A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THK 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



Vol. X. No. 248. 



BARBADOS, OCTOBER 28, 1911. 



Pkicb Id. 



CONTENTS. 



of many of the publications issued from experiment 

 .stations, and the evils that result therefrom. 



Agricultuial Ivtse.-avh in 



Englaiiil 



Agricultiu;il Wmk. Detin- 



ite Pur[iostt in 



Calcium Cvan.-iuiiiU' and 



Nitrate of Liuu' ... 

 Continuity in Agiieultural 



Matters 



Ct>rn Tollinatii-'n, New 



Method of 



Cotton in the Trans\aal, 



Cultivation of 



Cotton Notes : — 



India and the \\'c.rld'.s 



Cotton Su](ply 



Recent Special iVIeeting 



of the Biitish Cotton 



Growing Association 

 Sakellarides Cutton ... 

 West Indian Cottun ... 



Department News 



Departmental Reports ... 

 Fungus Notes : — 



\Vi,inids in Plants and 



Their Treittiiient. 



Part II 



Pack. Page. 



Gleanings 348 



341 Grenad;i, Tiadeand Agri- 

 culture of, 1910-ir... 345 

 337 Insect Notes :— 



I Mo.s([iiito-De.stroying 



344 : Fisli " ... 346 



i The Conlrol of the Ar- 



349' gtntiur Ant 346 



Lime Juice Investigation 



340 in Grenada 340 



Manures and Nitrification 

 34.3 in tlie Lighter Soils 344 



Market Reports 3h2 



Notes and Comments ... 344 

 343 Priprioca ; a Perfume 



Plant 34.^ 



Rice and Beri-beri 345 



Rubber Cultivation in the 



Congo 341 



Salt in the Congo, Produc- 

 tion of 344 



Students' Corner 349 



Sugar Indu.stry : — 



.Sugar-cane Growing in 



Egyjit 339 



\Ve^t Inili.in Pi oducts ... 351 



342 

 343 

 .342 

 351 

 347 



350 



The Definite Purpose iu 

 Agricultural Work. 



JN a recent issue of the E,q)erimrnt Stati"V 

 Record of the United States Department of 



( As;riculture (Vol. XXV, p. 1), there occurs 

 a thoughtful editorial note on the miscellaneous char- 

 acter of station publications, in which attention is 

 drawn to the lack of precision that e.vists iu the nature 



It is pointed out that, in the developments that 

 are now taking place in the United States, the func- 

 tions of various organizations are becoming more defined 

 and specialized; that it is the duty of certain organiza- 

 tions to undertake the imparting and dissemination of 

 agricultural knowledge in its widest sense — a function 

 expressed in the article referred to by the phrase 

 E.\ tension Work; while it is the concern of the experi- 

 ment stations to carry out investigations, research and 

 experiment, without having the necessity pressed upon 

 them of popularizing their work and bringing it to the 

 close attention of those for whom it is done. 



It is argued that the publications of various de- 

 partments or orgaiiizilions should tend to make this 

 distinction: but it is complained that, so far from this 

 beins- the case, most of the publications tend to mask 

 the distinction, and mislead the public as to the nature 

 and Canetions of the in.stitutioiis from which they 

 issue. The com[)laint is definitely stated in the 

 following way: 'The number of publications [of the 

 experiment stations] has greatly increased, but in the 

 majority of cases this increa.se is not made up of 

 accounts of the station's activity as a research institiou- 

 tion. It consists largely in the number of popular and 

 informational bulletins and circulars, which relate to 

 the extension department rather than to the experi. 

 ment station proper. These are merged in the general 

 station series in a manner which often gives a wrong 

 impression.' 



With the large areas and wide interests covered 

 by the Department of Agriculture of the United States 

 and the various organizations connec.ed th.'rewith, 



