. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE ^T^.ii IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. ****^^. Vol. XI. No. 257. BARBADOS, MARCH 1912 Fkicb Id. CONTENTS. Pack. Page. A'4iicultui;il Conference, 1912, II 65 Cyanaiiiiik'. Pniii- erties of 73 Ciuidelilla Wax 72 CdCiia-nut Filu'o 68 j Cotton Notes :— j CntldH-rickiu!^ Rlachiiit; 70 Laboratory Mcasiireiiients j for Valuing Cotton ... 70 West Indian Cotton ... 70 Departmental Reports ... 69 Department 75 Electricity and .\nimal Pro- duction 73 Fungus No
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE ^T^.ii IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. ****^^. Vol. XI. No. 257. BARBADOS, MARCH 1912 Fkicb Id. CONTENTS. Pack. Page. A'4iicultui;il Conference, 1912, II 65 Cyanaiiiiik'. Pniii- erties of 73 Ciuidelilla Wax 72 CdCiia-nut Filu'o 68 j Cotton Notes :— j CntldH-rickiu!^ Rlachiiit; 70 Laboratory Mcasiireiiients j for Valuing Cotton ... 70 West Indian Cotton ... 70 Departmental Reports ... 69 Department 75 Electricity and .\nimal Pro- duction 73 Fungus Notes:— The Red F\ot Disease of the Sugar-Cane in Louisiitna 78 Gleanings 76 Humus in Soils, Method for Determimtion of ... 73 Insect Notes :— Sugar-Cane of Hawaii International Exchange liy the Smithsonian tution Market Reports Notes and Comments ... Pul)licatioiis (if the ImpiTial Department of .Agriculture Silk Priiduitiim in Italy ... Soils, Krtect of Soluble Salts on Students' Corner Sugar Industry :— Demeiara Sugar-Canes in liouisiana Trade and Agriculture of Barbados, 1910-11 ... Indian Products ... West Indian Rubber and Recent Rubber Exhibi- tion 74 68 80 72 71 67 77 79 The West Indian Agricultural Conference, 1912. II. •HE last number of the A(iricidtural News :contained the first uf a of editorial [articles dealing with the recent Agricultural ('onfercnce in Trinidad, and presented a general account of the chief proceedings at the opening of the Confer- ence. It is now proposed to deal broadl}- with the chief matters that were elucidated in discussion, on the next two days, when subjects were taken up that are con- nected with cacao and sugar,and with plant diseases and pests, and cocoa-nut, lime, fruit and rice industries. The discussion in regard to cacao brought forward the question as to whether sjjraying with Bordeaux mixture may be counted upon as a control measure for any fungus, whether the true cause of the disease is k
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