THE AGRICULTUEAL NEWS. 



FOR SALE. 



A COTTON aiNNINa PLANT | j^^t issued. 



Complete with 8 Gins, 1 Lintergin, Boiler, WEST INDIAN BULLETIN, 



Engine with up-to-date Machine-shop, etc. 



ALL IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. 



The Building is of Pitch Pine covered 

 with galvanized iron, and could be easily 

 removed. 



For further particulars apply to 



0. H. SCHMIEGELOW, 



Christiansted, 



St Croix, V.I.U.S.A. 



(439) 



VoL XVII, No. 2. 



CONTAINING papers : on Manurial Experiments wiih 

 " Sea Island Cotton in St. Vincent in 191 74 8, by S. C. 

 Harland, B.Sc-; Some Observations on the Relation of Lint 

 Length to Rainfall, by R. E. Kelsick; Report on the 

 Prevalence of some Pests and Diseases in the West Indies 

 during 1917, (Compiled from the Reports of the Principal 

 Agricultural OflScers); and Shrinkage of Soils. 



Price 6d. Post Free 8i> 



W. J. WAYTE, 



INCORPORATED. 



1 LlBEl^TY STREET, NEAV YORK:. 



Sugar Engineers, Builders of Complete Sugar Factories. 



We shall be glad to receive correspondence .on all subjects connected with sugar 

 machinery or manufacture. 



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