. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. I. No. 8. EAltlSADOS, AUGUST 2, 1902. Price 1(/. CONTENTS. P.\(iF. Agricultural :— Aiitigvia 323 Ants on , to destroy 124 Arrowrt ot, duty on 120 rAcJE. Bee-keeping :— Lizards and Bees. > Bees Coffea roliusta ... ConiMiercial ... 122 ... 122 ... 121 ... 12U Department 121 Department 127 De[)artment Reports ;— Costa Kica—Trade of, 1!M)1 Trinidad Government Analyst 125 Trin


. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. I. No. 8. EAltlSADOS, AUGUST 2, 1902. Price 1(/. CONTENTS. P.\(iF. Agricultural :— Aiitigvia 323 Ants on , to destroy 124 Arrowrt ot, duty on 120 rAcJE. Bee-keeping :— Lizards and Bees. > Bees Coffea roliusta ... ConiMiercial ... 122 ... 122 ... 121 ... 12U Department 121 Department 127 De[)artment Reports ;— Costa Kica—Trade of, 1!M)1 Trinidad Government Analyst 125 Trinidad Government Stock Farms Educational :—• Barbados Guiana Jamaica ... 125 123 123 123 Insect Notes : ;|\utos Plague of Grenada 120 Fl les at 120 Insect Notes- (contd.) .Sapodilla Maggot ... 120 Jamaica, Prospects in ... 113 Market Rejiorts ... ... 120 'Natural History of Plants' ... 123 Notes and C'onnnents ... lis Poultry 122 Rul)ber Forests in the Soudan 114 Sugar Industr}':— Experiments at Jam- aica 114 Forked ... 115 How new jiests are introduced 115 Molasses as fond for army horsesfivi/i <•/»//(?(/) 124 Porto Rico 115 Stunted and Rotten canes 114 Toronto Exliil)ition 121 Vanilla, cultivation in the Seychelles (mn- fitiiia!) 110 Prospects in Jamaica. X Thp Timf:< of June 28, there is an iiiijiortant article entitled 'Jamaica Revis- which deserves more than a passing itod '' notice. Januiica is an interesting and island. It is one C)f' the oldest as well as one of the largest of the British possessions in this part of the World, and its fortunes are typical of what has hajtpened, and is ha})pcning, in most of these Colonies. The economic condition of the island within the last fifty years has depended almost entirely on the exports of the fallowing commodities viz., sugar, and rum, coffee and dye-wnixls. The sugar and rum exports have unfortunately been steadily declining both in quantity and value since eman


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