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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS 



Apr.ii. 7, 1917. 



Issue of the 'West Indian 



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Imperial Coinmhsioiier of Sir Francis Watts, K.C.M.G., 



Agriculture fur the West Indiex D.Sc, F.I.C., F.C.S. 



SCIENTIFIC STAFF. 



Scieidiftc Assistant and 

 Assistaiit Editor 



■£ntomoli><jists 



Mycologist 



W. R. Dimlop. 



I H. A. Ballou, M.Sc. 



i J. C. Hutson, B.A., Ph.D. 



W. Nowell, D.I.C. 



■Chief Chrl: 



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Typist 

 Assistant Typiat 



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Vol. XVI. SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1917. No. 390. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Contents of Present Issue. 



The editorial in this number indicates the large 

 amount of assistance that has been rendered to the 

 West Indian peasantry by the Departments of 

 Agriculture in recent years. 



On pages 100 and 101 will be found a series of 

 articles dealing with food-supply (piestions. 



An intere.-iting article dealing with a new system 

 <if mulching will be found on pages 110 and 111. 



Insect Notes in this i.ssue deal with the locust 

 invasion of Kgypt in 1914-1-'). 



No. 2. is 

 contain 

 tropical 



Forthcoming 



Bulletin". 



The Wfst Indian Hulletiv. \'ol. XVI, 

 shortly to be i.ssued. This number will 

 original papers and reviews relating to 

 agriculture and science, and is likelj' to prove of more 

 than usual interest. The following is a list of the 

 contents: — 



Note on the llecovery of Sugar at (lunthorpes Fac- 

 tory, Antigua. l!»05-ltl.by Sir Francis Watts, K.C.M.O., 

 D.Sc; The Identity of Fibre-Agaves, by Professor 

 L. H. l)ewey ( with a kej- to .Sisalanae in the West. 

 Indies, by William Trelease): On the Inheritance of 

 the Number of Teeth in Bracts of Gos.sypium, by 

 S..C. Harland. B. Sc: Note on the Significance of the 

 Results obtained in the Dominica Manural K.vperiments 

 with Cacao, by W. R. Dunlop: The Characters of certain 

 Soils in the Area Devastated by the Eruptions of the 

 Soufriere of St \'ini-ent in lit02-;), by H. A. Tempany, 

 D.Sc: A Note on the Gall Patches in the Soils of 

 Antigua, by H. A. Tempany, D.Sc: Note on Lime 

 Reijuirements of Soils for Partial Sterilization, by 

 H. A. Tempuiy. D.Sc.: The Fungi of the Internal 

 Holl Disease, by W. Now ell, D.I.C: Poisonous Fishes 

 in the West Indies, by W. R. Dunlop. 



The cost of each number of the Went Indian 

 Bullitin is (k/.: post free Si./. 



Crop Estimates in Certain Countries. 



InThc Board of Trade Journalinr iixnnaxy 4,lf)17, 

 is published information, received by the l^oard of Agri- 

 culture and Fisheries from the International Institute 

 of Agriculture at Rome, concerning crop estimates in 

 certain countries, which is of interest in the West Indies. 

 The production of wheat for the current season is esti- 

 mated at 7!.),(i.S2,000 cwt. in Australia, 41 4()1,G00 cwt. 

 in Argentina, 114,y77,000 cwt. in France, and 

 :?42,80.5,000 cwt. in the United States (winter and 

 spring together). The French barley crop is estimated 

 at Ki.S'S.S.OOO cwt. Oats are expected to produce 

 9,()(«,000 cwt. in Argentina, .Sl,2.j(),00() cwt. in France, 

 and o.j7,71(!,000 cwt. in the United States. The pro- 

 duction of maize in the United States is estimated at 

 l,2!U.(i23.000 cwt. 



The total production of wheat in Canada, the 

 United States, British India, European Russia, United 

 Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, Norway, Denmark, 

 Netherlands, Roumania, Switzerland, .lapan, Kcypt, 

 and Tunis is given at l,.">27,(j2o.OOO cwt. The total pro- 

 duction of barley in the same countries as for wheat, with 

 the omission of India, is estimated at 4:^9,485,000, cwt., 

 and of oats, in the same countries as for barley, with 

 the exception of Kgypt, at .S02,:?i:i000 cwt., while the 

 production of maize in Canada, the I'nited States, 

 European Russia, Italy. Switerland and Japan is 

 given at l,:i72.248 cwt. As compared with thecorres'- 

 ponding average crop in the years 1909-13, the.se 

 estimates represent increases of II, and .3-2 per cent, 

 tor barley and oats, and decreases of 9 1 and 'y'.\ jjcr cent, 

 for wheat and maize, respectively. 



