A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW ^'^'^'^'^^^ ; 



NEW YORK] 

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



Vol. Y. Xo. 97 



BAEBADOS, JANUAEY 6, 1906. 



Price Id. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Anthrax, Iiinuulatinu t\a... 7 

 Arbor Day at Antigua ... 11! 

 Carriacon, Agricultural 



Prugress in 15 J 



Castilliia lUibber in Jamaica It 

 Ceylon Cncoa-nnt Tradt ... 10 

 Cotton Notes : — 



Antigua Oinnerv 



Crop at St. Kitt'.s 



Pro.spects at St. Vincent C 

 Egg.s, Weight and Value of 11 



Fence.s and Hedges .5 



Gleanings 12 ' 



Gold Coast, Agi-icultiue in 9 



CJrajje Fruit 5 



Ground Xuts for Fi>rage ... 1;> . 

 Hurricane In.sui'ance ... 14 

 Insect Notes : — 



Ant Heaps 10 



Beetle attacking Ciittc^n 



W,.rm ." 10 



Cotton Insects in \\'est ' 



Africa 10 : 



Mealy Bug on Bananas 10 ] 

 Jamaica, Isorbrook 



Nurseries 9 ' 



K(.ihi Nuts lo ' 



Lagos, Agi'iculture mi ... !• 

 Market Keports IG ' 



r.\GE. 

 Notes and Ci'iinneuts ... 8 

 Our BiH.k Shelf:— 



Sugar and the Sugar- 

 cane 14 



Para Rubber Seed, Collect- 

 ing ••• ■•• i> 



Permanent Exhiliitiim 



Committee.-i 1 



Piue-ajiples in Bahamas ... 4 

 P(U-to Rico, Agriculture in 3 

 Roval Botanic Gardens, 



" Kew 9 



Royal Horticidtural 



>S<-'ciety's Sin ny of C( >\i i- 



nial Fruit ... 4 



St. Vincent, Agricultund 



Industries in 7 



School Gardens in St. Lucia 11 



Shea Nuts 13 



Sisal Hemp in Bahamas ... 11 

 Sugar Industry : — 



Influence of Soda Salts 

 in Soil i)n Ci >mpositioii 



I if Sugar-cane 3 



West Indies and Cana- 

 dian Sugar Market ... 2 



Thymol 3 



We.st Indian Fruit Trade... 8 

 West Indian Lines 4 



Permanent Exhibition Com- 

 mittees. 



hiisi^ N the last issue of the A<ji-lrultarul Ncirs 

 (p. S07) there was published a copy of 

 a letter from Messrs. Piekford & Black, of 

 Halifax, relative to the Exhibitions proposed to be held 



in the Dominion of Canada during the j-ear 1906. The 

 Annual Fair at Toronto, held in permanent buildings in 

 an attractive park, is largely attended, on some days as 

 many as 90,000 to 100,000 passing the gates. In 

 addition, there is the Dominion Exhibition, assisted 

 by the Central Government and patronized by 

 manufacturers and others throughout the Dominion 

 and the United States. In 1906 this Dominion 

 Exhibition is to be held at Halifax. 



The dates of the Toronto and Halifax Exhibitions 

 have been arranged so that the former Exhibition will 

 be closed in ample time to enable the exhibits to be 

 transferred and shown at the Dominion Exhibition at 

 Halifox. 



Messrs. Piekford & Black are of opinion that these 

 Exhibitions would form an excellent means of placing 

 the products and resources of the West Indies before 

 the Canadian public, and they offer to assist b}' carrying 

 all exhibits from the West Indies to Toronto and 

 thence to Halifax free of charge. They also undertake 

 to arrange for the necessary space and the proper 

 showiDsr of the exhibits. The exhibitors would thus 

 only have to provide the exhibits and pay a share of 

 the cost of erecting booths or stalls for their accommo- 

 dation. 



It is pointed out that only bona iide .samples of 

 commercial products should be forwarded to these 

 exhibitions, namely, such articles as are likely to lead 

 to the maintenance and development of trade between 

 the West Indies and the Dominion of Canada. 



Messrs. Piekford & Black add, in regard to the 



