. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW newyork *JP THE BOTAiVICA4. IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. ^'*'''''^- Vol. IX. No. 220. BARBADOS. OCTOBER 1, 1910. Pricb Id, CONTENTS. Page Cacao, Improvement of Vjy Selection 308 Cotton Notes:— Cottiin-Giowingin India 310 The .'^ea Lslands Cotton Crop. 1909-10 310 West Indian 310 for Preserving Gate Posts 312 Department News .307 Departmentiil Reports ... 315 Dynamiie in Agriculture, Uses for 317 Fungus Notes :— Some Diseases of Rub- ber Trees, Part
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW newyork *JP THE BOTAiVICA4. IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. ^'*'''''^- Vol. IX. No. 220. BARBADOS. OCTOBER 1, 1910. Pricb Id, CONTENTS. Page Cacao, Improvement of Vjy Selection 308 Cotton Notes:— Cottiin-Giowingin India 310 The .'^ea Lslands Cotton Crop. 1909-10 310 West Indian 310 for Preserving Gate Posts 312 Department News .307 Departmentiil Reports ... 315 Dynamiie in Agriculture, Uses for 317 Fungus Notes :— Some Diseases of Rub- ber Trees, Part II ... 318 Gambia, Agriculture in ... 309 Gleanings 316 Gold Coast, Agriculture in the Northern Territor- ies 312 Insect Notes:— A Cotton-Eating Beetle 314 A Suggested Way tfi Detect Eel Worms in Cane Fields 314 Lead Chromate as an Insecticide 314 Page Maize, Manurial Experi- ments witli Market Reports Mexico, Trade of, 1909 ... Milk, Test for Dirt in ... Notes and Comments ... Para Rulilier Trees, Tap- ping of Rice, Cultivation of Rice in .Ia])an, Production of. 1909 313 320 31& 313 312 311 308 St. and Canadian Exhiliitions Sponges Collected from the Grenadines Students' Comer Sugar Industry :— Production of Seedling Canes in Java I'se of Electricity in Agri culture, The 313 319 307 317 307 Vanilla, Production of, 1909-10 West Indian Products ... 305 319 319 The Use of Electricity in Agriculture. 'HE employment of electricity on the farm 'and estate as a form of energy, and the ,iise, under the same , of sub- stances produced by its means, are rapidly increasing in extent. This is chiefly on account nf the ease with which it may be employed, and of the cheapness of its production, especially where there exist natural sources of energy, such as waterfalls. The extension of the use of electricity in agriculture is dealt with in a recent publication*, from which some of the following facts are more directly collected. One of the most ob
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