A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



LIBRARY 

 iSEW YOUld 

 UOTANiCAL 



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Vol. v. No. 103. 



BARBADOS, MAUCH 31, 1906. 



Price Ic?.. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 A. B.C. of Cuttun Plant- 

 ing 105 



Agvicultuval Education ... 105 

 Agricultural Industi-ies at 



St. Kitt's 107 



Agricultural Prospects at 



St Vincent Ill 



Agricultural Training ... 101 

 Agricultural Shows : — 



"St. Vincent 101 



Agriculture in Fiji 110 



All about Bananas and 



Plantains 109 



Appointment A'acant ... 98 

 Asjduni Farm, Barbados 111 

 Barbados Fish-ciu-iug 



Factory 105 



Coco de Mer 107 



Colourless Label Varnish 101 

 Cotton Notes : — 



Anthracnose of CVjtton 103 

 Cotton in British Cen- 

 tral Africa 102 



Cotton in St. Kitt's ... 102 

 Grading of Seed-cotton 103 

 Manures for Cotton ... 102 

 Sea Island Cotton 



Market 102 



Gleanings 108 



Insect Notes : — 



Blood -sucking Cone- 

 nose 106 



Cotton Insects from 



Egypt IOC 



Insecticides for 190G ... lOG 



Page. 

 Lime Juice and Gil in 



Dominica 98 



Market Reports 112 



Notes and Comments ... 10-4 

 Our Book Shelf :— 



Enumeration of the 

 Avascular Plants from 



Surinam 109 



Manurial Exrieriments 

 with Sugar-canes in 

 the Leeward Islands, 109 



Poultry Notes 110 



School fJardens in the 

 Leeward Islands ... lOG 

 Selected Cotti.m Seed for 



1900 97 



Sugar Industry : — 



Ani.ither use for Molasses 99 

 Economics <if the Sugar 



Industry "... 99 



Food Value of Sugar... 99 

 Seedling Sugar-canes in 

 British Guiana ... 99 

 Tile Canadian Preference 105 

 The World's Rubber 



Supply 103 



West Indian Fruit : — 



A Superior Orange ... 100 

 Cool Storage for Fruit 100 

 Hints ou Orange Cultiva- 

 tion 100 



Tomatos in Cuba 100 



West Indian Produce 



Association 105 



Selected Cotton Seed for 1906. 



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T is recognized that the most important 

 matter requiring attention, in order to 

 maintain the high quality of the Sea 



Island cotton produced in the West Indies, is to plant 



seed obtained from healthy plants that have given 

 a good yield per acre, and that have j)roduced lint 

 which has fetched the highest jjrice during the current 

 season. The experience of a successful cotton grower- 

 is : — -The selection of seed is the one thing that cannot 

 be overlooked. 



As it will be imj)ossible to obtain further supplies- 

 of seed from the Sea Islands, the "West Indies have to 

 depend on their own resources. This is not a difficult 

 matter, provided growers realize the necessity of 

 making the selection of seed a matter of the first 

 importance. They should be prepared to take some 

 trouble in making themselves acquainted with the 

 subject, and in carrying out for themselves the process 

 of seed selection, or they should be prepared to pay 

 a reasonable price for selected seed. Seed of inferior 

 quality should not be planted on any account. The 

 difference in cost between good seed and inferior seed 

 is a small matter as compared with the difference in 

 the price realized for the crop. 



The general lines on which cotton growers are 

 recommended to make a choice of cotton seed for 

 planting during the coming season are these: First, the 

 plants from which it has been obtained should be 

 thoroughly healthy, and they should not have 

 suffered severely at any time from the cotton 

 worm or other pests. The next point is to ascertain 

 that the plants are of good habit and are prolific, 

 yielding, on an average, say, not less than 200 lb. of 

 lint per acre. The third point, and perhaps the most 

 important of all, is that the plants have yielded lint 

 that has obtained the highest prices during the current 

 year. 



As already stated, the Imperial Department of 

 Agriculture has undertaken a series of experiments in 



