. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. X. No. 251. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 389. BARBADOS: REPOUT OX THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, l'.Jli)-ll. After giving details concerning the staff, establishment, financial matters and rei)airs to buildings, this report presents information concerning the distribution of plants during the period under review; it is shown that this has been concerned mainly with sugar-cane cuttings, seeds of leguminous plants, cotton-seed, sweet potato cuttings and plants for Arbor Day. A review of the experiments with suga
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. X. No. 251. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 389. BARBADOS: REPOUT OX THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, l'.Jli)-ll. After giving details concerning the staff, establishment, financial matters and rei)airs to buildings, this report presents information concerning the distribution of plants during the period under review; it is shown that this has been concerned mainly with sugar-cane cuttings, seeds of leguminous plants, cotton-seed, sweet potato cuttings and plants for Arbor Day. A review of the experiments with sugar cane is present- ed, which shows that the lines of investigation have com- prised the following : (1) variety experiments on estates, with White Transparent as a standard; (2) similar co-operative erperiments on estates; (3) manurial experiments with sugar- cane; (4) trials in regard to the effect of cutting out "dead hearts' on the yield of sugar-canes; (.5) an experiment on the action of superphosphate as a manure for sugar-cane in red soils; and (6) determination of the yield of canes grown from cuttings made from plant canes, cuttings made from first ratoons, cuttings made from sevenili ratoons, and from small cuttings. The variety and manurial experiments have receiv- ed the usual attention in the special report. The trial with superphosphate seems to indicate that this increases the yields of cane on red soils. In regard to the other matters, the con- tinuation of the experiments is required, in order that definite results may be obtained. A large portion of the report is taken up with informa- tion concerning the cotton industry, cotton selection, the pro- duction of cotton hybrids, and reports and valuations of the cottons produced, furnished by Mr. C. JI. AVolstenholme, of Manchester. The work is too detailed in nature to be made the subject of general statements. This part is followed by an account of experiments with sweet potatoes, sweet and bitter cassava, e
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