. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. XIV. No. 352. BARBADOS, OCTOBEB 23, 1915. Price Id. CONTENTS. Page. Page. African Agriculture 35] Bean Industry in Si. Lucia, Efforts to Establish ... 339 i ! mges ni the Guiana Scholarship 349 nuts in the Seychel- les, Production and Si lection of u4.'I i !o operative Credit M" e mint in < V\ lull :'.4u Cotton Notes: British < lotton f August in .".4!> Errata 339 Export Tax on Sugar in Antigua :;44 I ii oi N
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. XIV. No. 352. BARBADOS, OCTOBEB 23, 1915. Price Id. CONTENTS. Page. Page. African Agriculture 35] Bean Industry in Si. Lucia, Efforts to Establish ... 339 i ! mges ni the Guiana Scholarship 349 nuts in the Seychel- les, Production and Si lection of u4.'I i !o operative Credit M" e mint in < V\ lull :'.4u Cotton Notes: British < lotton f August in .".4!> Errata 339 Export Tax on Sugar in Antigua :;44 I ii oi Nitrogen in Indian Soils 347 Fruit Pulp, The Maki of ' ... 340 Gleanings 348 Insect Notes: Insect Pests of Lima Beans in St. Vincent Loo ists in Items ol Local Interest ... Cultivation in Brit- ish i ruiana Market Reports Molasses as a Substitute for Oats Notes and Comments ... Onion Growers' Associa- tion, Another Papain: Its Preparation and Digest h e Properties Plant Diseases:— Spraying oft rround Nuts for Leaf Rust S king the Mango Soil Ventilation Industry;- Sugar Extension in t he Philippines Vanilla Growing in the Seychelles Vitamines in Linn- Juice 340 .".47 350 .".4J 352 345 344 345 340 350 342 339 343 345 Soil Ventilation. I,'. ALBERT HOWARD, t'. , [Imperial Economic Botanist in India, lias [•recently drawn attention* to the fact that the necessity for irrigation, dry farming methods and water conservation has, in many places, tended to obscure from the minds of soil investigators, the importance of the air supply ol plant roots. Even the subject of drainage, so large h connected with air supply, has not been adequately regarded from ihis * Bulletin No. Si, Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, India. most important aspect, and it seems that the neglect referred to may be responsible for low yields, and, what is perhaps less likely to be realized, for the res- d distribution of certain crops. Constant aeration and a continuous in
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