. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. I. No. BARBADOS, OCTOBER 11, 1902. Price 1(/. CONTENTS. P.\GE *' Agrioultund News, " coniiuents on 205 Botanic Gardens, value of ... 201 British Guiana, Agricul- tural Sliows in Cacaij in St. Lucia ... 190 Canada and tlie West Indies, Trade 201 Cotton Growing in An- tigua 195 Cotton Seed and its By- products 195 Department News 203 Dejiartnient l'ublicati(jns 207 Department Reports : — Antigua, Economi
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. I. No. BARBADOS, OCTOBER 11, 1902. Price 1(/. CONTENTS. P.\GE *' Agrioultund News, " coniiuents on 205 Botanic Gardens, value of ... 201 British Guiana, Agricul- tural Sliows in Cacaij in St. Lucia ... 190 Canada and tlie West Indies, Trade 201 Cotton Growing in An- tigua 195 Cotton Seed and its By- products 195 Department News 203 Dejiartnient l'ublicati(jns 207 Department Reports : — Antigua, Economic Ex- periments 205 Grape culture at Jamaica 19(5 , Limes in 195 Insect Notes :— Clothes moths, new remedy i«v 200 Game birds, usefulness of 200 Page. Insect Notes (continued). Insects attacking sweet potatos Maribunta at (irenada Mealy-bug in Trinidad ' Scavenger' Fly Jack-in-the-box tree Market Reports News from the Islands ... Notes and Comments Onion seedlings Our Book Shelf : — Check list of the Forest trees of Natural History of Plants Packing for Expurt Poultiy St. Lucia, cacao in St. Vincent volcanic dis- turbances Sugar Industry:— Experiments at Barba- dos Vanilla cultivatii )n ... their produce on the market in a sound condition. It is no easy task to accomplish this off hand. We must know the exact .stage at which each kind of fruit or vegetable must be gathered in order to keep sound during its long journey, and amve in England or America in the best state. We also have to learn how- to treat the produce between picking and packing: the conditions necessary to allow 'ripening' to proceed during voyage, and to prevent chilling and rotting. On all these points knowledge has in the past been gained bv experience, and the general precautions necessary for the successful export of fruit and vege- tables are now fairly well known although, unfortunately, not always acted upon. 200 2(H) 200 203 194 200 204 198 197 203 203 193 202 19(3 201 194 197 Pa
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