Agricultural news . ol have beenconsidered and those applicable to the conditions of theisland can be recommended. To prevent the introduction ofplant diseases and destructive insects the regulations in respectof the inspection and fumigation of plants made by thequarantine service have been vigorously enforced. From the report of the Chemist it appears that the workof the Department was conducted on the following lines:— 1. Fertilizer control. 2. Study of the acid and sugar contents of citrus fruits. 3. Analysis of seedling canes. 4. Miscellaneous tests and analyses of soil, fertilizers^ inse
Agricultural news . ol have beenconsidered and those applicable to the conditions of theisland can be recommended. To prevent the introduction ofplant diseases and destructive insects the regulations in respectof the inspection and fumigation of plants made by thequarantine service have been vigorously enforced. From the report of the Chemist it appears that the workof the Department was conducted on the following lines:— 1. Fertilizer control. 2. Study of the acid and sugar contents of citrus fruits. 3. Analysis of seedling canes. 4. Miscellaneous tests and analyses of soil, fertilizers^ insecticides, etc. At the beginning of the shipping season for citrus fruit the question arose as to what constituted ripe fruit and the- / relation of artificial colouring or sweating to the acid and ^ sugar content, and a great number of fruit analyses w.;re- made which included fruit picked at all seasons of the year and handled in various ways as to its treatment preparatory to shipping. 212 THE AGRICULTURAL AGRICULTURE IN BARBADOS. There was a marked change in the weather on the 20thinstant. On that day there seems to have been an averagerainfall of 1-J inches, accompanied by several peals of this date there have been showers almost every day,with the result that the earth is now wet enough for tillageand planting of any land. The rainfall for the first half of June was moderate andhardly exceeded 1^ inches in any parish, but so favourablehas been the weather since the 20th that the record for themonth will exceed -5 inches in many districts and 6 inches insome. MACHINERY. There are still four factories and about tweuty-fourestates grinding, some of which will be working for at leasta fortnight more. Some of the estates with canes still out-standing are those which preferred making their whole cropinto syrup, having determined that this paid better than sell-ing any part of iheir crop to the factories even if they weredelayed by unfavourable weather or o
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