. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE UuSV YORIi IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Tard^' Vol. IV. No. 77. BARBADOS, MARCH , 1905. Price Id. CONTENTS. P. IGE. P. \GE. Ayiicultural Shows, Gleanings 02 1904-5 81 Insect Xotes :— Barbados Bananas 84 Corn Ear Worm 00 Bee Keejjing :— Adulteration of Honey Botanic Stations : — Dominica St.^ Kitfs St. Lucia Britisli Guiana, Agri- cultui'e in !)1 ill '.tl 8!) .lamaica Prison Farm .. Market Reports Notes and Comments ()nions :— Bacterial R(jt Prospects of Crop
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE UuSV YORIi IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Tard^' Vol. IV. No. 77. BARBADOS, MARCH , 1905. Price Id. CONTENTS. P. IGE. P. \GE. Ayiicultural Shows, Gleanings 02 1904-5 81 Insect Xotes :— Barbados Bananas 84 Corn Ear Worm 00 Bee Keejjing :— Adulteration of Honey Botanic Stations : — Dominica St.^ Kitfs St. Lucia Britisli Guiana, Agri- cultui'e in !)1 ill '.tl 8!) .lamaica Prison Farm .. Market Reports Notes and Comments ()nions :— Bacterial R(jt Prospects of Crop < )range and Citron Peels, Trade in 88 04 88 87 80 93 ?Canuas, How to grow 01 Pimento in .lamaica 84 ?Colonial Fruit Exhibitions 84 Rabl)it Keeping : -- 'Cotton Industry :- Movable Hutch 83 Black Boll 8!) Rainfall Returns :— Ordinance in St. Kitt's 85 .\ntigna 8(! of Crop 85 St. Lucia 86 iSale of West Indian 85 Rice Industry in the-CJnited Sea Island Market 85 States 85 Shi[)rnent of Cotton ... 85 St. Lucia, .\griculture 87 Department News m Soil Inoculation 80 Department Publica- Sugar Tnd\istry : — ti(jns KO !)5 Seedling Canes in Educational :— .lamaica 83 Harrison College, Bar- West Indian Seeilling bados, 86 Canes 83 Forestry in Barbados 88 Tobacco in Hawaii 88 Aojricultuml Shows, 1904-5. The liighest position in regard to Agricultural Shows in this part of the world is undoubtedly held by Jamaica, where the shows are not only well organized and uniformly successful, but where the results bear directl}^ on the requirements and circumstances of the people. During the year 1904 seven Agricultural Shows were held in Jamaica as : Savanna-la- Mar, January 1 ; Mount James, June 30; Port Royal Mountains, July (J ; Hanover, July 2(j: St. Ann's, August 1 : New-market (St. Elizabeth), August 1, and Kendal, November 23. The grants-in-aid made by the Agricultural Society, amounting to £200, were largely sup]jlemented by local contributions, a
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