. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 52 THE AGRICULTURAL XEWS. Febeuaey 14, THE BAXANA: ITS CULTIVATION, DISTRI- BUTION AND COMMERCIAL USES. By William Fawcett, , With an introduction by Sir Daniel Morris, K G., , , S. Duckworth (t Co., London, 1913. (Published under the auspices of the West India Committee.) Price 7s. 6rf. Passers by in a crowded London side street purchase bananas from the hawker's barrow. Some thousands of miles distant, in the green shade of the plantation, majestic foliage- heads are falling,
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 52 THE AGRICULTURAL XEWS. Febeuaey 14, THE BAXANA: ITS CULTIVATION, DISTRI- BUTION AND COMMERCIAL USES. By William Fawcett, , With an introduction by Sir Daniel Morris, K G., , , S. Duckworth (t Co., London, 1913. (Published under the auspices of the West India Committee.) Price 7s. 6rf. Passers by in a crowded London side street purchase bananas from the hawker's barrow. Some thousands of miles distant, in the green shade of the plantation, majestic foliage- heads are falling, and the figures of the black labour rs are moving swiftly and systematically at their work. Tlie two operations proceed automatically and, as far as the .tgents in the processes themselves are concerned, end wi h the completion of their acts. But before the 'cutter' in the I'anana plantation can obtain regular employment, and betore the consumer can be regularly supplied, a vast amount of organization, scientific knowledge and capital is reiiuisite, which as has already been intimated, is rarely reali/.ed by those at either end of the industrial line. This book orings them into touch. The most attractive feature of Mr. Fawcett's work is that he takes, metaphorically speaking, a banana, an i tells the reader all about it from the soil in which it has grown until it is actually digested physiologically by the cou.' umer in a distant country. We are told of the plant; we learn how it is cultivated in different places; how it is transported and how it is sold. Interesting information is presented, further, in regard to the question of its manufacture into various prepared forms, and statistics are presented relative to the development of the industry—information which will command the attention and give encouragement to both intending capitalists and those who are interested in the progress of tropical agriculture generally. In the first chapter, the botanical characteristics of
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