Vol. V. No. 117. 



THE AGRICULTUEAL NEWS. 



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WEST INDIES AT THE CANADIAN EXHIBITIONS. 



The illustration on this page (fig. 22) shows the 

 West Indian e.xhibit at the National Exhibition 

 opened at Toronto on August 28. Press notices on 

 the exhibition devote considerable space to the West 

 Indian section. The following reference is made in 

 the Canadian Grocer under the heading ' Wealth of 

 the West Indies ' : — 



One of the most instructive and interesting exhibits is 

 that of West Indian products in the Process Building. It 

 •contains upwards of 2,500 examples of the agriculture and 

 manufacture of the Caribbean Archipelago. Most of them 

 are food stuffs, but there are many samples of cotton, 

 commercially recognized as the best in the world. The whole 

 has been arranged by and is under the direction of Mr. Pickford, 

 of Pickford it Black, whose line of steamships is the principal 

 means of communication between Canada and the West 

 Indies. The display is a credit to his taste and judgement. 

 Though a little too confined for the Vjest results, the public 

 are admitted within the enclosure and may examine as 

 minutely as they please the hundreds of articles. 



by the Norbrook Canning Company, of Kingston. Another 

 feature of the same exhibit is a case showing the different 

 brands of cigars put up by the El Caribean Cigar and Tobacco 

 Comi>any, of Kingston. 



Bermuda has an exhibit of pickled onions. All the other 

 British Islands are represented and the show cannot fail to 

 be of great benefit to the West Indies. The display has 

 already been inspected by thousands, and every one is 

 astonished to note the wonderful resources of the islands. 

 Messrs. Pickford & Black are certainly to be congratulated on 

 having arranged with the West Indies and secured such 

 a magnificent exhibit, and on the enterprise shown in the 

 erection of such a fine and successful display. 



The following note on the success of the West 

 Indian exhibit at the Canadian exhibitions, dated 

 Halifax, October 9, appeared in the public telegrams, 

 received in the West Indies on October 10: — 



The Canadian papers to-day speak in the highest terms 

 of the display of the West Indian products at the Toronto and 

 Halifax Exhibitions which have just closed. The Grand Gold 



Fig. 22. The West Ixdiax Coukt at the C.\xadiax Exhibitions, 1906. 



In regard to the West Indian exhibit at the 

 Dominion Exhibition at Halifax, the Halifax Daily 

 EcliX), of October 1, says : — 



Mr. Charles Pickford has succeeded in arranging the 

 exhibit in a vei'y attractive manner, and it is one of the finest 

 at the show. This is the first time the people of the Maritime 

 Provinces have had an opportunity of seeing the principal 

 products of the West Indies grouped together. 



British Guiana has a fine exhibit, consisting of sugar, 

 rums, woods, cacao, cattle foods, etc. 



Dominica's display consists of cacao, lime juice, vanilla, 

 and nutmegs. 



Grenada shows cacao and all kinds of spices. 



Barbados has a fine collection of molasses, sugars, rum, 

 honey, cotton, etc. 



A feature of the .lamaica exhibit is canned fruits j)ut up 



Medal has been awarded for the exhibition as a whole, and an 

 additional gold medal for .Jamaica cigars. The most represen- 

 tative and attractive of the exhibits were from British Guiana 

 and Barbados, and following closely were excellent exhibits 

 from Grenada, Dominica, and St. Kitt's. A fine trophy of 

 arrowroot put up in attractive packets was from St. Vincent, 

 and an interesting collection of preserved fruit from the Nor- 

 brook factory at .Jamaica. 



At the recent meeting in the Board of Trade rooms, the 

 opinion was e.xpressed that it was desirable that further 

 efforts be made to bring about still closer relations between 

 Canada and the West Indies. The striking fact was elicited 

 that out of 200,000 tons of sugar that entered Canada last 

 year 160,000 tons, or four-fifths of the whole, were received 

 from the West Indian Colonies. The visit of the Imperial 

 Commissioner of Agriculture for the West Indies and the 

 information supplied by him were greatly appreciated. 



