by the Board of Education, England. 



On page 211, under the heading Sugar Industry, 

 there appears an article containing useful information 

 in relation to the employment of molasses as a fodd 

 for stock. 



Page 213 contains an account of the present condi- 

 tions in Dominica in connexion with several agricultural 

 matters of greater importance. 



Attention is drawn to the article entitled The 

 Present Cotton-growing Season, on page 214. 



The Insect Notes, on page 218, present illustrated 

 articles, having reference to the root borer of the sugar- 

 cane and entomology in Souihern Nigeria. 



On page 219 will be found an article describing 

 a complaint of stock, common in some countries, which 

 is known as navel-ill or joint-ill. 



The Fungus Notes of this issue arc presented on 

 page 222. They are in the nature of a treatment of 

 several miscellaneous subjects of interest to agricul- 

 turists in the West Indies. 



Publications of the Imperial Department of 

 Agfriculture. 



Pamphlet No. tj8 of the Department Series is just 

 being issued under the title Manurial Experiments 

 with Sugar-cane in the Leeward Islands, 1909-10. It 

 presents, in an abridged form, the chief results of the 

 sugar-cane experiments that are described in Part II 

 of the large Report on Sugar-cane Experiments in the 

 Leeward Islands, 1909-10, which is now in the press. 



The Pamphlet is obtainable from the agents for 

 the publications of the Department, price -id., post 

 free, .5'/. 



The Asfricultural Conference, 1912. 



As is well known, it was the intention to hold an 

 Agricultural Conference in British Guiana, in Janu- 

 ary of this year; but that this was rendered impossible 

 by the sudden changes in the times of sailing of the 

 steamers of the R.M.S.P. Co. It will also be remem- 

 bered that efforts have been made since this time to 

 hold the Conference in that Colony at some other 

 jjeriod in the current year. These efforts have failed, 

 and it has not been found possible to arrange for 

 a further scheme, whereby the Conference should be 

 held in British Guiana, in January 1912. 



Under the circumstances, the proposal has been 

 made that, subject to the approval of the Secretary of 

 State for the Colonies, the next Agricultural Confer- 

 ence shall be held during the same month (January 

 1912) in Trinidad, and the Authorities in that Colony 

 have expressed their acquiescence in the suggestion. 

 The Commissioner of Agriculture has subsequently 

 received the sanction of the Secretary of St-ue for 

 this plan to be carried out, so that arrangements 

 will now be made for the holding of an Agricul- 

 tural Conference in Trinidad in January 1912, and, 

 subject to any alterations that circumstances may render 

 necessary, it is proposed that the meetings shall be held 

 from the 2.'>rd to the 30th of that month. 



This opportunitj' is taken of infoiming those who 

 are interested in, or connected with, the Conference as 

 to the course that is to be followed, and the definite 

 announcement will now make it necessary for Dele- 

 gates to the Conference, and the various Agricultural 

 OfHoers, to commence at an early date the preparation 

 of papers to be read, as well as the revision of any that 

 have been held over from the proposed Conference for 

 1911. The same is true of the preparation of exhibits, 

 either for use in connexion with papers or for general 

 display — an important matter, to which increased 

 attention may well be given. It is con\ enient to state, 

 here, that all papers should be accompanied b}- an 

 abstract, made as brief as possible, the provision and 

 use of which will ensure the more complete and 

 efficient discussion of the papers. 



Further announcements in connexion with the 

 Agricultural Conference, 1912, will bo made as the 

 work of preparation progresses, and as they are 

 re(juired. 



