. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. L1BR> NEW Y BOTANI QARO Vol. VIII. No. 197. BARBADOS, NOVEMBER l.:i, 1909. Price Id, CONTENTS. Page. Agriculture at the Association 354 Agricultural Instruction in California •"^•il Air, Rlanufacture of Nitrates from ."iOl Books, Preserving in the Tropics 3()7 Cacao, Manurial Experi- ments in ... Ceara Ruliber Seeds, Ger- mination of 359 Cotton Notes :— Areaof Cotton in .Antigua 359 Cotton Export


. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. L1BR> NEW Y BOTANI QARO Vol. VIII. No. 197. BARBADOS, NOVEMBER l.:i, 1909. Price Id, CONTENTS. Page. Agriculture at the Association 354 Agricultural Instruction in California •"^•il Air, Rlanufacture of Nitrates from ."iOl Books, Preserving in the Tropics 3()7 Cacao, Manurial Experi- ments in ... Ceara Ruliber Seeds, Ger- mination of 359 Cotton Notes :— Areaof Cotton in .Antigua 359 Cotton Exports from tlie West 358 Cotton in Barbados ... 359 West Indian Cotton ... ;8 World's Cotton Supply 358 Department News 357 Departmental Reports :— St. Vincent, Botanic Station, etc 306 Tortola, Botanic Sta- tion, etc 366 Exhibits, West Indian, in Canada 361 304 Gypsum, Manurial Value of 360 Page. 362 361 368 36) 367 361 3<i3 365 Insect Notes :— History of Insects, Part II ... Blanuring, Relationship to Meat Production Maiket Reports Notes and Comments ... Rice in British Guiana ... Rulil)er Trees, Times for Tapping . Simtliiidea caiiUKdinliit'i, Seeding of Spices of the Tro])ics Students' Corner ... Industry :— Fermentation of Hawaiian Molasses ... 355 Sugar Manufacture in St. Croix 355 Scums, Extraction'of Wax from 3(;0 Tillage, Implemental, in Kgypt ?? 360 Tiuilier, Relation of Saw- ing and Use of to Rots 357 Wild Ipecacuanha and Stock 363 Workers in Science and the Practical Farmer ... 359 AirricuUiiro at the Recent British Association Meeting. jiff' T the recent meeting of the British Associa- (Aj/_^T^''tion for the Advancement of Science, held ^L^A^at Winnipeg, the opening address in the sub-section Agriculture of Section K, Botany, was given by the Chairman, Majnr P. G. Craigie, , This was commenced by a presentation of the claims of Agricidtural Science to the grant of a division to itself among


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