. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. III. Xo. 43. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 11 EDUCATIONAL •TT*^ Agricultural Scholarships. As notified in the Agricultural iVeit'-s (Vol. II, p. 333) the Imperial Department of Agriculture recently offered for competition two scholarships tenable at College, Barbados, of the annual value of £75, one for the Leeward Islands and one for the Windward Islands. The examinations for these were held at Antigua, Grenada and St. Lucia on December 1, and following days. The Scholarship for the Leeward Islands has bee
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. III. Xo. 43. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 11 EDUCATIONAL •TT*^ Agricultural Scholarships. As notified in the Agricultural iVeit'-s (Vol. II, p. 333) the Imperial Department of Agriculture recently offered for competition two scholarships tenable at College, Barbados, of the annual value of £75, one for the Leeward Islands and one for the Windward Islands. The examinations for these were held at Antigua, Grenada and St. Lucia on December 1, and following days. The Scholarship for the Leeward Islands has been won by A. H. Boon, of Antigua, and that for the Windwanl Islands by G. 0. M. O'Reilly, of St. Lucia. The following list of marks shows the position of the various candidates at the examinations :— Grenada— C. Cornwall E X. Smith St. Lucia— H. E. Belinar G. O. M. O'Reilly Antlijua— A. H. Boon G. A. Gooilwin F. H. Malnne 126 .505* 406* 154 376 A local Agricultural Scholarship, tenable at Harrison College, Barbados, was recently offered for competition. As a result of the examination R. C. Hunt has been awarded a scholarship of the value of £1(), and the scholarship held by C. A. Hinds has been increased from £10 to £21 per annum. DEPARTMENT NEWS. A conference of cotton growers was held at the Court House, Kingstown, St. Vincent, on Thursday, December 17, 1903, at which the Imperial Com- missioner of Agriculture gave an address on the cotton industry. Sir Daniel ]\Iorris spoke on the cultivation and picking of cotton and its jjrej^aration before it is sent to be ginned. He also explained the proposed working of the Central Cotton Factorj' now in course of erection at Kingstown. Sir Daniel Morris returned to Barbados b}' ' Eden' on Saturday, December 19. The Imperial Commissioner of Agricidture left Barbados in ' Orinoco' on the 29th. ultimo on an official tour in the Northern Islands and to confer with Sir Gerald Strickland in reference to th
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