430 



.St. Lucia Botanic Station I'rafted luansros'St. Vincent cotton crci), 198. 



on sale at, 304. 

 — , cabbage giowing in, 133. 

 — , cacao experiment plots at, 389. 

 . — , -~ experiments in, (59. 

 — , — in:lu.stry in, 103. 

 — , cotton cultivation in, 70. 

 — , Crown lands of, 220. 

 — , — — taken up, 190G 7. 108. 

 — , (Kspatrh of exliibits bir Toronto 



exhibition, 1908, -jCS. 

 — , (lestruction ni scalu insects at. 



408. 

 — , distriliution of Sea Island cotton 



seed to peasantry, 2<)S. 

 — , exports ot molasi'uii trcini, U 2. 

 — , fruit at, 3tiS. 

 — , fumigation of iui[Hirted plant.s, 



396. 



_ _ for 1907-8, 8(5, 172. 



— , — exports of, 10-5, 39-") 



— , — ginning in, -54. 



— , — growing at, 406. 



— , — [ilanting conditions in. 



1908, 220. 

 — , Crown lands at, 107. 

 — delegates and West Indian agricultural 



conference, 1908, 151. 



Seeds, testiiii,' for germiinition and purity, 



369. 

 — , true value nf, 370. 

 Seychelles, cinnamon oil industry in, 



36.-). 

 — , cocoa-nut industry in, 340. 

 — , vanilla croi)for, 1907, 348. 

 Shea butter tree at Dominica Botanic 



Station, 396. 

 .^hingle.s, exports from British Guiana, 



-, export of animals to Grciiada, regula- 299. 

 tions concerning, 218. - , red paint f.>r. 147. 



-, milk yield of Barbadian co^v at, 348. Sicily, citrus fruit crop of, 1907, 92. 

 -, price of first shipment of Sea IslandiSingapore, jiine-apple production in, 316. 



otton, 76 



-, scarcity of green food for cattle at, 

 396. 



-, stock-keeping at, 333. 

 -, suggested oil factory for, -57. 



-, importation of bulls from Canada, — , tobacco growing at, 232. 

 204. — , useful heifer at agricultural school. 



— , installation of cotton ginnery and 



plant iU, 230. 

 -^, lime industry in, 103. 

 — , Macfarlane .Junior i<; Co.'s cotton 



ginnery, 412. 

 — , Para rubber jilants on sale at. 



. 1.56. 

 — , pii)e calabash at, 389. 



po.sition as regards Sea Island 

 cotton cttltivation, 103. 



— , rainfall of, 76, 380. 



— , rubber planting in, 114 



— , — Jilants in, 393. 



— , school gardens at, 361. 



— , Sea Island cotton cxiierinient plots 

 at, 2.52. 



— , start of cotton iidtivation at, 

 188. 



■ — , sutrgested extended use of don- 

 keys in, 92 



188. 



Salt exports from Turks and Caicos 

 Islands, 412. 



— industry in Turks Islands, 41. 

 Satnoa, cacao and copra, exports from, 30. 

 ~, — in, 299. 



— , nocoa-Mut planting in, 279. 

 — , vuliber ]>lanting in, 281. 

 San Domingo, agricultural industries of. 

 265. 



— — -, mineral wealth of, 233. 

 Sands, W. N., return from leave of absence, 



362. 

 — , vacation leave of absence, 173. 

 San.sevieria fibre from (iold Coast, 405. 

 Sa[iodilla tree, 261. 



■Sar.sapai'illa exjjorts from ranama, 412. 

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



159, 191, 239, 255, 303, 3:f5, 367, 399. 

 Scale insects and black blight, 161. 



supply of lime seeds wanted at. School ijardens (see I'Mucation, Agricultit 

 156. I ral). ' 



St. Vincent agricultural school, Ayrshire Science teaching at Harrison College, 



bull for sale at, 252. 



. — — — , ])resent.ati<iii of dia- 



grams and pictures bv Sir I )aniel Morris. 

 204. 



_ — — , report on, 91, 269. 



^ — — , slalliim horse ' l>ean 



IF at, 268. 



. — — — , use of hand cultiva 



tors at, 329, 



.— — — , vacancy for assistant 



master, 268. 



— , agricultural .show at, 284. 



— -, agriculture at, 395. 

 — , anthrax in, 149, :! 1 I. 



— , appointment of Leeward coast warden 

 and Agricul'ural Instructor at, 220. 



. — , area of Crown lauds in, 396. 



— , Botanic Station, Musa Oilletii at, 

 236. 



— , (.'astilloa rubber trees at, Mtl. 



— central cotton factory, 165. 



— — — — , suggested oil plant 

 for, 156. 



Barbados, 401. 

 Sea Islanil cotton crop, extent of. 22 



— — cultivation. 257. 

 , — -- — --, importance 



of seed sch'ction in, 167. 



— — , iui[iortancc of strength 

 in, 40li. 



in I'orto Rico, 220. 



Sisal crop in Turks and Caicos Islands, 

 412. 



hemp cultivation a jiossible industry 

 in .Jamaica, 79. 



— — in Bahamas, 366. 



— — -- Caicos Islands, 79. 



— — — Hawaiian Islands, 

 268. 



— industry of Yucatan, 125, 251. 



— in fierman East Africa, 315. 



— — (^'ueensland, 92. 



— — plants, bulbils wanted, 60. 

 -- iiroduction in Yucatan, 108. 

 ~, projected cultivation in Briti.sh 



(luiana, 156. 



— -, ]iro|iosed i-ultivation in liritisli 

 (.iuiana, 60. 

 Sleeping sickness and its prevention, 2(12. 

 — co)iference, 26. 

 --, estalilishnient of bureau for 

 oUecting information on, 204. 

 Societv Islands, cotton and cocoa-nuts in 

 31.3. 



— , Sea Islanil cotton in, 118. 

 , vanill.i cultivation in, 300. 

 Soil bacteria, favourable conditions for 

 nitrogen assimilation by, 283. 



— fertility, ert'e<'t of carbon bisuliihide 

 on, 251. 



-- moisture autl hunius. 279. 

 — , plant food in, I 12. 



— renovating crop.s, 271. 



Soils, acidity in, and sulphate of ammo- 

 nia. 341." 



— , alkaline, reclamation in Ksypt, 

 268. 



— for citrus fruits, 404. 



—, physical conditions of, 142. 



I'nited States. Sorirhum as a foraiie crop in I'hilipjjines, 



1907-8,311. 309, 



— — , manuring of, l(i6. , iidtivation ami manurial experiments 



— market, 6. 38, 54, 7ii. in i'lorida, 220, 

 86, 102, 118, 165, 181, 198. , experimental cultivation for fodder 



— , reduction of area in| jiuriioses at Dominica, 366. 

 States, 1908-9, ISl. — ],oi.soning, 169, 216. 



Sorrel, red or roselle, 8. 

 — , — , preserving of, l(i4. 

 — , --, selection experiments in I'nit- 

 ed States, I OS. 

 Souari or butter nut at Doiiunica, 9. 



Sea Lslands, cotton in, 1.34, 150, 262, 

 278, 294, 32(), 342, 358, 390. 



Sea-weed as a manure, 222. 



Seed .selection and the breeding of ]ilants, 

 351. 



Seeds, non-<lryalile, methods of packing South .Xfrica, .Jamaica cort'ee in, 190. 

 for shipment abroad, 334. i — America, nitrate of sod.i output in, 



, rapid germination of, 393, I 1 37. 



