. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. »«'ANICAL GAROfiM i Vol. XVIII. No. 441. BARBADOS. MARCH 22, 1919. Prici! Id Page Page. Agricultiu'e in Barbados .. 87 of Local Interest .. 86 Caoao Experiments in Market Reports 96 Trmidad 87 Notes and Comments .. 88 Citrus Trees, Prunint; .. <)3 Onion Growing in Dominica 91 Cotton:— Plant Diseases :— • Comnuinitv Cotton Pro- Ubser\ ations on Behvol-m duction 86 (I'fra) Disease of Rice 94 Sea Island Cotton Market 8ft Sa
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. »«'ANICAL GAROfiM i Vol. XVIII. No. 441. BARBADOS. MARCH 22, 1919. Prici! Id Page Page. Agricultiu'e in Barbados .. 87 of Local Interest .. 86 Caoao Experiments in Market Reports 96 Trmidad 87 Notes and Comments .. 88 Citrus Trees, Prunint; .. <)3 Onion Growing in Dominica 91 Cotton:— Plant Diseases :— • Comnuinitv Cotton Pro- Ubser\ ations on Behvol-m duction 86 (I'fra) Disease of Rice 94 Sea Island Cotton Market 8ft Sarawak Bean {Dolichos iJotton in Nevis, Close Hosei) 88 Season for 88 School Gardens 83 Cuban Export Coinutittee Soil Aei Mtion 95 for Sugar 89 Sugar: Departmental Reports .. Gleanngs 85 92 Industrial Alcohol from Molasses 84 Glycerine from Sugar .. 89 Sugar Industry in Guade- Grovernraent Cotton (iin- loupe 84 nery at St. Vincent 88 Velvet Beans as a Stock Hevea Seeds, Proper Food 94 Packing of 93 West Indian Products ... 95 Huton, Mrs. J. A., Death Work of the Future, 81 of 89 Yeast. Xew Danish Inven- Insect Notes:— tion for Making 89 ?Some Insect Pests of Zoological Research Station Tropical Crops 90 in the Tropics 89 The Work of the Future. future iir. ^HE production of cacao constitutes another ^important West Indian industry which is , worth considering in the outlook towards the Cacao growing is sure to prove attractive to several of the newly developing tropical countries which are likely to come into prominence as the out- come of readjustment after the war. Already the phenomenal growth of production oti the Gold Coast causes western growers to look anxiously to the future, aud their only source of comfort lies in the inefficiency of their competitors. This inefficiency may diminish, the competition may become increasingly acute Safety for West Indian producers seems to lie'[in increasiijg cfficienc}-. As matters now stand, it may be conceded that the
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