. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW library OF THE NEWYORI BOTANICa IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. qaku^.. Vol. XII. No. 296. BARBADOS, AUGUST 30, 1913. Peice ]d. CONTENTS. Page Bay Oil. .Action of on Lead 278 Cotton Kotea :— Bending Cotton Plants for Protective Purposes ... 278 West Indian Cotton ... 278 Department News 287 Departmental Report.s ... 28.'! Fungus Notes :— Mycological Work in Southern Nigeria 286 Gleanings 281 Insect Notes :— Sugar-cane Pests in Brit- ish Oaiaiia 282 Java, Sletliods in 277

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. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW library OF THE NEWYORI BOTANICa IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. qaku^.. Vol. XII. No. 296. BARBADOS, AUGUST 30, 1913. Peice ]d. CONTENTS. Page Bay Oil. .Action of on Lead 278 Cotton Kotea :— Bending Cotton Plants for Protective Purposes ... 278 West Indian Cotton ... 278 Department News 287 Departmental Report.s ... 28.'! Fungus Notes :— Mycological Work in Southern Nigeria 286 Gleanings 281 Insect Notes :— Sugar-cane Pests in Brit- ish Oaiaiia 282 Java, Sletliods in 277 Manual Labour, Krticiency of, in Dift'erent Opera- tions 279 Manures. Mineral, World's Production and Con.sump- tion of 281 Pao«. Market Reports 288 Notes and Comments ... 280 Plants, Watering of 281 Plants, Wild, .State Pro- tection of 280 Rut)l)ev Exhibition Competi- tions, Fourth Interna- tional 280 Ruliber. New Uses fur ... 273 Students' Corner 28.5 Sugar Industry: — Sampling Cane for .Analy- sis 275 Sug.'ir and tlie Cost of Living 275 Tropical Fruits, d imposi- tion of 276 AVest Indian Products ... 287 New Uses for Rubber. A^'T^'HE cuiTeiit topic in the rubber indtistry is r^ KX'lie fall in the iiricr of plantation Para and ^b>cij'^the coDtemplation of tho effects of the greatly increased supply in the near future. Two main points are at issue, and they must be clearly differentiated between. There is first the contention that the differ- ence betv.-een tho price of fino hard Para—the Brazilian product—and the price of plantation Para—the Eastern, and chiefly British-grown cummodity—is artificial. The second point i^^: provided plantation Para is given fair recognition on the market, can the higher prices which would result be maintained in years to come? These important questions can be best dealt with separately. In regard to the lower value of plantation rubber there are, it appears, as in every ques- tioU; two sides. The ^uyer, on his part, maintai

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