. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. LIBRAI NBW Y< BOTANK QARDI Vol. VIII. No. 192. BAKBADOS, SEPTEMBER 4, 1909. Price Id. CONTENTS. Page. Pace. , Best Coiulitiuus Eel , Control of ... 2811 fur Grcivviiig 281 Fooil for Stock, Bei'inudii, Agricultural Conditiuns in .« A Suggested ... Fungus Notes .. 277 .. 28:i Bordeaux Mixture for Spraying 28*; Garden Notes :— Butter, Deterioratiun tato Weevil ... 282 Canadian National Exhilii- Market Reports ... 288 t


. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. LIBRAI NBW Y< BOTANK QARDI Vol. VIII. No. 192. BAKBADOS, SEPTEMBER 4, 1909. Price Id. CONTENTS. Page. Pace. , Best Coiulitiuus Eel , Control of ... 2811 fur Grcivviiig 281 Fooil for Stock, Bei'inudii, Agricultural Conditiuns in .« A Suggested ... Fungus Notes .. 277 .. 28:i Bordeaux Mixture for Spraying 28*; Garden Notes :— Butter, Deterioratiun tato Weevil ... 282 Canadian National Exhilii- Market Reports ... 288 tion. 1!I09 Plantain, Uses for the ... 279 Ceara Rublier Seed, Germination of 281 School Gardening, Cocoa-nut Palm, Bud-rot of 27li Olijectsof ... 2S(i Cotton, Animal 273 Silk t^otton Tree in Cotton Notes :— .lava. The .. 27'. • Britisli Cotton Growing Soils, .\ction of Heat anil Association 278 Antiseptics ... 281 Caravonica Cotton in Students' Corner ... ... 285 Mexico 278 Sugar Industry :— West Indian Cotton ... 278 Sugar in .lava ... 275 De|)artuiental Reports :— Sugar Production in St. Lucia, Botanic India .. 280 Station, etc 277 West Indian Products ... 287 Animal Pests of Cotton. T the present time, when the cotton crop has begun to make a good stand, and when conditions must be favourable if healthy plants capable of bearing a good product are to be obtained, it is extremely important that a careful watch should be kept for the appearance of those enemies which are able seriously to weaken, if not to kill the plant, with a view to applying promptly such remedial measures as will minimize the harm as far as possible. Much should have been done already in the matter of preventive measures which, after all, are more impor- tant than those which are remedial. These would have included the burning of old cotton plants, careful cultivation of the soil and disinfection of the seed, the last of which is, of course, important in connexion with t


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