. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OP THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. NEW y SOTANl _ OARB Vol. XII. No. 286. BARBADOS, APRIL 12, 1913. Priob Id CONTENTS. Paok. I'aiik. Animal 2\utritiun: Recent Results 123 Balsam Tree of Virgin Gor- 122 119 of da Book Shelf Cattle, Transmission Colour iii Cotton Notes:— A New Invention New Facts Concerning Cotton in 118 West Indian Cotton Department News ... Dominica, Trade Fungus Notes :— Red Rot Fungus and the Sugar-cane in the West Indies, Part I 1
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OP THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. NEW y SOTANl _ OARB Vol. XII. No. 286. BARBADOS, APRIL 12, 1913. Priob Id CONTENTS. Paok. I'aiik. Animal 2\utritiun: Recent Results 123 Balsam Tree of Virgin Gor- 122 119 of da Book Shelf Cattle, Transmission Colour iii Cotton Notes:— A New Invention New Facts Concerning Cotton in 118 West Indian Cotton Department News ... Dominica, Trade Fungus Notes :— Red Rot Fungus and the Sugar-cane in the West Indies, Part I 126 Gleanings 124 Hydrocyanic Acid in Plants and See<ls, I'roduction of 117 Insect Notes: Root Borers and Other Grubs in West Indian Soils 122 127 118 118 120 [ Maize with Silks Jlaturing befire 121 Market Rsports 128 Notes and Comments ... 120 Oils, Identification of Veiie- taljlc .? 121 ill Soils 120 Pastures, Iiuprovenient of Indian 113 Resin, Formation of ... 121 Rubber Trees, Watering of ... 121 Appreciation 125 :ind Partial 123 ... Cuts St. Vincent, of Soil Sickness Sterilization ... Students' Corner Sugar Industry:— The Position of the Aus- tralian Sugar Prod ucers' Association Vanilla, Cultivation at St. Vincent 116 Wattle Park, III 127 The Improvement of West Indian Pastures. HE term 'cultivated land' is, perhaps, an .unfortunate one, because it tends to induce [a feeling in the popular mind that pasture land belongs to the category of uncultivated things, and may be left to look after itself And it must be admitted that casual inspection in the West Indies will often appear to confirm the impression, though a technical consideration of the matter will soon make it evident that the conditions of ],sture land are extremely complicated and artificial, and respond in a remarkable degree to well-applied inethods of cultiv- ation and care. Some idea of the complicated relations that in a pasture can be got from the
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