THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



LIME CULTIVATION 



IN THE 



WEST INDIES. 



ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



This booklet gives a detailed practical account of the lime industry in all its branches: including the planting, 

 cultivation, manuring and pests and diseases of lime estates; the methods of disposal of the crop, comprising the manufac- 

 ture of oil of limes, concentrated lime juice and citrate of lime; together with statistic.il information and appendices on the 

 testing of lime juice, the provision of fuel, and other matters of practical importance. 



The. subject matter, illustrated by 17 figures, covers 136 pages of art paper, and is published in a handy and 

 convenient form (Pamphlet size) suitable for the pocket. 



A list of references to literature that may be usefully consulted is provided at the end of e.ich chapter. 



THE .lOVEXAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS, states:— 'To those interested in the lime indus- 

 try this little volume (which forms No. 72 of the excellent Pamphlet Series issued by the Imperial Department of Agri- 

 culture for the West Indies) should prove invaluable.' 



THE DEMERARA DAIL Y CHRONICLE (British Guiana), observes:— 'An interesting and instructive book- 

 let on the subject of lime cultivation. . . . contains an abundance of valuable information regarding the production of 

 lime oils, citrate of lime, etc' 



THE DO.MINICA < IJI A RD I A X i^nyi:—'0\xt thanks are due to the Imperial Department of Agriculture for 

 the West Indies for their Pamphlet, No. 7:!, which is an exhaustive summary of all that is up to the present known of 

 the lime, its culture, products and commercial value.' 



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