. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. XIV. No. BARBADOS, MAIM'H 13, 1915. Pkice Id. CONTENTS. P LGE. Page. \_ ultural News, Initial Insecl Notes: led Articles in 88 Agricultural Pests, N i ?i Azores, Flora of 91 II 00 B i M Lrket in L914 ... 87 International Products, B a Cultivation in Exhibition, 1914, Ceylon 84 Si Vincent Report 84 Indian Corn 86 \\ est Indian Products ... 95 The Importance of Enclosures. IrT i- bhe custom in mosl countries fcoregard
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. XIV. No. BARBADOS, MAIM'H 13, 1915. Pkice Id. CONTENTS. P LGE. Page. \_ ultural News, Initial Insecl Notes: led Articles in 88 Agricultural Pests, N i ?i Azores, Flora of 91 II 00 B i M Lrket in L914 ... 87 International Products, B a Cultivation in Exhibition, 1914, Ceylon 84 Si Vincent Report 84 Indian Corn 86 \\ est Indian Products ... 95 The Importance of Enclosures. IrT i- bhe custom in mosl countries fcoregard •the maintenani e of enclosures an essential Jjurt of estate management, for it is well i i bhe protection afforded to the agricul- turist by hedges and fences is of very great benefit. On West Indian estates and settlements, enclosures are notably conspicuous bj theii absence, and it has occurred to as that an enquin into bhe causes and results of this neglect might have some influence in the way of modifying the rathei -sided policy hitherto pursued. There are bwo systems of agriculture which in a general ua\ arc chieflj associated with the presence of enclosures: stock raising, and fruit or vegetable grow- ing—the former because animals need restraint, the latter because edible produce requires protecting. Both bhese conditions obtain in the West [ndies, and it ma\ be observed bhal in Jamaica where stock raising constitutes an important industry, fencing is compulsory. Looking at the subject His! from the practical man's viewpoint, we see several firmly rooted objec- tions, some of them very real, others somewhat imaginary. The most important objection is perhaps the trouble and expense of upkeep which enclosures entail. The amount of labour needed to keep hedges and fences in order on a large estate would undoubtedly In considerable. Then there is the circumstance that the presence of enclosures, especiallj on the large estate, hampers the harvesting and removal of cro
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