. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol XII. No. 290. THE AORICULTDRAL NEWS 1S9 STUDENTS' CORNER. JUNE. Fii!>;t Peiuod. Seasonal Notes. Tlie fields of plant canes are now mostly reaped, and this condition artbrds opiiortunity for the study of several problems of interest. Regard the fields critically. Has the cutting of the canes Ijeen done thoroughly? Note the weeds that are growing, and pay great attention to their habits of growth and the ways of reproduction; for these matters are of more importance than names and the mere shape of leaves, How
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol XII. No. 290. THE AORICULTDRAL NEWS 1S9 STUDENTS' CORNER. JUNE. Fii!>;t Peiuod. Seasonal Notes. Tlie fields of plant canes are now mostly reaped, and this condition artbrds opiiortunity for the study of several problems of interest. Regard the fields critically. Has the cutting of the canes Ijeen done thoroughly? Note the weeds that are growing, and pay great attention to their habits of growth and the ways of reproduction; for these matters are of more importance than names and the mere shape of leaves, Howers and stems. Distinguish carefully, in the first place, between annual and perennial weeds. Uemember that it is as important to keep the headlands of fields weeded ah the fields themselves, since waste areas provide a source of infection. Many weeds may also harbour insect and fungus pests. What tillage should the fields of cut canes receive? As regards the manuring of ratoon canes, the Report on Sugar- cane Experiments in the Leeward Islands, 191112, should be read, in which publication will also be found a great deal of important information on the characters of the diflerent varieties of sugar-cane that have just been, and are still prominently before those interested in sugar-estates. Careful attention will be given, of course, to the article in this issue on the manufacture of syrup. A good supply of bamboo and other pots and seed boxes should be got ready for sowing seeds of cacao, cofi^ee, rubber, nutmeg, mango and other useful trees and plants as soon as the rains come in. Nursery beds should be well forked, manured and prepared for transplanting seedlings. Pots of seedling cacao and mango should be carefully attended to in order to have good growing stocks for grafting. Seeds of any useful forest and other tree should be collected. In regard to the planting out of lime seedlings,a dull day following heavy rains is the most suitable climatic condition under which to c
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