. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 26 I THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. August H, 1915. EDITORIAL 111: x i ? (Mini. NOTICES. Barb Lei all Bpeci ing, should be addressed to the (lommi inej Imperial I 'eparl menl •? \.gi iculture, Barbi All applications for copies of the ' Agricultural Net her Dep: intal piiblicat ions, should I" addressed to the Agents, and no't to the Department. The complete list oi Agents; and the subscrip and adi bi found on page 3 ol the i-(.\er. Imp of Francis Watts, , Agriculture fo> the West Indies I-'.
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 26 I THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. August H, 1915. EDITORIAL 111: x i ? (Mini. NOTICES. Barb Lei all Bpeci ing, should be addressed to the (lommi inej Imperial I 'eparl menl •? \.gi iculture, Barbi All applications for copies of the ' Agricultural Net her Dep: intal piiblicat ions, should I" addressed to the Agents, and no't to the Department. The complete list oi Agents; and the subscrip and adi bi found on page 3 ol the i-(.\er. Imp of Francis Watts, , Agriculture fo> the West Indies I-'. SCIE1S I llh ST VFK. Scientifii I ssi itani and Assistant Editor Entom* A I \\. K. Dunlop. II. A. Ballon, \V. Nowell, CLERII VI STAFF. Chief Cleri Assistant Cltrl Junior . Xo. :U7. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Contents of Fresent Issue. The editorial in this number deals with the value of birds to the agriculturist, in particular regard to W. si Indian species Under the heading of Fruil and Fruil Trees will i , founil interes iling with coco nuts .ippli s, and i-iiins fruit. On page 203 is reviewed the reporl of thi Barbai I' : irl men! of A IM14-I-V Tun a • ill In- found on page 261 with practical thods oi eradicating weeds. I,, rl Fungus ?\Totes on pages 266 and 270, a deal w itli ]" sts in Barbados, and li .-is us well us oth of interest. Telephone Troubles in the Tropics. In the Colonial Journal for Juh L915, reference is made to the troubles in hot, damp countries to which telephones are subject, and which are said to be due to the great amount of water thai air at high temper- atures can hold, and M6 the energy and ingenuity of the insects «lui-li appear to taki i fane; to tele- phones. With these trdubli s, and ways of meeting them, Mi. W. Llewellj n Pre i d als in a paper read the [nstitution of Electrical I. in March last. spider, he sti is a real pi si all over i he tropics; ii delights to ret reat into the tel\ millions sterling in value in a single war.
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