. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW or THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. XVIII. No. 449. BAKBADOS JULY 12, 1919. PUOK Id. CONTENTS. Paoi Paoi. A<{riculture in Barbados 212 Avocado, Another Species of 219 Ooco-nufe Fibre Factories 214 Cotton Seed By-products 214 F»rm--S:hoolfi in Cuba ... 219 9tmi Production, War- time, in St. Lucia ... 313 Fo«d Requirements of Man 216 Foods, Value of certain 216 Gleanings 220 Orenada, Agricultural Inftruction in 223 Insect Notes :— Sugarcane and Hard- back Grubs
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW or THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. XVIII. No. 449. BAKBADOS JULY 12, 1919. PUOK Id. CONTENTS. Paoi Paoi. A<{riculture in Barbados 212 Avocado, Another Species of 219 Ooco-nufe Fibre Factories 214 Cotton Seed By-products 214 F»rm--S:hoolfi in Cuba ... 219 9tmi Production, War- time, in St. Lucia ... 313 Fo«d Requirements of Man 216 Foods, Value of certain 216 Gleanings 220 Orenada, Agricultural Inftruction in 223 Insect Notes :— Sugarcane and Hard- back Grubs in An- tigua 218 Items of Local Interest 212 lAnd Settlement for Demobilized Officers in khe West Indies ... 209 Liming of The ... 217 Market Reports 224 Montserrat, Agricultural Outlook in Notes and Comments ... Oranges, Shedding of ... Plant Diseases:— Investigati^^n of the Froghopper Pest and Disease of Sugar-cane 222 Rice, West Indian Settlers, Assisted, in South Africa Sugar Industry :— Palm Sugar Production in Madras Sugar Cultivation in Germany 2U Vitamines 212 Water-cress 216 Water Power 217 West Indian Products ... 223 221 216 21S 217 210 211 Land Settlement for Demobilized Officers in the West Indies. ,HERE is a large number of young British officers with moderate amounts of capital who would gladly take up tropical planting if facilities were available to help them. Many of these men have little or no knowl- edge of agriculture, just as they had little or no knowledge of warfare before they went to the front. Most of them were in business of some kind, generally of a kind that fails to be attractive after long and hard military service. Are there any prospects for these people in the West Indies ^ Their scanty qualifications for agricultural work is to some extent a handicap. But there is one important fact to bear in mind : the war has taught them resource and adaptability. Moreover, we are not discussing agricultural work in England. We are talking
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