THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



March 3, 190G. 



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Vol. V. 



SATURDAY, MARCH 3. 1906. No. 101. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Contents of Present Issue. 



The editorial in this issue deals with the West 

 Indian cotton industry, and gives figures showing the 

 amount and vahie of cotton e.\ported during 1905. 



The notes on the sugar industry include an 

 interesting account of West Indian seedling canes in 

 Louisiana, and notes on new sugar-making machinery 

 for the West Indies. 



An interesting account of the cottagers' show at 

 Carriacou will be found on p. 09. 



On p. 70 will be found cotton notes, which include 

 an'article on the cost of labour in cotton production, 

 and reports on the Sea Island cotton market. 



The report of the Dominica Agricultural Society 

 on p. 74 indicates that the planters of Dominica are 

 making every effort to put Dominica fruit on the 

 market in the best possible condition. 



On p. 75 the article on Vegetable Butters, begun 

 in the last issue, is concluded. 



The note on \\. 7-") on the Purification of Water 

 should be of interest and value to residents in many 

 localities in the tropics. 



The article on Training in Agriculture on p. 7S 

 outlines a scheme which might be found useful in 

 dealing with the loafing element of a tropical 

 population. 



The Agricultural News. 



The title-page and index t(j the fourth volume of 

 the Agricaltural News was issued as a supplement to 

 the last number (February 17). 



Permanent Exliibition Committees. 



The .'-ubject of Permanent Exhibition Com- 

 mittees was dealt with in the editorial in a recent 

 number of the Agricultural News (Vol. V, no. 97). 

 In that article, it was stated that the appointment of 

 such committees had been fre<[uently urged in the 

 West Lndia Committee Circular, and that it had 

 received the cordial support of the Imperial Department 

 of Agriculture. 



According to a notice in the Bai-bados Official 

 Gazette, the following gentlemen have been appointed 

 to form a Permanent Exhibition Committee for 

 Barbados: The Hon. F. J. Clarke, M.C.P. (Chairman): 

 the Hon. F. M. Alleync, M.LC, Mr. V. Hanschell, 

 Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Elliot 

 Sealv, M.C.P., Mr. C. J. Greenidge, M.C.P., Mr. S. S. 

 Robinson, M.C.P., Mr. J. R. Bovell, F.L.S., F.C.S., 

 Mr. F. A. C. CoUymore, Mr, G. Sebert Evelyn, and 

 Mr. E. L. Hollinsed. 



A Permanent Exhibition Committee has also been 

 appointed at .St. Lucia with his Honour E. C. Bennett 

 as Chairman. The list containing the names of the 

 members of this committee will he published later. 



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Bermuda Produce Inspection Committee. 



In July lUOo, the Utticer administering the 

 Government of Bermuda appointed a commission 

 to ascertain what amendments should be made in the 

 Produce Inspection Act, 1890, and to inquire into and 

 report upon the causes of trade depression in those 

 islands during the crop season of 1904-5, and to suggest 

 remedies for the same. 



The report of this commission, issued recentl}-, gives 

 the following as some of the opinions arrived at. 



Dealing with the first subject of investigation — ■ 

 the amendments to be made in the Produce Inspection 

 Act, 1890 — the commission prepared and presented 

 a draft bill, embodying their recommendations in 

 legislative form. 



The depression in agricultural industries is stated 

 to have been due to the following causes : Over- 

 production : the holding back of the crop in the hopes 

 that prices would rise later on in the season : the 

 lateness of the crop; competion of Texan and Egyptian 

 onions in the New York market ; and the condition in 

 which a large part of the produce, particularly onions, 

 was allowed to be shipped. 



The remedy suggested deals with the last-named 

 cause of depression — the quality of onions and potatos 

 shipped. To deal effectively with this, it is stated 

 that legislation of an effective character would prove 

 not only advantageous, but essential. 



The other cau.ses of depression cannot be dealt 

 with by legislation. They are matters which, with the 

 exception of that due to the lateness of the crop, could 

 be remedied only by co-operation and combination on 

 the part of the growers and shippers. 



