TIIF. C L T. A RKXIEW An.l RnlUiin 



LA GLORIA. 



There is not yet a complete service 

 to La Gloria from Xuevitas by steamer 

 as was hoped . The new boat cannot get 

 through the zanja and passengers from 

 Nuevitas and La Gloria are transferred 

 to and from a sailboat in order to com- 

 plete their journey. The sailboat leaves 

 Nuevitas on Mondays, Wednesdays and 

 Saturdays at about 10.30 A. ]\L, and the 

 destination is reached by evening. At 

 Viaro, where La Gloria passengers dis- 

 embark, a conveyance meets them and 

 carries them over the few miles remain- 

 ing. It is believed there will be no fur- 

 ther delay in the dredging of the chan- 

 nel, which when comi)leted v^'ill give a 

 comparatively quick service to the col- 

 onv. The recent disturbances have held 

 up many improvements in other parts of 

 the island, and the dredging of the chan- 

 nel and the new road to Camaguey have 

 shared the same fate. 



PROFITABLE FEEDING OF POULTRY. 



Poultry can be raised with a ver^ small 

 expenditure, and the raising of cheap and 

 nutritious foods for home consumption 

 is sound economy. It will obviate the 

 outlay of money for comparatively ex- 

 pensive imported foodstuffs, v^hich are 

 for the most part of less nutritive value. 

 — "Agricultural News," Barbados. 



WATER FOR BEES. 



Mr. R. Beuhne, the president of the 

 Victorian Apiarists' Association, writing 

 in the Journal of .Agriculture of \'ictoria. 

 says: 



"Few bee keeners arc aware of what 

 amount of water is required by a colony 

 of bees during the summer months, and 

 hovs^ important it is that a permanent 

 supply should be available within a rea- 

 sonably short distance of an apiary. 

 Drinking troughs should be placed at a 

 distance of about 100 feet from the build- 

 ing, and the same distance from the 

 nearest hives. This distance is neces- 

 sary, otherwise the bees, when flying to 

 and from the water, interfere with work 

 in the apiary, and also cause confusion 

 at sw-arming time. There should be two 

 drinking troughs, and placed on a stand 

 at a height of three feet from the ground 

 in order to prevent poultry' going to 

 them. If onlj' one large trough is used 

 the bees are too much concentrated, and 

 a good deal of fighting and stinging takes 

 place occasionally." 



PROPAGATION OF TOMATOES BY CUTTINGS. 



Seed from a good American variety of 

 tomato, locally grown, does not produce 

 such large fruit as seed direct. It is, 

 however, very easily grown from cut- 

 tings. A planter in Barbados has thus 

 grown tomatoes without using any seed 

 for ten years. — Agricultural News, Bar- 

 bados. 



SIKAVING CATTLE FOR INSECTS. 



In South Africa it is now admitted 

 that the most successful mixture for 

 killing insects on cattle is water and 

 kerosene oil, which is applied on the 

 cattle by means of a spray pump. It is 

 a simpler and cheaper method of get- 

 ting rid of insects on animals than dip- 

 ping the cattle. 



The ideal pumn for cattle spraying 

 would be an a])paratus capable of sup- 

 Inlying two lines of hose, one on each 

 side of the cattle race, with an unvary- 

 ing percentage of oil in the mixture, and 

 which would not easily get out of order 

 in ordinary usage. No pump yet made 

 fulfills these seemingly simple require- 

 ments, but it is not too much to expect 

 that material im])rovements on the best 

 of the present i)um])s can and will be 

 made, particularly if cattle spraying be- 

 comes common. 



A sprayer which would operate on 

 both sides of the cattle at the same time 

 would, it is thought, have a great ad- 

 vantage in the market, as it is necessary 

 to have two sprayers to accomi)lish this 

 end. thereb}- making the expense double. 



PROFITABLE BROOM CORN. 



The highest price is commanded by 

 long, straight, tough stems, which are 

 bright green when dry. The Dwarf va- 

 riety of broom corn produces a short 

 brush. This is somewhat difificult to 

 harvest. The Evergreen variety is good 

 all round. The Mohawk variety is earlier, 

 but the yield is smaller. 



Further particulars regarding cultiva- 

 tion, cutting, drying and baling, will be 

 found in the West India Bulletin. Vol. 

 \TI. 



LIME I.NDUSTRY IX THF. WEST INDIES. 



Mr. G. Whitfield Smith. Commissioner 

 of Carriacon, points out in the Grenada 

 "Chronicle" that from a small beginning 

 the lime industry has taken first place 

 in Doininica and Montserrat. He says 

 further: 



■'Lime trees are generally planted at 

 15 feet apart, or 193 trees to the acre. 

 When in full bearing a tree will yield 

 from 1,200 to 1,800 limes i)er annum. The 

 j'ield of an estate, under ordinarily favor- 

 able circumstances, may be estimated at 

 190 barrels per acre." 



Assuming that the limes are converted 

 into raw juice, Mr. Smith's figures show 

 that an acre will give handsome returns 

 when prices are good. But as the market 

 for raw juice is limited, it may be neces- 

 sary to concentrate. B\^ concentrating 

 the juice the planter will still obtain ex- 

 cellent returns. It is claimed by a suc- 

 cessful lime planter in Dominica that "it 

 is an incontestable fact that it will yield 

 the greatest returns on the capital in- 

 vested of any industry in the West Indies."" 



