. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. I. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. LIBRARY; NEW YORI< BOTANfCAl GARDEN.: Vol. Y. No. 114. BARBADOS, SEPTEMBEll 8, 1906. Pkice \d. CONTENTS. Page. Bahamas, Tobacco in ... 281 Bee Farming in 286 j British Guiana, Balata and ' Rubber in 280 Cane Farming 281 Central Sugar Factories in Martinique 287 Cocoa-nuts in New Guinea 277 Colonial Fruit Shows ... 277 Cotton Industry in St. Kitt's-Nevis ... 273 Cotton Notes :— Antigua Cotton Factory 278 Cotton Expo
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. I. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. LIBRARY; NEW YORI< BOTANfCAl GARDEN.: Vol. Y. No. 114. BARBADOS, SEPTEMBEll 8, 1906. Pkice \d. CONTENTS. Page. Bahamas, Tobacco in ... 281 Bee Farming in 286 j British Guiana, Balata and ' Rubber in 280 Cane Farming 281 Central Sugar Factories in Martinique 287 Cocoa-nuts in New Guinea 277 Colonial Fruit Shows ... 277 Cotton Industry in St. Kitt's-Nevis ... 273 Cotton Notes :— Antigua Cotton Factory 278 Cotton Exports from the West Indies 278 Cotton in Porto Rico ... 279 Cotton in St. Croix ... 278 Cotton in the Virgin Islands 281 Cotton in St. 278 Cotton, Production and Prices of 279 West Indian Cotton ... 278 Curing Skins 283 Departmental Reports :— Antigua: Annual Re- ports on the Botanic Station, etc 286 Page. Departmental Rejiorts ;— St. Kitt's-Nevis : Re- ])orts on the Botanic Station, etc 280 Diseases of Sweet Potatos 285 Extiorts of Barbados ... 280 Exports of Dominica ... 281 Gleanings ... 284 Improvement of Forests 275 Insect and Diseases ... 281 Marlcet Reports 288 Notes and Comments ... 280 Nuts, Food Value of ... 276 Orange, A New 270 Rainfall in Grenada ... 285 Rice Growing in British Guiana 280 Rice, Polished 285 Rubber in Peru 283 Rubber, Supply of 283 Sugar Industry :— Hybridization of the Sugar-cane 274 Sugar-cane Experiments in British Guiana ... 275 Ticks, How to get rid of, 282 West Indian Products ... 287 Cotton Industry in St. Kitt's-Nevis. UCH encouraging progress has been made in the establishment of the cotton industry "rfi g^*a'!EJ^(d in St. Kitt's-Nevis that it may be of ^ interest brie% to review its position as set forth in the Pj recently issued report on the Botanic Station and CC Experiment Plots in the presidency. It is estimated that during the last season some 3,300 acres were planted in cotton in the three islands, as follows:
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