. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. XII. No. 304. BARBADOS. DECEMBER 20. 1913. Price Id. CONTENTS. Page. Agricultural T'.mks 401 Agriculture, Tr(ii)ical, Proli- kiii>. Awaiting Solution ! in 408 1 Britain's Imports of West ! Iiulian Fruits in 407 ! Cm:w K-tate 40'.) Cotton :— Sea Island Cotton Orow- iiiu Conij>etition f^r Small Holders in St. Vincent 406 ' West Indian Cotton ... 406 Departmental Reports ... 405 Fig-tree, A Little
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. XII. No. 304. BARBADOS. DECEMBER 20. 1913. Price Id. CONTENTS. Page. Agricultural T'.mks 401 Agriculture, Tr(ii)ical, Proli- kiii>. Awaiting Solution ! in 408 1 Britain's Imports of West ! Iiulian Fruits in 407 ! Cm:w K-tate 40'.) Cotton :— Sea Island Cotton Orow- iiiu Conij>etition f^r Small Holders in St. Vincent 406 ' West Indian Cotton ... 406 Departmental Reports ... 405 Fig-tree, A Little-knuwn 407 Fungus Notes :— Ceylon Legisl-ition Against riant Pestjand Diseases 414 1 Gleanings 412 i Gold Coast. 1912 409 Insect Notes :— Fruit Flies 410 Legislation in Regard to Plant Importation ??? 410 PA(iE. iMal de Caderas 411 Market Reports 410 Notes and Comments ... 4it Indian Bidlftin, dealing ,\vith agricultural banks. It has been the aim of the writer of this paper to treat the matter in a rather difTerent way to that which has characterized previous West Indian literature on the subject. First of all, the history of the movement in the West Indies and British (Juiana will be traced during the course of the past Wn or fifteen years— n sketch which will demonstrate, it is feared, that there has been an amount of , during this j)eriod. out ot all proportion to anything that has been actually aoliicvcd. Members of societies, Boards and ('ominissions have spoken interestingly and sincerely of Raiffeisen's, Schulze's, Luzzati's and the other original S3"stems of rural credit; they have appealed to their respective Governments for assistance which in man}- cases has been granted; tliey have actually caused to be founded with Government money, substantial loan banks of the limited liability type; and yet with the exception, perhaps, of Jamaica, Barbados, and St. \'incent, rural credit remains in much the same, if not in a worse condition than
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