. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 220 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. July 1, 1916. GLEANINGS. We have been informed by the Agvicultui'al Superin- tendent, St. Vincent, that two more agricultural co-operative societies have recently been registered in that island under the Act, making fourteen in all with a membership of nearly 500. The Co-operative credit societies movement appears to be progressing satisfactorily in St. Vincent. We have received a copy of the proceedings of an Agri- cultural Congress in Guadeloupe (Second Session, 1915). This contains a l
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 220 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. July 1, 1916. GLEANINGS. We have been informed by the Agvicultui'al Superin- tendent, St. Vincent, that two more agricultural co-operative societies have recently been registered in that island under the Act, making fourteen in all with a membership of nearly 500. The Co-operative credit societies movement appears to be progressing satisfactorily in St. Vincent. We have received a copy of the proceedings of an Agri- cultural Congress in Guadeloupe (Second Session, 1915). This contains a large number of , including the suggested foundation of an agricultural journal in the Colony and the improvement of the experiment station at Pointe-a-l'itre. It is not clear, however, who are expected to carry out the rerommendations of the Congress. A note on dipping tanks in the Rliodesi-i Agricultural Jonrmtl for February 191G, recommends that before cattle are put through a new tank it is advisable to 10 lb. of bitter aloes in the tank and send the animals through before putting them through the dips. This minimises the chance of cattle drinking any dip afterwards, for if they get a mouthful of bitter , their own sense tells them to keep their mouths closed afterwards. The Department of Agriculture in Mauritius has issued a Bulletin (Xo. 6) on the irrigation of sugar-cane in Mauritius. It appears that water for irrigation jjurposes will be shortly available, and this Bulletin deals with the princijiles governing the wetting, washing of soils, amount of water to be applied, etc.,—in other words, with the estate or purely agricultural side and not the engineering side of irri- gation. It .should prove of much value to the planter. Co-operative credit in is dealt with in the Mywie. Af/ricultural C'. sanderi'ina and II. laterila. The first named species is puri'le-Howered, and is a perpetual tlowerer, while the other species have definite
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