. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. ToL. XVIIL No. 443. BARBADOS. APRIL 19, 1919. Prior Id. Paob Paob. Agricultui-e in Barbados 127 Alcohol, Colonially Pro- duced, British Surtax on 120 Alcohol in Cuba, Produc- tion of 117 Ammonium Nitrate as a Fertilizer 121 to the Land and Countryside 121 Book Shelf 119 Cassava Experiments in Trinidad 126 Cotton:— Sea Island Cotton Market 118 Cotton Ordinance in Turks and Caicos Islands 121 Gleanings 124 Notes :^ Cacao
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. ToL. XVIIL No. 443. BARBADOS. APRIL 19, 1919. Prior Id. Paob Paob. Agricultui-e in Barbados 127 Alcohol, Colonially Pro- duced, British Surtax on 120 Alcohol in Cuba, Produc- tion of 117 Ammonium Nitrate as a Fertilizer 121 to the Land and Countryside 121 Book Shelf 119 Cassava Experiments in Trinidad 126 Cotton:— Sea Island Cotton Market 118 Cotton Ordinance in Turks and Caicos Islands 121 Gleanings 124 Notes :^ Cacao Thrips in Grena- da Poisoning of the Boll Weevil Itenw of Local Intere.^ 12< i Lime Cultivation in Dominic i Market Reports ... Mycology, A Broader ., Notes and Plant Legislation in St. Lucia, Recent Sea Island Cotton, Im- provement in the Yield of 125 Sucrose Content of Canes Crushed 116 Sugar-cane Cultivation in Louisiana, Notes 115 'West Indian Bulletin', Vol. XVII, No. ?^ ... 120 West Indian Products .. 123 122 122 118 128 113 120 121 A Broader Mycology. ,HE Kew Bulletin, No. 10, 1918, records with J regret the death of Mr. C. O. Farquharson, l,M\cologist, Southern Nigeria, who was among the passengers lost at sea through collision on the home- ward bound steamer, Burutu, ou October 3, 1918. The Bulletin records Mr. Farquharson's keen enthusiasm in his work, thi- sound judgment with which he confronted its problems, and the excellence of the results he had already achieved in the study of West African agriculture. A letter sent to the Assistant Director of Kew by Mr. Farquharson through the mail following the veasel on which Mr. Farquharson .sailed is pub- lished in the Bulletin referred to above. The letter contains so many ideas pertinent to the trend of thought now engaging the attention of seisin- tific workers who are dealing with the problems of tropical agriculture—ideas having regard to the nature of the work, the methods by which he th
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