. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. IV. No. 92. BAPvBADOS, OCTOBER 21, 1905. Peice Ic^. CONTENTS. Page. Banana, Fungoid Diseases of 324 Banana ; Confer- ence at Barbados ... 325 Birds of Dominica 328 Birds, Protection of ... 333 Carriacoii, Agricultiu'e in 329 Castor Oil Industry ... 320 Colonial Exhibit ion Awards 327 Cotton Ncites :— Cotton Experiments in Dutch West Indies 32G Medals for Cotton Growers 328 St. Vincent Cott'>n Factory 326 Weather
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. IV. No. 92. BAPvBADOS, OCTOBER 21, 1905. Peice Ic^. CONTENTS. Page. Banana, Fungoid Diseases of 324 Banana ; Confer- ence at Barbados ... 325 Birds of Dominica 328 Birds, Protection of ... 333 Carriacoii, Agricultiu'e in 329 Castor Oil Industry ... 320 Colonial Exhibit ion Awards 327 Cotton Ncites :— Cotton Experiments in Dutch West Indies 32G Medals for Cotton Growers 328 St. Vincent Cott'>n Factory 326 Weather Conditions and C'i->tton Growing 320 Date Growing in tlie United States 324 Departmental Ilei>orts :— St. Lucia 331 Department News 331 Gleaninns 332 I'AGE. Guango or Rain Tree ... 327 Horse Bean as Green Dressing 331 Imjiort Duties on Tropi- cal Fruit 334 Insect Notes :— Spraying Cattle for Ticks 330 Success Knapsack Sprayer 330 Jamaica Mineial Sjirings 335 Market Reports 33G Notes and Couunents ... 328 Rat Virus in Dominica ... 322 Sea Island Cotton in the West Indies 321 Sorghums, Cultivated ... 32!» Sugar Industiy ;— Hawaii ... " 323 Mexico 323 Tropical Products in the United States 330 West Indian Agricultural Conference, 1000 ... 333 West Indian Products in Canada 335 b}' early frosts in October or November. These kill the plants and thus destroy the possibility not only of obtaining further pickings but also of ratooning the plants, as unfortunately is being done in some localities in the West Indies. Sea Island Cotton in the West Indies. N a recent issue of the Agricultural A'ews information was published in regard to the prospects of Sea Island cotton in South Carolina. The crop there is usually brought to a close As has already been pointed out, the practice of ratooning Sea Island cotton lately adopted at Barbados and elsewhere is rapidly assuming the form of a serious menace to the success of the industry. The planters in South Carolina, whether
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