433 



Toronto exhibition, duspatch of exlubitsiTiiiiiiiad, sugar crop of, 1907-8, 259. 

 from 8t. Lucia, ^e^s. |— , — factories and purchase of fanner 



exliiliits from I'.ritish grown canes, 156. 



(iuiana, 2f<4. 

 Tortola, cacao cultivation in, TC. 

 Toxic substances, excretion by roots of 



]ilants, .SIT). 

 Transvaal, agricultural bank in, 107. 



— — development in, 332. 

 Travancore, di.sea.ses of cociia-nutsin, 219. 

 Trinidad Agricultural Department, :\d3. 

 — , — science lectures at, 201. 

 — , — shows at, 264. 



— — Society, offer of |)rizf for 

 essay on 'frog hopper,' .'?6f. 



■ — , banana trade of, 361. 



— , cacao exports from, 72, 191, ;ll(i, ."{."jI. 



406. 

 — , — — — , 1907, 235. 

 — , — shi[jment.s from, July 1906, 268. 

 — , cane farming in, 19, 41, 76, 259. 

 — , Crown lands of, 39, 220, 392. 

 — , destruction of larger moth Imrer on 



sugar-cane, 409. 

 - — , — — locusts in, 24. 



. — , destructive insects on cacao tree.s, 



2S1. 

 — , exi)erimental producti(]n of Manila 



— hemp at, 233. 

 — , exports of, 280. 

 — , — — bananas from, 28, 348. 

 — , export tax on sugar .shipjjed from 



284. 



, gathering of cacao crop, 44. 

 — , geology and mineral resources of, 30 



— Oovernnient Farm, stock feeding at, 

 307. 



— , imports of cacao, 284. 



— , — — flour from Canada, 12. 



. — , increase of rice cultivation at, 15(i. 



— , labour in, 88. 



. — , meat supply in, 105. 



— , mungoose destruction in, 121. 



— , oil-fields of, 89, 



— , ordinance against breeding numgoose 

 in, 156. 



— , Oropuche and La Urea, agricultural 

 industries in, 76. 



^ Pitch Lake District, production of pine- 

 apples and oranges in, 180. 



• — , planting of cedai and rubber in, 76. 



— , rainfall during October 1908, 364. 



— , rice imports into, 284. 



— , — - production in, 60. 



— , rubber from, 286. 



— , — industry in, 114. 



— , — production in, 363. 



— , — samples from, 297. 



— , .school agricultural shows at, 364. 



— , — gardens in, 97. 



— , — shows at, 328. 



— , — — , award of medal, 151. 



— , shijiment of produce from, 300. 



— , Southern, first tapping of cultivated 

 rubber trees in, 268. 



— , stock sale at (iovernment Farm, 13. 



— sugar-cane planting at, 300. 



— , suggested agricultural banks, 50. 

 — , tobacco production in, 37. 

 Turks and Caicos Islands, exports of .salt 

 from, 412. 



— — — — , si.sal crop in, 412 



— Islands, salt industry in, 41. 



u. 



Uganda, agricultural progress in, 265, 

 — , efforts for extermination of sleeping 



sickness in, 364. 

 — , introduction of Barbados 'millions 



into, 412. 

 — , methods of extermination of tse-tse 



fly in, 280. 

 — , rubber cultivation in, 268. 

 United Kingdom, cotton imports into, 



236. ,. 



I'^nited States, beet sugar industry oi,)ll5. 



— — , cacao imports, 44, 124. 



— — , cane and beet sugar produc- 

 tion in, 339. 



— — , cassava experiments in, 87. 



— — , corn culture in, 199. 



— — , cotton exports, 1906-7, 220. 

 — , demand for avocado pears in, 



140. 



— — , Department of Agriculture 

 and West Indian cotton industry, 181. 



— -— — — — , sweet 

 potato investigations, 120. 



— — — — — , Year- 

 book for 1907, 348. 



— — , development of beet .sugar 

 industry in, 220. 



— — , durum wheat cultivation in, 



195. !'".—. 



— - -, experiment with prickly pear tish CJuiana, 1 10 

 a.s food for stock, 222. 



— — , exports of agricultural pro- 

 duce, 1906-7, 220. 



— — . — — - .sugar product.s, 



Vanilla crop in the Sey<-helles, 1907, 348. 



— cultivation in the Society Islands, 300. 



— curing, 9. 



— plants in .school gardens, 105. 



— production in lieunion, 19(». 

 Vegetable culture in West Indies 353. 



— ivory, 58. 



Velvet bean, experimental culture iii 

 Philippines, 309. 



— beans, value for green manuring, 375. 

 Venezuela, exports of balata from, 280. 

 — , regulations concerning the gathering 



of rubber and balata in, 236. 

 Vera Cruz, sugar industry in, 259. 

 Victoria, Arbor Day in, .30. 

 Virgin Islands, agriculture in, 27. 



— — , cotton crop of, 1907-8, 156. 



— — , — industry in, 102. 



— — experiment station, pine- 

 apple cultivation at, 76. 



— — , rainfall of, 28. 

 — — , sugar and cotton in, 131. 



w. 



Washington Navel orange, plants for .sale 



at Dominica, 140. 

 Water in the soil, conservation of in dry 



districts, 295. 

 — , loss from soil during dry weather, 295, 

 Wax, manufacture from berries of Myrica 



cordifolia, 12. 

 Weatherhead, John, appointed manager of 



lialembouche estate, St. Lucia, 268. 

 West African rams and their progeny, 408. 

 West India Committee (Circular, articles 



on sugar manufacture, 172. 

 West Indian .Agricultural Conference and 



Hritish Guiana, 94. 



— — — , (.lelegates 

 fnmi Jamaica Agricultural Society, 108. 



— — — in Bri- 



ll. 



223. 



ground nuts in, 101. 

 maize breeding in, 394. 



— crop f)f, 89, 335. 

 rice production in, 127, 



St. A'inccnt delegates, 151 

 of rejJresentatives, :'.. 



143, 



— , school garden work in, 108. 

 — , sugar con.sumjjtion in, 130. 

 — , — imports from West 

 Indies, 1 15. 



_. _ _ into,1907-8, 348. 

 - , — — of, 60. 



— — , system of dry-farming in, 414. 



— —, tea planting experiments in, 

 108. 



— , 1908,17. 

 -- — , and 



— — , li.st 



— — — — , pro- 



gramme of proceedings, 3. 

 West Indian liulletin, 2.5, 217, 249, 377. 

 -- cotton exports to Great l!ri- 

 tain, 108. 



— — — growing, 321. 



— — — on the Liverjiool market, 

 6, 22, 38, 54, 70, 86, 102, 118, 134, 

 150, 165, 181, 198, 214, 230, 246, 262, 

 278, 294, 311, 326, 342, 358, 374, 390, 

 406. 



exhibits atcolonial fruit show,4. 

 — products at colonial fruit show. 



