. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. I. No. 15. BARBADOS, NOVEMBER 8, 1902. Pkice Id. CONTENTS. Page Anthrax, at St. Vincent 232 Bananas, Cultivation of ... 228 Carih InipleniL' 220 Corn, Iniiirnvinj; local varieties of ... Cotton cultivation British (jluiana Oejiartnient News — Deiiartnient PuMications 239 Do])artuiental Ueiiorts :— Canary' Islands Fisheries : — Tarjion in Triuidail ... Gleanings Honey, Sale I'f in Ameri- can market Insect Notes :— Sjjraying
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. I. No. 15. BARBADOS, NOVEMBER 8, 1902. Pkice Id. CONTENTS. Page Anthrax, at St. Vincent 232 Bananas, Cultivation of ... 228 Carih InipleniL' 220 Corn, Iniiirnvinj; local varieties of ... Cotton cultivation British (jluiana Oejiartnient News — Deiiartnient PuMications 239 Do])artuiental Ueiiorts :— Canary' Islands Fisheries : — Tarjion in Triuidail ... Gleanings Honey, Sale I'f in Ameri- can market Insect Notes :— Sjjraying Sweet Potatos West Indian insect injurious in Florida Lecture to Teachers at Barbados, 22!» 227 237 237 233 230 220 232 220 2:u P.\(iE. Market Rejjorts 238 Notes and Comments ... 230 Our Book Shelf : — Nature Study 235 Pictorial Practical Gar- dening, etc 235 Projiagating Citrus Fruits 235 Sumatra Tohacco under shade 235 Pasture Trees 234 Poultry 234 Pyrethrum and Mi)S([ui- toes 235 Rice i)roduction in British Guiana ... 232 Sugar Industry:— British Guilina Notes 226 Utilization of Home Products 225 Volcanic Eru])tion at St. Vincent 237 West Indian Products ... 220 the .sugar tnidc ot tlic world thr .sugar-cane yielded relatively I'lioriuous returns and jilanters made every effort to extend the area under sugar-cane cultivation. To this end valuable fruit and other trees were cut down, poor lands jirepared at great cost, and, in fact, scarcely any sacrifice was thought too hea\-v so long as it led to an of the output of the staple crop. With sugar selling at £20 to £30 per ton, or even more, there is no doubt tliat the planters of days followed the most remunerative course. It would have been unprofitable for them to devote to the jiroduction of Indian corn, yams, etc., land which would yield sugtir t(j the value of say £50 per acre. Canes were acconlingly grown on every available acre and the sugar ]iorted, whilst importations were depended
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