. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THK IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. ?MY' Vor. X. No. BARBADOS, APRIL 15, 1911. Price \d. CONTENTS. Page. Absoi-ljent ' OottDii' from Rlaiiiie Plaiit.'i 121 Bahamas, Sponge Fishoi- ies of 127 Bookshelf 117 Broom Corn, Machinery for Cleaning 121 Cotton Notes:— Cotton-Growing in Asia, Africa and South America 118 West Indian Cotton ... 118 Forest Resources, Some Facts Concerning ... 119 Fungus Attacks, l^egrees of N'irulence of 113 Fungus Notes :— The Funj;us
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THK IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. ?MY' Vor. X. No. BARBADOS, APRIL 15, 1911. Price \d. CONTENTS. Page. Absoi-ljent ' OottDii' from Rlaiiiie Plaiit.'i 121 Bahamas, Sponge Fishoi- ies of 127 Bookshelf 117 Broom Corn, Machinery for Cleaning 121 Cotton Notes:— Cotton-Growing in Asia, Africa and South America 118 West Indian Cotton ... 118 Forest Resources, Some Facts Concerning ... 119 Fungus Attacks, l^egrees of N'irulence of 113 Fungus Notes :— The Funj;us Pine-Apple Disease ... 126 Gleanings 124 Hygiene in English Ele- mentary Schools ... 120 Imperial Department of Agriculture, Puldica- tions of 120 paratively small anoTial toll exacted bv the root fungus of that crop, or by the pod diseases of cacao, in order to realize fully how different may be the effects produced. In the first instance, the colonies were threatened with the complete annihilation of their staple industry; while, with the other two, though th? yield is reduced to a greater or less extent by the parasites, some return may always be expected from the ci'ops. Indian Runner Ducks ... 127 Insect Notes :— Contrnl of Insect Pests 122 Palm Pests Attacking Sugar-Cane 122 [nternational Rubber E.\- hibition. 1911 12:! Linseed Cake, Hydro- cyanic Acid in 121 Market Re]iorti 128 Notes and Comments ... 120 Pairi Mangi^ 116 Sorghum, Poisonous Prop- erties of Unripe ... 123 Students' Corner 125 Sugar Industry :— Molasses Products in the Netherlands 115 The Maiuifiicture of Sugar from .Maize ... 115 Water Findei s. Trials Con- ducted with 121 India Committee and the Rubber Exhibition 123 The Degrees of Virulence of Fungus Attacks. 'N these days, when almost everyone con- nected with agriculture has had a considerable' jand often of the general effects of fungus diseases on crops, it is hardly necessary to point out that some fungi are m
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