. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN Vol. I. No. 2. BARBADOS, ^lAY 10, 1902. Price Id CONTENTS. Page Bee Keeping, Jamaica ... 2f) Boards of Agriculture ... 17 Cacao Flower '25 Central Auiorican Rubber as shade for Cacao (illustrated) 21 Chitin 28 Department News 28 Department 32 Dominica :—• Agricultural Progress 25 Cacao Drier (with dia- gram 1^ Stock Farm 20 Educational : — Caml)ridge Local Exami- nation Educational effo


. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN Vol. I. No. 2. BARBADOS, ^lAY 10, 1902. Price Id CONTENTS. Page Bee Keeping, Jamaica ... 2f) Boards of Agriculture ... 17 Cacao Flower '25 Central Auiorican Rubber as shade for Cacao (illustrated) 21 Chitin 28 Department News 28 Department 32 Dominica :—• Agricultural Progress 25 Cacao Drier (with dia- gram 1^ Stock Farm 20 Educational : — Caml)ridge Local Exami- nation Educational efforts in the West Indies Fisheries :— Artificial propagation of Sea-Eggs Tarpon Fruit Packing Garden Notes Ground Nut Leeward Islands, Sugar Industry Market Reports Moulds Notes and Comments : —? . 27 A^ricultui-fil Sliows, Troatiug C:iue Plauts with Tar, i^^Hfar Pacje. Notes and Comments :—contd. Cane Ciou iu Europe. Proiluc- tioii of IJeet ;^uf:r;ir, A New Ity- Prodiiet of sug:M*, New V:irie- tio3 of B!iiian;is, Peppers Of Chili Peppers. Pl;iating Trees, C^ottou Produc- tions in tiie West Indies. Joiirnul Janiulca A^ricultnr.^1 Society, Volcanic nsh at Bar- Ijjilos, develop- meut in the , Minor Inilustries in Ceylon 22 Onion Industry in Cuba ... 20 Pcmd Flies 24 Poultry 2C Recent Rejjorts :— British Guiana, Botanic Gardens 2t) Louisiana, 'Feeding of Plantation Stock ... 29 Ceylon, Cacao Canker ... 2!) St. Lucia, Agricultural efforts, 25 Scale Insects on Young Phuits 25 Science Note :—• The Bird-Lime Tree ...28 Seed Corn, Saving of ... 2t> Sugar Cane :— Experiment at St. 18 West Indies :— Agricultural 30 Hand-Books to .30 Boards of A sericulture. T the recent West Indian Agricultural Conference an interesting account (since published in the West Indian Bulle*in. Vol. Ill, pp. 93-96) was given of the formation of Boards of Agriculture at Jamaica and British Guiana. The creation of these Boards is a


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