. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES, Vol. X. No. 247. BARBADOS, OCTOBER 14, 1911. Li Pkick Id, CONTENTS. Pagk. Page. Agricultiual Investig;itifin, Tlie Spirit of 321 British Honduras, Agricul- ture in, 1909 329 Cacao, Production and Consumption of, in 1910 325 Calcium Cyanamide and Nitrate of Lime ... 328 Coco-de-Mcr in the West Indies, Trials (.f ... 324 Cotton Notes ;— Introduction of Cotton- Growing into Nvasa- land ? ... 326 West Indian Cotton ... 326 Department Ne


. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES, Vol. X. No. 247. BARBADOS, OCTOBER 14, 1911. Li Pkick Id, CONTENTS. Pagk. Page. Agricultiual Investig;itifin, Tlie Spirit of 321 British Honduras, Agricul- ture in, 1909 329 Cacao, Production and Consumption of, in 1910 325 Calcium Cyanamide and Nitrate of Lime ... 328 Coco-de-Mcr in the West Indies, Trials (.f ... 324 Cotton Notes ;— Introduction of Cotton- Growing into Nvasa- land ? ... 326 West Indian Cotton ... 326 Department News 322 Eui;aly|)tus Trees, Condi- tiVms Best Suited to 327 Fermented Milk 331 Fungus Notes :— Wounds in Plants and Their Treatment, Part I 334 Gleanings 332 Grenada Land Settlement Sclienie 329 Indian Manyo Juice 327 Insect Notes :— Locouiolion of Younsi Scale Insects ... "... 330 The House-Fly and Man 330 Lime and Nitrification in Wet Soils 329 Litehi in Dominica 325 Market Reports 33G Notes and Comments ... 328 Nutmeg Tree, of •Male' .324 Pen Manure, Preservation of ... 333 Pine-A])ple Exportation from Natal .335 Pollen, New .Method of Handling 324 r'rotoz'aand Soil 335 Soil Bacteria, Studies of 328 Soils, Lime and Magnesia in 328 Students' Corner Sugar Industry :— and Potiish in Cancluice ... , .323 Sugar-cane Seedling D. in New South Wales 323 Tobacco, Sheds for Curin? 329 The Spirit of Agricultural Investigation. rHOSE who are responsible for agricultunil investigation and at the , present time are faced by the fact that the field over \Thich their energies may be expended has largely widened in recent years. Agricultural problems arc no longer regarded as being comparatively small in their scope and simple in their nature. They require the assistance of many of the .so-called branches of science. The help of the chemist, the botanist, the plant pathologist and physiologist, the entomologist, the geol


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