. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW ......... OF THE NEW YORK 'OTANICAL IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. - iARL>EN. Vol. VIII. No, 176 BARBADOS, .lANUARV •-'.'., lliO'.i Pi;icE Id. CONTENTS. P.\GE. Agricultural Banks in Western Australia Antigua, Hedges at Antigua Sugar and Cutton in Liverpiiol Assam Rubber, Method <if Tapping. Bordeaux Mixture Cacao Industry, Milk Adulteration in Trinidad 23 Notes and Counnents ... 24 Pipe Cahdiash at (Grenada 21 Poultry :- Britisli Eggdaying Competition ot) Prickly
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW ......... OF THE NEW YORK 'OTANICAL IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. - iARL>EN. Vol. VIII. No, 176 BARBADOS, .lANUARV •-'.'., lliO'.i Pi;icE Id. CONTENTS. P.\GE. Agricultural Banks in Western Australia Antigua, Hedges at Antigua Sugar and Cutton in Liverpiiol Assam Rubber, Method <if Tapping. Bordeaux Mixture Cacao Industry, Milk Adulteration in Trinidad 23 Notes and Counnents ... 24 Pipe Cahdiash at (Grenada 21 Poultry :- Britisli Eggdaying Competition ot) Prickly Pear as a Forage Crop ... 31 Rice Crop in British (iuiana 30 Rice in British Honduras 24 Rum Manufacture in British (iuiana .3(j Students' Corner 2!l S milk, the matter of their breeding and rearing is an important consideration, and should receive every attention compatible with the possibilities of these colonies in that direction. The large number ofaiiimals imported every year indicate that there is abundant scope for home production, and the raising of stock should certainly form a more considerable feature in the economy of many estates than it does at present. A secondary reason which may be mentioned in favour of this policy is the value of the pen manure produced. It is obvious that a good deal more yet remains to be done in levelling up the general character of West Indian stock, and further that, under present condi- tions, the full returns that might be possible from meat and milk production are now realized in a few cases only. Among the chief reasons for this state of affairs are: (I) want of care in selection and breeding, by which is meant not only the use of male animals of inferior character, but also that, in many cases, insuffi- cient attention has been given to the selection of those particular breeds which are best adapted to West Indian conditions: (2) imperfect realization of the fact, in the case of cattle, that the various breeds may be regarded as s
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