. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. UAKU Vol. XIV. No. 356. BARBADOS, DECEMBEB 18, 1915. PRICE Id. CONTENTS. Page. \ j icultural Teaching in A merican Schools Am igua, Soils of Cotton Notes: West Indian Cotton ... Department News Departmental Reports ... Gleanings Ground Nuts for [nsect Notes:-r-r Summary of Entomol- ogical Information During 1915 Italian Citrus Prices in 1914 406 Jamaica's Trade, Effect "t War on 409 Limes v. Lemons 408 Market Reports
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. UAKU Vol. XIV. No. 356. BARBADOS, DECEMBEB 18, 1915. PRICE Id. CONTENTS. Page. \ j icultural Teaching in A merican Schools Am igua, Soils of Cotton Notes: West Indian Cotton ... Department News Departmental Reports ... Gleanings Ground Nuts for [nsect Notes:-r-r Summary of Entomol- ogical Information During 1915 Italian Citrus Prices in 1914 406 Jamaica's Trade, Effect "t War on 409 Limes v. Lemons 408 Market Reports 4l Meteorology, >n Crops in 403 Science and the Press ... 401 Sisal Hemp Plant, Dura- tion of Life of 4117 S] ge Cultivation, Pros- pects of 402 Sugar Indus! rj Muscovado Works and Cents-a] Factories Compared 404 T, a A Fodder 4ns \\ esl Indian 415 SCIENCE AND THE PRESS. 'EWSPAPERS are supposed to be the [educators of public opinion, but more often j than not they simpl) cater for the popular tastes and make little effort bo mould public opinion in the ways of light and wisdom. Even the best of them have their own axes to grind, ami. fettered by political prejudicej)i overcome by the modern lust for sensation th a German. A National Committer. Here it will be seen the two conditions of sensation (or novelty) and personality are satisfied; and quite irrespective of the relative worth of the recorded information in the light of impartial scientific scrutiny, the paper proceeded to hold forth at length, involving as many extra personalities as possible, on the revolution of English farming on account of the new discovery. While the special subject under notice is of interest and possibly of some considerable importance, it is not even on a par with hundreds of other discoveries, and ii simply shows that the I'm ss is deficienl in the mailer ofpossessing members on its staff who are in a position to gauge the relative worth and importance of scientific work.
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