. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. •^-1 Vol. XIII. No. 314. BARBADOS, MAY 9. 1914. Pkice Id, CONTENTS. Page, Agi'iculture in the Leeward Islands, 1912 152 Cacao, Buddini^ of 145 Cacao Fcnucniation in Trini- dad 148 Cacao, Recent Work on the Budding of 148 Canadian National Exhibi- tion, 19)4 ! , Feeding Experi- ments with 149 Cotton Notes:— British Cotton (irowing Association 150 West Indian Cotton ... 1501 Cotton-Seed Meal for Hens 1491 DeiJartnient News


. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. •^-1 Vol. XIII. No. 314. BARBADOS, MAY 9. 1914. Pkice Id, CONTENTS. Page, Agi'iculture in the Leeward Islands, 1912 152 Cacao, Buddini^ of 145 Cacao Fcnucniation in Trini- dad 148 Cacao, Recent Work on the Budding of 148 Canadian National Exhibi- tion, 19)4 ! , Feeding Experi- ments with 149 Cotton Notes:— British Cotton (irowing Association 150 West Indian Cotton ... 1501 Cotton-Seed Meal for Hens 1491 DeiJartnient News ... .. 157 Departmental Reports ... 151 Diet ii: the Tropics, Proper 14'.t FertiliVcr: New Mohissed Superphosphate 149 Fungus Notes:— , Control of Damping oti" Disease 158 Fungoid Diseases in Biir- badoi, 1912-13 158 Gleanings 156 Hawaiian Soils, Eti'ect of Heat on , Indian Report, III 157 Page. Insect Notes:— Arsenate of Lead 154 Control of Onion Thrips in till- United States ... 154 I'fe of Naphthalene in the Control of b' 154 International I'liytopatho- logical Conference ... 153 Labour on Estates in the East Market Reports ... Mealies, Manuring of Notes and Comments Nuts, riiree New ... Oil-Nut Development British Honduras Prize Pasture Competi- tion Rice Starch, The Fractional Liipiefaclion of J5;5 Sugar Industry: — A Successful Method of Transporting Cane Cut- tings 14G An Electrically Driven Cane Mill 147 The Manufacture of 'Habi- tant' Rum in Guade- loupe 147 Wattle Dark Industry, Pie^rnl Position 153 We~t Indian Pnjihicts ... 159 150 . 160 . 149 . ].i2 . 148 in . 159 157 The Budding of Cacao, iLiRING a recent visit to the (Jovernment Experiment Station at Trinidad, the atten- ^tion of the writer was directed to several rows of cacao plants in bamboo pots, which had been successfully budded. The spectacle of the healthy growing shoots on the brown leafless stocks would be sufficiently pleasing and interesting under most circum- stances from a h


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