. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. III. No. 49. BARBADOS, FEBRUARY 27, 1904. Pkice Id. CONTENTS. Page. Agave , Fibre of 72 Arbor Day at Montserrat 70 Coc(ia-nut, an Abnormal ... 68 Corn oil, Rubber from ... 77 Cotton :— British Guiana 73 Britisli Honduras, Worm in 69 Cultivation of 72 Montserrat 72 Seed Selection, Improve- ment by Selection of Seed Cotton (iinnories in the West Indies Dejjartment News Department Department Reports : —
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. III. No. 49. BARBADOS, FEBRUARY 27, 1904. Pkice Id. CONTENTS. Page. Agave , Fibre of 72 Arbor Day at Montserrat 70 Coc(ia-nut, an Abnormal ... 68 Corn oil, Rubber from ... 77 Cotton :— British Guiana 73 Britisli Honduras, Worm in 69 Cultivation of 72 Montserrat 72 Seed Selection, Improve- ment by Selection of Seed Cotton (iinnories in the West Indies Dejjartment News Department Department Reports : — Lectures on the Diseases of the Sugar-cane ... Fruit and Nuts as Food Gleanings Goat Keeping Hybridization 08 70 Page ! Notes :— Carbon Bisulphide for Parasol Ants 74 Fumigation of Imported Plants 74 Malaria, Prevention of ... 70 Market Reports 78 Nutrition, Princijiles of ... 71 Our Book Shelf :— The Cyprus Journal ... 75 The Food of the Gods ... 75 Paint, a Cheap 74 Para Rubber Seeds, Utiliza- tion of 73 Plants, Number to tlio acre 68 Plants, Litjuid Food for House 75 Seeds, Vitality of 75 Street Tree Planting ... 75 Sugar Industry :— British Guiana 00 Java 71 73 Toronto Exhibition, Cotton Ginneries in the West Indies T is very creditable that within the short period of eighteen months several well- equipped ginneries have already been successfully established in the West Indies. The first ginnery was started under the auspices of the Imperial Department of Agriculture and the St. Lucia Agricultural Society at the Riviere Doree Station at St. Lucia in 1901. This was placed under the charge of Mr. George Barnard, a responsible local planter, who has continued to take a great interest in cotton growing. The gin was a Dobson & Barlow single roller gin, the cost of which was provided by the St. Lucia Agricultural Society. A cotton press was added later b\' means of a grant from the Imperial Department of Agriculture. The gin was operated
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