. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. III. No. 49. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 7T. LECTURED OX THE DISEASES OF THE . By L. Lewtoii-Brain, , , Mycologist on the statf of tlie Tiiiiieiial Department of Agriculture. Pamphlet series, Xo. 29. As announced on p. 25 of this volume, the lectures on the diseases of the sugar-cane, recently delivered at Barbados by Mr. Lewton-Brain, have been issued in i(anii)lilet form. We quote from the preface the following remarks of the Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture :— 'The diseases referred to
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. III. No. 49. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 7T. LECTURED OX THE DISEASES OF THE . By L. Lewtoii-Brain, , , Mycologist on the statf of tlie Tiiiiieiial Department of Agriculture. Pamphlet series, Xo. 29. As announced on p. 25 of this volume, the lectures on the diseases of the sugar-cane, recently delivered at Barbados by Mr. Lewton-Brain, have been issued in i(anii)lilet form. We quote from the preface the following remarks of the Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture :— 'The diseases referred to attack canes to a greater or less extent in all the sugar-producing colonies in the West Indies. The root disease (Marasmius) was especially prevalent at Barbados last year, and it was largely due to the attacks of this fungus that the sugar crop of 1893 (3-!),000 hhds.) was lower than any during a i)eriod of thirty-four years. It was even l(jwer than in , when the ravages of the rind fungus (Trichosjih(ieriit) reduced the normal crop of 56,000 hhds. to 36,000 hhds. and led to the practical abandonment of the Bourbon cane. The principal canes now cultivated are the White Transparent and .seedling canes. 'A conservative estimate, after making every allowance for unfavourable seasons and other circumstances, has placed the loss due to the attacks of fungoid diseases at Barbados during 1903 at 10,000 hhds. of the value of £70,000. If we take into account the loss sustained in molasses also, the total loss in 1903 would not fall far short of £100,000. Tt was with the view of aiding the planter to control the diseases attecting his crops, esjjecially in these days of low prices, that the lectures delivered by ilr. Lewton-Brain were organized. It the advice given in the lectures be closely followed, there is little doubt that the loss likely to be sustained from the attacks of cane diseases might be reduced at least one-half. It is hoped that in view of these facts the recom
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