. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THK IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. NEW V 80TANI OAROI Vot. XII. No. 290. BARBADOS, JUNE 7, 1913. Pricb Id CONTENTS Paok. Cotton Notes:— Cotton ill the St. Vincent Grenadines 182 West Indian Cotton ... 182 Cuttiiiiis, I'roblenis in Propa- gation by 183 Fungus Notes:— Recent Work on tlie Parasites Belonginj; to the Genus 190 Gleanings 188 Greenheart in British Gui- ana 184 Gru-Gru Pahn, Eeonouiic Value of West 180 Insect Notes: Root Borers and Ot
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THK IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. NEW V 80TANI OAROI Vot. XII. No. 290. BARBADOS, JUNE 7, 1913. Pricb Id CONTENTS Paok. Cotton Notes:— Cotton ill the St. Vincent Grenadines 182 West Indian Cotton ... 182 Cuttiiiiis, I'roblenis in Propa- gation by 183 Fungus Notes:— Recent Work on tlie Parasites Belonginj; to the Genus 190 Gleanings 188 Greenheart in British Gui- ana 184 Gru-Gru Pahn, Eeonouiic Value of West 180 Insect Notes: Root Borers and Other Grubs in West Indian Soils 186 Market Reports 192 Notes and Comments ... 184 a proper communication or contact between the two is of the very greatest importance, and it is the object of this article to delineate the position of the specialist, and to point out the methods that are, or should be adopted, in oider that his activities may be utilized to the best advantage. Page. Organic Soil Constituents 184 Para Kulilier, Preparation of Plantation 181 Peripatiis in Tobago ... 183 Planter and Specialist, Con- tact between 177 Rothamsted ExperimeTital Station, Annual Report on 190 Rubber-vine Cultivation in tlie Bahamas St. Lucia, Agriculture in J8-i Students' Corner 189 Sugar Industry : — Syrup, Manufacture of 179 Veterinary Notes ;— Bovine Tuberculosis in the West Indies 187 Commi>n Diseases of Poultry, Trealment of 187 West Indian Products ... 191 Contact Between Planter and Specialist. 'OBODY at the present day can fail to appreciate the enormous gulf that divides ythe practical man or capitalist from the specialist in science. The separation of the two posi- tions is very patent in modern agriculture, and can be vividly realized by contrasting the mental outlook of, .say, the manager of a large sugar estate, and that of the entomologist whose faculties are concentrated on the wing markings of half a dozen species of insects. It is ob\ious that a jiroper re
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