. 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. 53. BARBADOS, APRIL , 1904. Price Id, CONTENTS. Page. Barbados, Exi>orts of ... lot Britisli Guiana, Rice iuihistry 131 Cacao, Proiliictioii and Consumiition I'M Cassava Staicli 137 Cocoa-nuts in tliu Philip- pines 132 Cotton Notes :— 133 Sales of Montsenat ... 133 Selection of Seed ... 133 Shipment from Barba- dos 130 United States crop ... Department T^ews '.( Department Publications 14u Re
. 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. 53. BARBADOS, APRIL , 1904. Price Id, CONTENTS. Page. Barbados, Exi>orts of ... lot Britisli Guiana, Rice iuihistry 131 Cacao, Proiliictioii and Consumiition I'M Cassava Staicli 137 Cocoa-nuts in tliu Philip- pines 132 Cotton Notes :— 133 Sales of Montsenat ... 133 Selection of Seed ... 133 Shipment from Barba- dos 130 United States crop ... Department T^ews '.( Department Publications 14u Re| : -? Lectures on Agri- cultural Science ... 138 Leeward Islands Sugjir- cane Experiments ... 138 Educational :— School Hardens and Arbor Day 141 Fibre jdants in J.'U Eorests, Utility of 134 Fruit, Selection for Export U;2 Gleanings 140 Insect Notes :— Fumigation of Imported Plants 138 PACij:. Notes :— Mealie Grub 138 Land Crabs 13il Mango in Jamaica 132 Market Rejiorts 142 Northern Nigeria, Agi'i- culture in ]3!t ()ur Book Shelf :— Cotton Culture 141 Economic Zoology ... 141 Farmers' Bulletins of Philipiiines 141 Powell, H., in East Africa lo4 St. Lucia, Trade and Agri- culture of, loT Science Notes :— Insect-attackiug fungi Resurrection plants ... Shade tree for Caca 135 Sugar Industry ;— Demerara seedling in Hawaii 130 Blolascuit 131 New Sugar-producing plant 131 U. S. concessicms to Cuba 131 l"ro])ical Diseases and their causes !t West Indian Cotton ... 12"J Wrong theories. Mischief of ... 131 West Indian Cotton. In every instance where there has been n wise selection of soil and climate and where the cultivation and ginning have been carefully attended to, the financial results are most encouraging. We hope to publish the details as they come to hand. The chief drawback experienced during the past season was the attack of the cotton worm. Where the worm did not appear at all, or where it was succesfully kept und
Size: 2737px × 913px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorgreatbritainimperiald, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900
