. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol XVIII. No. 438. BARBADOS. FEBRUARY 8, 1919. Price Id. Almvib Cuba Acacia Seeds, Vitality of 41 Agriculture in Barbados 43 Oamphov Tree? in the \\ est Indies—A Correction 41' Cotl'ee, Toxic Piincijilet. uf 41 :— CotK'K Legislation in St Vincent ;!8 - ? liiction in the West Indies Department News Departmental Repon^ Ep ', A Curious Local Gleanings (;se> for Paper-niakini;, South African Insect Notes:—•
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol XVIII. No. 438. BARBADOS. FEBRUARY 8, 1919. Price Id. Almvib Cuba Acacia Seeds, Vitality of 41 Agriculture in Barbados 43 Oamphov Tree? in the \\ est Indies—A Correction 41' Cotl'ee, Toxic Piincijilet. uf 41 :— CotK'K Legislation in St Vincent ;!8 - ? liiction in the West Indies Department News Departmental Repon^ Ep ', A Curious Local Gleanings (;se> for Paper-niakini;, South African Insect Notes:—• Suggestions lia- Mosquit ?. Control in a West Indian Island ... ... Page. Pa Items of Local Interest ... Liming, Effect of on ('rop Yidds Maizi- Inter-cropped "with LtL;umes Market Reports .Moulds in the Soil, The Actiiin of ... and Comments ... Paper Yarn Plant Diseases: — Tli.^ Root Disease or Red Viin'j Disease of Coco- nut Palms .?5S» .Sisal Cultivation in British :')' East Africa .Sterilization shurp limitation is to be placeil on the use of the teri>i. The importance of the action of moulds in ohe soil has been the subject of investigations by Selman A. Waksman, of the Departmeii' >f Soil Bacteriologs N'ew .lersey Agricultural Expci nuent Station, and he has recopded the results he obtained in a paper in Soil Science, August 19ls. The i|uestion is of general to ngriculturists in relation to soil fertility; a ri'suuie of the paper is therefore given bslow. When a group of micro-organisms is studied ia relation to soil fertility, the question is—what part do they play in the nitrogen changes in the soil, pro- duced as a result of their activity.^ From the early period of investigations on the microbial inhabitants of the soil, up to four or five years ago, the attention of soil bacteriologists was chiefly directed to the study of bacteria, neglecting other groups of micro- organisms to which the term moulds is applied. It hiis on
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