. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. in. No. 63. BARBADOS, SEPTEMBER 10, 1904. Price Id. CONTENTS. Page. Banana Industry in tlie Canary Isbuuls ... 2f>2 Berimula, Agriculture in 297 Birds, Fruits, and 29t) Cocua-nuts f(ir New York 20G Coffee, Brazilian . 21I8 Cottc^n Industry : — Jamaica . 293 Lectures . 2!1G St. Vincent, Sales 293 Trinidad . 297 West Indies . 203 Date Palm in India ... 295 Department News 301 Department Reinirts : — St Kitt's-Nev
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. in. No. 63. BARBADOS, SEPTEMBER 10, 1904. Price Id. CONTENTS. Page. Banana Industry in tlie Canary Isbuuls ... 2f>2 Berimula, Agriculture in 297 Birds, Fruits, and 29t) Cocua-nuts f(ir New York 20G Coffee, Brazilian . 21I8 Cottc^n Industry : — Jamaica . 293 Lectures . 2!1G St. Vincent, Sales 293 Trinidad . 297 West Indies . 203 Date Palm in India ... 295 Department News 301 Department Reinirts : — St Kitt's-Nevis 301 Dominica, Fisli oils from 294 Fil)re Plants in Mauritius Forestry in ;kung ... Fumigation of Imported Plants Gleanings Insect Notes : — Mexican Cotton B( ill Weevil St. Lucia Market Reports Mos(fuitos and Malaria ... Notes and Comments 297 301 297 300 298 298 303 292 29C AGE. 289 295 Onion Cultivation ... of onion seed have been obtained by the Imperial Department of Agriculture from Teneriffe for planters in the West Indies. This amount of seed should be sufficient to plant nearly 200 acres. Within the last twelve or thirteen years onion cultivation has been to a certain extent revolutionized— main!}' in consequence of what is known as the 'New Onion Culture' put forward by Jlr. T. Greiner in a little book of that title. The novelty of the method consists in transplanting the onions from seed beds. It has been demonstrated by experiments that the transplanting method has many advantages over the old style of sowing the seeds directly in the field. The yield is larger: the bulbs are of uniform size and mature earlier; much waste of seed is avoided, and the young seedlings can be looked after better. On account of the smallness of the seed, special care is necessary in securing well-prepared nursery beds in which the seed is to be sown. These should be raised 1 foot or 18 inches, and the soil well pulverized. The seed should be sown in drills across the bed a
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