427 



Morris, Sir Daniel, return to Barbados 



from Leeward Islands, 157. 

 , — — , speech on Canadian re- 

 ciprocity, 62. 

 — , -• — — , .visit to St. .Lucia, 74. ■ 



— , — — , — — Windward 



Islands, 119. 



Moth borer of sugar-cane, 90. 



Motor i)Ower in agricultural operations, 

 159. 



Mules (see Stock.) 



jMungoose destruction in Trinidad, 124. 



. — , ordinance against breeding in Trin- 

 idad, 156. 



3Iusa Gilletii at St. Vincent Botanic 

 Station, 236. 



- — — , distribution of seeds toWest 



Indian Botanic Stations, 204. 



N. 



Nuts, feeding value and flavour, 318. 

 Nyas.saland, agriculture in, 391. 



o. 



Natal, agricultural bank in, 107. 

 . — , cane sugar industry in, 371. 

 — , factory for manufacture of sweet j)ota- 



to starch in, 300. 

 — , freight on citrus fruit exports, 124. 

 — , projected sugar-cane lultivatiou in, 



332. 

 — , sugar-cane cultivation in, 188. 

 Nevis, cotton crop of 1907-8, 188. 

 — , address on soil analysis, 357. 

 — , destruction of old cotton plants at, 



188. 

 — , heavy rains at, 380. 

 yew C4uinea, rubber in, 169. 

 Newstead, llobert, visit to .Jamaica for 



investigation of di.sease-bearing insects, 



332. 

 New South Wales, citrus fruit in, 132. 



— — — , diminished sugar cultiva- 

 tion in, 124. 



— — — , orange growing in, 68. 



— York lime market, 263. 

 Nigeria, Northern, agriculture in, 57. 

 . — , rubber industry in, lOS. 



- — , Southern, agriculture in, 105. 



. — , — , rubber in, 105, 254. 



Nitrate of soda, output of South Ameri- 

 ca, 137. 



Nitrates, Birkland it Eyde process of 

 production, 135. 



Nitrogen as a plant food, 126. 



. — a.ssimilation by means (if soil bacte- 

 ria, 283. 



• — , atmo.spheric, and the manufacture 

 of calcium cyanamide, 398. 



— , — , its fixation by electrical methods, 

 135. 



Nutmeg, cultivation of, 75. 



Nutmegs, fats and oils of, 306. 



. — on the London market, 31, 63, 95, 



1.59, 191, 239, 255, 303, 33.5, 367, 399. 



• -— , suggested use of husks in preserves, 



268. 



Oil of lime on the London market, 159 

 303, 367. 



— palm, African, in West Indies, 373. 



— — of Africa and its products, 373. 



— — , .shii>nients of kernels and oil 

 from Southern Nigeria and (UAd Coast, 

 373. 



— seeds in India, 370. 

 Okras, analysis of, 361. ' 

 Onion crop in Antigua, 1907-8, 37. 



— — of Bermuda, 344. 



— growing in Montserrat, 122. 



— — — West Indies, 354. 



— planting in St. Kitt's-Neyis, 76. 

 Onions, crop at St. ' Kitt's Experiment 



Station, 394. " '; 



Orange cultivation in Eastern Mexico, 

 308. 



— exports from Jamaica, 52. 



— gi'oves, wind-breaks in Porto iiioo. 

 26.3. 



— grower.s, hints to, 20. 



— industry in Spain, depression in, 172. 



— plants, Washington Navel, demand 

 in Jamaica, 92. 



production, increasing, in Cuba, 377 

 — in Jamaica, 20. 



Palestine, 233. 



Orange River Colony, agricultural develop- 

 ments in, 332. 

 Orange shipments from Dominica, 396. 

 trade in Spain, 356, 388. 

 trees, spraying and washing of, 404. 

 Oranges at St. Lucia Botanic Station, 388. 

 , bitter, Spanish crop, 1907, 252. 

 , cold storage of, 4. 



— in Cuba, 68. 

 — , curing and packing of, 216. 



— in New South Wales, 68, 132. 

 — , investigations on cau.ses of decay in 



transit, 404. 



— on New York market, 44. 

 — , production in Pitch Lake District, 



Trinidad, 180. 

 — , shipment of inferior consiginneuts 



from Jamaica, 380. 

 — , suitable soils for, 404. 

 — , trial shi[iments from South Africa 



to England, 332. 

 Osment, Thomas, appointment as warden 



of Leeward coast, St. Vincent, 220. 

 Ostrich farm in Cuba, 28. 



Palestine, orange production in, 233. 

 Palm oil, methods of extraction, 373. 

 — trees and their use.s, 298, 



Palms, wax-excreting, 261. 

 Panama, agricultural crops in, 24. 

 Papaws, export in cold storage from 



Hawaii, .372. 

 — , shipments of, 132. 

 Paper manufacture from cotton stalks, 



12, 38. 

 Paper manufacture from megass, 152. 

 Para, rubber exports from, 1907 8, 332. 

 --, ruliber production in, 126. 



— — seed, 133. 



— — — oil, 137. 

 Paris green, (piality of, 9. 

 Peasant holdings in .Jamaica, 215. 



— proprietors at Grenada, report of 

 commission on, 215. 



Pen manure, preservation of, 169. 



— — , value as a fertilizer, 359. 

 Peristeria elata in flower ^ at Botanic 



Station, Grenada, 348. 

 Pernambuco, cultivation of sugar-cane 



and cotton in, 396. 

 Peru, establishment of farming stock at 



Lima, 316. 

 — , rice production in, 332. 

 — , sugar exports to Great Britain, 156. 

 Pessou sugar-cane harvester, 211. 

 Philippine Islands, forage crops in, .309. 



— — , agricultural bank in the, .312. 



— — , — conditions in, 403. 

 Phosphates in the soil, 391. 

 Physical conditions of .soils, 142. 

 Pilocarpus racemosus, samples received at 



Kew Gardens from ilontserrat, 316. 

 Pimento exports from .Jamaica, 28. 



— growing in Jamaica, 5. 

 on the London market, 31, 63, 9-5, 



159, 191, 239, 255, 303, 33.5, 367, 

 399. 

 Pineapple canning in the Hawaiian 

 Islands, 228. 



— croji of Cuba, 44. 



— cultivation in Porto Rico, 36. 



— culture in Florida, 324. 

 — • exports from Azores, 204. 



— — — Cuba, 60. 



— fibre from Gold Coast, 405. 



— industry in Qu(>ensland, 281. 



— — of Antigua, 12. 



— production in Haliamas, 356. 



— — — Singapore, 316. 

 Pino apples at Virgin Islands experiment 



station, 76. 

 — , cultivation of, 21. 

 — , estimated output in Porto liico, 



1908-9, 140. 

 — , in Fiji Island.s, 407. 

 — , manuring of, 100, 321. 

 — , packing for export from Hawaii, 372. 

 — , production in I'itch Lake District, 



Trinidad, 180. 



— jirofltable varieties of, 36. 



— , varieties grown in Porto Rico, 108. 

 Pipe calabash at St. Lucia, 389. 

 Piroplasmosis, 130. 



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