. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. NEW YOk BOTANICAL QAKDBN. Vol. YIII. Xo. 191. BARBADOS, AUCIUST 21, 1909. Price Id. CONTENTS. Page. Absoifjtiiin of Salts ;v Soils '. ... 265' Agiicultunil Schools, Examination of Agrieiiltural Toaching in St. Lucia 2(55 American Sugar 271 BroomCorn. Preparation of 270 Cacao, 'Pink Disease' of 260 Cacao, Varieties of 2G0 Cntfee in .Java, A Xew ... 261' Cotton Growing in Ceylon 264 Cotton Notes :— Cotton in Egypt
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. NEW YOk BOTANICAL QAKDBN. Vol. YIII. Xo. 191. BARBADOS, AUCIUST 21, 1909. Price Id. CONTENTS. Page. Absoifjtiiin of Salts ;v Soils '. ... 265' Agiicultunil Schools, Examination of Agrieiiltural Toaching in St. Lucia 2(55 American Sugar 271 BroomCorn. Preparation of 270 Cacao, 'Pink Disease' of 260 Cacao, Varieties of 2G0 Cntfee in .Java, A Xew ... 261' Cotton Growing in Ceylon 264 Cotton Notes :— Cotton in Egypt 202 Sea Island Cotton in the j United States 2621 West Indian Cotton ... 262 Cidtivation and l Yields 2(;5 Fungus Notes 2()7 Gleanings 268 Insect Notes :— MoscjuitosandSanitation 270 Leguminous Plants, New 271 Manure, Weed Seeds in 263 Page. Market Reports 272 Molasses, ItiFormati u and Siorage Notes Conunents Pine-ap]jles in India ... Rice in Brit'.sh Guiana ... Ripening of Cacao, Time of Rubber Trees, Injury Ijy Tapping School (lardens in the Pliilip])ines Shijiping Rings Students' Corner Sugar in St. Lucia Sugar Industry:— Interuaticinal Congress of Applied Chemistry Seedling Canes iu liarba- dos.'The First United States Weather Value of Plant Collections 2(i!» Weathering, Rate of ... 265 Wild Ipecacuanha 261 -'07 2(54 260 271 2(5n L'l;;'. 265 264 26'.i 264 266 26(i 267 The Foimation and Storago of Molasses. URIXG the past sugar season the musco- vado molasses of Antigua and Barbados, and to a lesser , that of other West Indian Islands has obtained a remarkably higli market price, the value of sucrose in muscovado molasses having been, during the greater part of the season, nearly one and a half times as great as its value in muscovado sugar. This occurrence forms a good instance of a point which has often been illustrated in other industries, namely the attainment on the part of a by-product of a value considerably in excess of that
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