. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW S^^vo^k OF THE f^OTAN.'CAL IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. ^^'^»^^'- Vol. V. No. 104. BARBADOS, APRIL 14, 1906. Pkice Id. CONTENTS. Page. Agricultural Shows :— Antigua 117 Dominica 117 Appointment Vacant ... 114 Cacao Industry in Grenada 119 Cotton Notes : — Cotton Industry 118 Disinfection of Cotton Seed 119 .St. Vincent Cotton ... 119 Sea Island Cotton ... 118 Selection of Seed for Planting 118 Cotton Seed for Planting 113 De]iartuieut News Educati(inal :— Agi'icultura


. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW S^^vo^k OF THE f^OTAN.'CAL IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. ^^'^»^^'- Vol. V. No. 104. BARBADOS, APRIL 14, 1906. Pkice Id. CONTENTS. Page. Agricultural Shows :— Antigua 117 Dominica 117 Appointment Vacant ... 114 Cacao Industry in Grenada 119 Cotton Notes : — Cotton Industry 118 Disinfection of Cotton Seed 119 .St. Vincent Cotton ... 119 Sea Island Cotton ... 118 Selection of Seed for Planting 118 Cotton Seed for Planting 113 De]iartuieut News Educati(inal :— Agi'icultural Instruction in Elementai-y Schools Science Teaching at Harrison College ... Oleanings Insect Notes :— Mole Crickets Institute of Couniiercial Research in the Tropics Market Reports Notes and Counuents ... 127 122 123 124 122 12(i 128 120 Page. Notes on Agriculture in Dominica Official C'orres])ondence. Priedial Larceny in Dominica Royal Botanic Gardens, Ceylon Rubber Cultivation for Settlers in the Tropics Rul)l)er Trees at Grenada 125 St. Vincent Botanic Gardens Science Notes Seeds and Plants, Jauiaicii Selection of Sugar Industrj- :— Canadian Taritl' and Molasses West Indian Seedling t'anes in Queensland 115 Treatment of .\nthrax ... 125 West Indian Fruit :— Curious Banana West Indian Fruit Industry West Indian Products :— Drugs and Spices in the London Market 115 123 121 121 ]2(; 12G 114 121 127 115 IIG IIG 127 Cotton Seed for Plantinc;. N tlie previous nmiiber of the At/rivtdfuml ???^ Xeu's. it \vas annomiced that the Imperial Department of Agricuittire was prepared -^ to undertake to supply planters throughout the West f^ Indies with speciall}- selected and disinfected cotton ^ seed for planting during the coming season. The <X Department is so imjjressed with the importance of planting only the best seed, as a means of maintaining the high standard of cpiality of the cotton produced in these islands, that it will supply such seed,


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