UNIV. OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINTH WEST INDIAN AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE. KINGSTON, JAMAICA, (PRICE: TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE.) PRINTED AND PUBLISHED AT THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, JAMAICA. 1925. UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA WEST INDIAN AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE, 1924. The greater number of the delegates to the Conference arrived at Kingston, Jamaica, on Monday, Jan. 28, by the S.S. "Coronado" from England via Trinidad and Central America. On arrival they were met at the wharf by several of the Jamaica delegates, including the Colonial Secretary, Colonel the Hon. H. Bryan, C.M.G., D.S.O; the Director of Agriculture, Mr. H. H. Cousins, M.A.; and Messrs. C. C. Gowdey and C. G. Hansford, Joint Secretaries of the Conference. SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE. Opening of Conference at Ward Theatre, Kingston, by H.E. the Governor of Jamaica-SIR LESLIE PROBYN, K.C.M.G. Presidential Address SIR FRANCIS WATTS, K.C.M.G., D.Sc., F.I.C., F.C.S. Imperial Aspects of Tropical Agriculture CAPT. A. W. HILL, F.R.S., Sc. D., etc. The Work of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology- The Work of the Imperial Bureau of Mycology-- BANANAS. General Aspects of the Banana Industry of Jamaica Mr. H. H. COUSINS, M.A. Panama Disease in Jamaica-Mr. C. G. HANSFORD, M.A. CACAO. Experimental Work at River Estate, Trinidad-Mr. W. 31 Experimental Work at River Estate, Trinidad-Mr. L. 136 The General Commercial Position of the Cacao Industry— 58 Studies on Cacao I. The method of Pollination-Prof. S. C. HARLAND, D.Sc. 61 The Cacao Problem in St. Lucia-MR. E. A. WALTERS (Communicated by the President.) 69 326804 The Present Critical Position of the Sea Island Cotton In- The Guadeloupe Experiment Station-PROF. J. S. DASH, B.S.A. (Communicated by PROF. ASHBY.) Notes on the Sugar Industry-Mr. G. MoODY-STUART. Sugar Cane Experiments in Barbados-Mr. J. R. BOVELL, Sugar Cane Experiments in Jamaica-Mr. P. W. MURRAY Sugar Cane Experiments in Trinidad-Mr. W. NOWELL, Wither-Tip and Blossom-Blight of Limes-Prof. S. F. The Extension of Citrus By-Products in Dominica-Mr. 149 119 LIVESTOCK. Tick Destruction in Jamaica-Mr. H. H. COUSINS, M.A. 153 175 176 Government Inspection of Exports of Nursery Stock- 128 The Grading of Fruit and Vegetables-Mr. L. OGILVIE, M.A., etc. 128 The Industries of the Leeward Islands-The Hon. R. NOSWORTHY. 100 The Minor Industries of the Leeward Islands-The Hon. (Communicated by the Hon. R. NOSWORTHY.) A State and Agricultural Bank for Jamaica-The Hon. Commercial Problems of Agriculture-Mr. R. S. GAMBLE. PAGE. 105 219 200 230 The ninth West Indian Agricultural Conference met at the Ward Theatre, Kingston, Jamaica, at 2.15 p.m. on Monday, the 28th January, 1924. Present: His Excellency Sir LESLIE PROBYN, K.C.M.G., Governor of Jamaica, and the following delegates: Sir A. E. SHIPLEY, G.B.E., L.L.D., Sc. D., F.R.S. (Chairman); G. MOODY STUART, Esq. (Chairman of Finance Committee), Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture; Sir FRANCIS WATTS, K.C.M.G., D. Sc., F.I.C., F.C.S., (Principal, Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture and Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture for the West Indies). Mr. H. S. BALLOU, M.Sc. (Professor of Zoology and Entomology and Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture); Mr. S. F. ASHBY, B.Sc. (Professor of Mycology and Bacteriology), and Mr. S. C. HARLAND, D.Sc., F.L.S., F.E.S. (Professor of Botany), representing the Imperial College of Agriculture and Imperial Department of Agriculture, Trinidad. Mr. W. NOWELL, D.I.C. (Assistant Director of Agriculture and Mycologist), and Mr. W. S. E. BARNARDO, M.A. (Chairman, Agricultural Society), Trinidad. Bt.-Colonel The Honourable H. BRYAN, C.M.G., D.S.O. (Colonial Secretary), Mr. H. H. COUSINS, M.A. (Director of Agriculture); Mr. W. A. BAKER, F.S.I., (Surveyor General); Mr. C. C. GOWDEY, B.SC., F.E.S., F.Z.S. (Government Entomologist); Mr. C. G. HANSFORD, M.A., (Government Microbiologist); Mr. S. LOCKETT, V.M.D. (Government Veterinary Surgeon); Mr. P. W. MURRAY (Superintendent of Agriculture); HON. W. B. ISAACS, (Island Treasurer); Mr. S. S. STEDMAN, (Advisory Committee on Banana Industry) Hon. A. G. NASH, B.Sc., F.R.S.E., F.R.G.S., A.M.I.C.E. (Board of Management, Lititz Fibre Plantation); Mr. E. W. MUIRHEAD (Board of Management, Grove Place Stud Farm); Mr. J. F. BRENNAN, A.M.I.C.E., F.R.M.S., (Government Meteorologist); representatives of the Jamaica Govern ment. Mr. A. H. SPOONER (Member Board of Management), and Mr. J. BARCLAY (Secretary), the Jamaica Agricultural Society. Mr. R. S. GAMBLE and Hon. H. V. MYERS, M.B.E., Jamaica Chamber of Commerce. Hon. A. E. HARRISON, B.A., and Hon. P. C. CORK, C.M.G., the Jamaica Imperial Association. Mr. R. A. ALSTON, A.R.C.S., B.Sc. (Assistant Government Botanist and Mycologist), British Guiana. Mr. J. R. BOVELL, I.S.O., F.L.S., F.C.S. (Director of Agriculture), Barbados. Hon. J. T. De La MOTHE, Grenada. Hon. R. NOSWORTHY (Acting Collector General, Jamaica and recently Administrator of Dominica) Leeward Islands. Mr. E. STANLEY WOODS, British Honduras. Mr. G A ALBURY (Chairman Board of Agriculture), Bahamas, |