Agricultural news . hepresent report was compiled. DEPARTMENT NEWS. Sir Francis Watts. , , ImperialCommissioner of Agriculture for the West Indies,returned to Barbados on May 14, 1917, after an officialvisit to Jamaica in connexion with the establishment ofa sugar industry in that Colony. 8ii Francis Watts leftBarbados for this visit on February 19. A new book on drift seeds, entitled Plants, Seeds andCurrents in the West Indies and Azores, by H. B. Guppy (Wil-liams and Norgate, 25s. net) has recently been well reviewedin several publications. The Times refers to the exhaustive-nes
Agricultural news . hepresent report was compiled. DEPARTMENT NEWS. Sir Francis Watts. , , ImperialCommissioner of Agriculture for the West Indies,returned to Barbados on May 14, 1917, after an officialvisit to Jamaica in connexion with the establishment ofa sugar industry in that Colony. 8ii Francis Watts leftBarbados for this visit on February 19. A new book on drift seeds, entitled Plants, Seeds andCurrents in the West Indies and Azores, by H. B. Guppy (Wil-liams and Norgate, 25s. net) has recently been well reviewedin several publications. The Times refers to the exhaustive-ness of the treatment of the subjects in this book as monti-mental and the result as an indispensable authority tor allfuture students of the subject. The Great Western RadwayCompany, in England, hopes that the West Indian seeddrift will serve as an attraction to the Cornish shores onwhich it is cast. This little point indicates the extensivenature of the subject dealt with. 156 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Mav 1&, GLEANINGS. A note in the Experiynent Station Eecmd, which refersto a Louisiana report, states: the polj-phenol content ofjuices coulfl be reduced by topping cane low, using tops forplanting. This would result in a distinct improvement ofthe colour of juices. According to Items of Departmental Interest for Aprilreceived from St. Kitts, there was considerable activity in thedistribution of planting material for provision duringthe month. The was as follows: 2,400 cassavacuttings, 600 sweet potato cuttings, 157 lb. of yams andSO R>. of eddoes. Information has also been received from .St. Kitts to theeffect that the acreage under cotton in that island and Nevis•will be considerably increased this season on account of highprices. Where possible the seed has already been planted,and in some districts the young crop is looking verypromising. Australia continues to agitate for an extension in thecotton industry of that country, and it would ajipear th
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