THE AGKIUULTUKAL \EWS. 



Publications on sale of the Imperial Department of Agriculture 



FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



The • WEST INDIAN BULLETIN '. A Quarterly Scientific Journal. 



Volume I. No. 1. Out of print. Nos. '2, 3, and 4, in original paper covers as issued, price Is. each. Post free, Is. '2d. 



Volumes II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, and XI:— Price 2s. each ; Post free 2s. 8d, where complete. (Ill, 2; 

 IV, 3; and V, 2 and 3 are out of print.) 



Volume XII. Nos. 1, 2, and 3, No. 4; —Containing Papers on i'L.\nt dise.a,ses and pests, cocoa nut, lime and 

 I'KuiT, AND RK.E INDUSTRIES, prepared for the recent Agricultural Conference, comprising, among 

 others : The Use of Entomogenous Fungi on Scale Insects in Barbados; Further Notes on the Fungus 

 I'arasites of Scale Insects; Iteport on the Prevalence of Some Pests and Diseases in the West Indies, for 

 1910 and 1911; Cocoa-nut Palm Insects in Trinidad; Some Fruit Diseases; Experiments in Lime Juice 

 Concentration; Some Hoot Diseases of Permanent Crops in the West Indies; The Bay Rum and Bay Oil 

 Industries of St. Thomas and St. Jan; The Classification of Sweet Potatoes; Tlie Water-Supply of Antigua; 

 .Artificial Cross-Fertilization of the Mango; and Rice Experiments in British Guiana. 



PAMPHLET SERIES. 



The Pamphlets are written in a simple and popular manner and the inlurmacion contained in them is especially 

 adapted to West Indian conditions. They contain, amongst other subjects, summaries of the results of the experimeat work 

 on sugar-cane and manures, the full official reports of which have only a limited circulation. The number issued up to the 

 present time is sevtnty. Those mentioned in the following list are still available; the rest are out of print. 



Sugar Industry. (14) Screw Worm in Cattle at St. Lucia. Price 2d. 



Seedling and other Canes at Barbados (15) Plain Talk to Small Owners. Price 2d. 



in 1900. No, 3, price 2(i.; in 1901, No. 13, price 4d.; (16) Hints on Onion Cultivation. Price 2d. 



in 1902, No. 19, price 4d.; in 1903, No. 26, price 4d.; (17) General Treatment of Fungoid Pests. Price 4rf. 



in 1904, No. 32, price 4rf. (18) Recipes for Cooking West Indian Yams. Price 2d. 



Seedling Canes and iManurial Experiments at Barbados, (25) Ground Nuts in the West Indies. Price 2d. 



in 1903-5, No. 40, price 6d ; in 1904-6, No, 44, price 6d.; (28) Barbados and Porto Rico Molasses. Price 3d. 



in 1905-7, No. 49, price 6d. ; in 1906-8, No. 59, price 6d. ; (34) Notes on Rabbit Keeping in the West Indies. Price 2d. 



in 1907-9, No. 62, price Gd. ; No. 66, price 6(^ (35) Information in regard to Agricultural Banks. Price 3d. 



Seedling and other Canes in the Leeward Islands, (37) Cultivation of Oranges in Dominica. Price id. 



in 1900-1, No. 12, price 2d.; in 1901-2, No. 20, price 2d.; (38) Cultivation and Curing of Tobacco. Price M. 



in 1902-3, No. 27, price 2d. ; in 1903-4, No. 33, price id. ; (41) Tobago, Hints to Settlers. Price 6d. 



in 1904-5, No. 39, price id.; in 1905-6, No. 46, price id.; (43) Cotton Seed and Cotton-cake-raeal on West Indian Planta- 

 in 1906-7, No. 50, price 4d. ; in 1907-8, No. 56, price 4d. ; tions. Price 2d. 



in 1908-9, No. 63, price 6d.; in 1909-10, No. 67, price Gd. (45) A B of Cotton Planting. New and Enlarged Edition. 

 Manurial Experiments with Sugar-cane in the Leeward Islands, Price 6d. 



in 1902-3, No. 30 price id.; in 1903-4, No. 36, price 4d.; (54) Fungus Diseases of Cacao and SanifcatioQ of Cacao Orchards. 



in 1904-5, No. 42, pricu id. ; in 1905-6, No. 47, price id. ; Price id. 



in 1906-7, No. 51, price 4d.; in 1907-8, No. 57, price 4d.; (55) Millions and Mosquitos. Price 3i. 



in 1908-9, No. 64, price id.; in 1909-10, No. 68, price id. (58) Insect Pests of Cacao. Price id. 



Ge.veral. (60) Cotton Gins, How to Erect and Work Them. Price id. 



(7) and 22 Scale Insects of the Lesser Antilles, Part I. price (61) The Grafting of Cacao. Price id. 



id.; Part II., price id. (65) Hints for School Gardens, Fourth Edition. 



(69) Hints to Settrlers in St. Lucia. Price 6d. 



(5) General Treatment of Insect Peata (Revised), price id. (70) Coco-nut Cultivation in the West Indies. Price 6d. 



(71) Insect Pests of the Lesser Antilles. Price Is. 3d. 

 The above will be .supplied post free for an additional charge of hd. for :he pamphlets marked 2d., Id. for those 



marked id., and ] .R for Nos. 40, 41, 44, 45, 49, 59, 62, 63, 67, 69 and 70. Postage for No. 71, id. 



The ' AGRICULTURAL NEWS '. A Fortnightly Review 



The ' Agricultural News ' contains extracts from official correspondence and from progress and 

 other reports; and, in fact, any information indicating what is going on in each colony, and the progress made ia 

 Agricultural matters throughout the West Indies. 



The ' Agricultural News ' is printed in time to be distributed, regularly, by each mail, and is on sale by the 

 local agents of the Department at one penny per numl^er, post free, 2d. The sub.scription price, including postage, is 

 . 2$. 2.1 per half-year, or 4.5. id. per annum. Volumes IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, and IX complete, with title page and index, as issued 

 — Price 4s. each. — Post free, 5s. Some numbers of the early volumes are out of print and therefore these volumes can no 

 longer be -supplied complete. The scale of charges for Advertisements may be obtained on application to the Agents. All 

 applications fw copies are tn he addressed to the Aoents. not to the Department. 



Agents. 



The following have been appointed Agents for the sale of the publications of the Department : — 

 London: Messrs. Ddlau i Co., 37, Soho Square, W. St. Vincent: Mr. L. S. Moskley, Agricultural School. 



Barbados: Advocate Co. Ltd, Bioad Street, Bridgetown. .-It. Lucia: Mr. M. A. Lawrence, Botanic Station. 

 Jamaica: The Educational Supply Company. 16, King Dominva : Mr. J. R. H. Bridoewatbr, Roseau. 



Street, Kingston. Montserrat : Mr. W. ReBSON, Botanic Station. 



jBri«t.?A ffMKino." The 'Daily Chronicle' Office, Georgetown. Anugiia : Mr. S. D. Malonb, St. John's. 

 Trinidad: Messrs. Muir- Marshall k Co.. Port-of-Spain. St. Kitts : The Bible and Book Supply Aobnct, Basseterre. 



Tobago: Mr. C. L. Plagemann, Scarborough. j'^evis : Messrs. H«well, Bros., Charlestown. 



Grenada : ' The Stores ' (Grenada) Limited, St. George. 



