. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 280 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Shttemueu 6, 1919. EDITORIAL Head Office. NOTICES. — Barbados. Letters and matter for publication, as well as all specimens for naming, should be addressed to the Commissioner, Imperial Department of Agriculture, Barbados. All applications for copies oi the 'Agricultural News' and other Departmental publications, should be addressed to the Agents, and not to the Department, The complete list of Agents will be found on page 4 of the cover. Imperial Commissioner of Sir Francis Watts,


. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 280 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Shttemueu 6, 1919. EDITORIAL Head Office. NOTICES. — Barbados. Letters and matter for publication, as well as all specimens for naming, should be addressed to the Commissioner, Imperial Department of Agriculture, Barbados. All applications for copies oi the 'Agricultural News' and other Departmental publications, should be addressed to the Agents, and not to the Department, The complete list of Agents will be found on page 4 of the cover. Imperial Commissioner of Sir Francis Watts, Agriculture for the West Indies , SCIENTlnC STAFF. HcUntific Assistant and W. R. Dunlop. Assistant Hdttor •r . E'ltomologist H. A. Ballou, Mycologist W. Nowell, Assistaiit for C'dton Research S. C. Harland, + OLERTOAL STAFF. ihief Clerk A. G. Howell. {L. A. Corbin. P. Taylor.* K. R. C. Foster. Typist Miss B. Robinson. Atsistant Typist Miss W. Ellis. Aisistant for Publication!) ,Fell. f Provided by the Imperial Department of Scieidific and Industrial Research. *Seronded for Military Service. ^griculiiira! ^nufi Vol. XVin. SATURDAY, SKPTEMl'.EI! G, 1919. No. 453. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Contents of Present Issue. The odilorial in this deals with the various ways in which aircraft may prove of service to West Indian agriculture in the near future. On pjige 27t) will be found an iiii[)ort;int article on the dri'. The selling price to-day would be several shillings hinher if it were nob that the Oovernment is subsidising delivery by holding down the railwaj- freights. In making these statements (repa-tcd in the London Bourd of Trade Journal lor July 17) Sir Aucklmd Ge<ldes refers to the present position as 'one of great and seriousness'. Th- position is luiido very inuch worsu by a great reduction in the number of tons produced. The effect of the increased price on thf- steel industries is shown b


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