. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. III. No. 52. BARBADOS, APRIL 9, 190i. Pkice Id. CONTENTS. Agriculture, .Scientific Barbados Fruit Trade British (Juiaiia, Trade and Ai^riculture Page. ... 118 ... 11:5 ... 121 Page. Cacao, Fungoid diseases in IIH Cassava Starcli 118 Ceylon, Agricultural Progress in 120 Costa Kica, Vegetables of 121 Cotton :— Notes 117 St. Vincent 117 Seed, Disinfecting ... 117 Seed Selection 117 Dejiartment News 123 Department Publica


. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. III. No. 52. BARBADOS, APRIL 9, 190i. Pkice Id. CONTENTS. Agriculture, .Scientific Barbados Fruit Trade British (Juiaiia, Trade and Ai^riculture Page. ... 118 ... 11:5 ... 121 Page. Cacao, Fungoid diseases in IIH Cassava Starcli 118 Ceylon, Agricultural Progress in 120 Costa Kica, Vegetables of 121 Cotton :— Notes 117 St. Vincent 117 Seed, Disinfecting ... 117 Seed Selection 117 Dejiartment News 123 Department Publications 127 Educational : — Barbados 110 Eggs, Condensed llu Fruit growing in Mexico IKi Gleanings 124 Horse breeding in Jamaica 120 Insect Notes :— Banana weevil 122 Cockroaches 122 Scale insects in Cv[irus 122 Ticks on ..". ... 122 of ,115, Insect Notes :— fly and sleeping sickness Maltese Donkeys Market Reports Meat, Preservation of ... Paris (ireen. Supply of ... Pine-apples in the Malay States Plants, Protection native Potatos, English, Rabbit lireeding Scalds and Burns, Remedies for Science Notes :— P]-opagation of Plants by leaves Weather Plant Yeast Sugar Industry :— Experiments at Barba- dos Experiments in India West India Committee Circular West Indian Products ... West Indies and Natural History 122 119 12G 114 120 116 121 120 118 117 123 123 115 115 120 125 110 Barbados Fruit Trade. X the Aijrlriiltural A^eivs for January 30, the ste])s recently taken to encourage a Fruit Industry at Trinidad ^vere dis- cussed. In the present article it is proposed to afford information in regard to the fruit trade that is being gradually b\iilt up at Barbados in shipping bananas and mangos to the United Kingdom. The first shipments were made about a year ago. Since then, bananas have been regularly shipped by every Royal Mail Steamer, and the results in most instances have been very satisfactory. In some cases, the shippers have obtained on an ave


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