. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE NEW YOR IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Tko-,; Vol. XIII. Xo. 329. BARBADOS, DECEMBER 5, 1914. Price Id. CONTENTS. Cocii-nut Cotton Notes:— CiiiitoCotti>ii in .Jamaica CVitton Exports from the West Indies West Intliau Cotton ... Cowpeas ami Maize for Fodder De|iartment News Disease of Poultry, A Fungus Notes:— Col) Rot of Corn Hot Water Tn^atiueiit for Cotton AntUnu- Page. Sill , 388 I 388 388 I 3!i5 I 3!)2 3«o 396, :!!)(; nose Germicides. Disinfecta
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE NEW YOR IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Tko-,; Vol. XIII. Xo. 329. BARBADOS, DECEMBER 5, 1914. Price Id. CONTENTS. Cocii-nut Cotton Notes:— CiiiitoCotti>ii in .Jamaica CVitton Exports from the West Indies West Intliau Cotton ... Cowpeas ami Maize for Fodder De|iartment News Disease of Poultry, A Fungus Notes:— Col) Rot of Corn Hot Water Tn^atiueiit for Cotton AntUnu- Page. Sill , 388 I 388 388 I 3!i5 I 3!)2 3«o 396, :!!)(; nose Germicides. Disinfectant>. .Antiseptics, and Deodo- .S!ir> Gleanings 3'.)4 '-'lU'J Moth Borer in 'itisji Guiana oltli P.\r;E. International Congress of Tropioal Agriculture ... :'>,S7 Items of Local Interest ... .3811 Jamaica Agiicultural De- ])artiuent :-!'.tl Maiun-e Waste fiir 'I'rc>ilical Crojjs, Utili/,(in of ... ;{'.•:! Market Reports :V.)H Milk .Supply, Pure :'>'.)(> Notes and Connuents ... .'i'.HI Oil Products of Local In- terest .3!II < »range Grafting 38(i Oranges, Sweet or Sour ... .'WCi Rfibliit Breeding, in faig- land ... .:. ... ... Xn Students' Corner Sugar Industry:— Beet Sugar in California 385 IJianuIators or Sugar Drying Machines ... The Deterioration of Sugar on Storage ... 384 Volcanic Action, Ettects ,,f 3!M) Wet Indian Products ... 397 Improvement of Soils. P.\HT II. POSSIBLE of the fertility of certiiin soils, which contain very small quan- _ tities of carbonate of lime, may Ho in the fact that these soils are of an open , and that the amonnt of carbonate of lime present is sufficient to permit full bacterial activity, while a similar qtiantity might be insufficient to maintain a tlocculent condition in a clay soil, which might then be unfertile on account of defective physical condition due to defici- ency of lime. Reference is made to tfee fact that the accumula- tion of fertility in grass-l
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