. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. ^0^^^^ liiL^ A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. XV. No. 357. BARBADOS, . 1, 191G. Peice Id. CONTENTS. Page. At a Distance Book Shelf ('iicao, German and Pur tuf^uese Cotton Notes:— British Cotton Growing Associati( m West Indian Cotton ... Departuient News Departmental ... Exhil)ition, Barbados Annual Gleanings Grenada Land Settlements Hawaii, Trade and Com- merce of Hevea Brasiliensis, Phy- sir>loi;ical Efl'ects on. Produced liy Tappi
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. ^0^^^^ liiL^ A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. XV. No. 357. BARBADOS, . 1, 191G. Peice Id. CONTENTS. Page. At a Distance Book Shelf ('iicao, German and Pur tuf^uese Cotton Notes:— British Cotton Growing Associati( m West Indian Cotton ... Departuient News Departmental ... Exhil)ition, Barbados Annual Gleanings Grenada Land Settlements Hawaii, Trade and Com- merce of Hevea Brasiliensis, Phy- sir>loi;ical Efl'ects on. Produced liy Tapping. k; Page. Insect Notes:— Mediterranean Fruit Fly Ki Items of Local \i Kap<jl \'ani)bi, Curini,' of 4 At a Distance. lOCATED away from iln iniiucdiatr .sphere ^of influence, the Imperial Department ef J Agriculture tor the West Indies, in spite of all the many disadvantages attendant on such a pos-ition, is at least able to regaid the internal afi'airs of the different colonics in true perspective. Its position is somewhat like that of an experienced person who has been requested to attend and criticize the rehearsals of a play. He sees at a diff(nent angle from the individual actors, no matter how great their ability, and although his suggestii>ns may not always seem acceptable, they should not be ignored, because of his experience and point of view. To continue the metaphor, it may be reasonably added that the ultimate credit in the eyes of the public will fall upon the players, so that the director's work ends with the success of his actors, or, in other words, is epiphytic on failure. Looking at the islands trom a distance, one can see at the present time a number of performances in progress, the majority of them very serious, though a k'w are not without a touch of corned}'. In Barbados and the Leeward Islands we have the annual repetitions of the sugar-cane experiments, which, in spite of a cer- tain inevitable sameness of presentation, are well ap
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