THE AGKIOULTUKAL NEWts. 



Publications on sale of the Imoerial Departmeuti of Agriculture 



FOR THK WEST INDIES 



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The ' WEST INDIAN BULLETIN '. A Quarterly Scientiflc Journal. 



Volume I. No. 1. Out of print. Nos. 2, 3, and 4, in orisinal paper covers a.s issueU, price Is. each. Post free. Is. 2d; 



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

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



Volume XIII, Nos. I and l': — Containing Papers on sutivn-uAXE experi.mekts in uurrisn laiAXA, prepared 

 for the recent Agricultural Conference, compri.sing:— Sugar-cane Experinienta in British Guiana, Ry 

 Professor J. I!. Harrison, and others; Part 1 — Introduction: I'art II. — The Composition of the Soil-water 

 as affected by Cultivation and Manuring of the Soil; Part III. — The Minnring of the Sugar-cane; 

 Part IV. — The Etieots of Cultivation and of Manures on the Soil of the Manurial Experiment Fields; 

 Part V. — Varieties of Sugir-cane. 



PAMPHLET SERIES. 

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

 Adapted to West Indian conditions. They contain, amongst other Kubjects, summaries of the results of the eiperimeat 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 seventy. Those mentioned in the following list are still available: the rest are out of print. 



SuoAK I.vnusTRY. (14) Screw Worm in Cattle at St. Lucia. Price M. ' 



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



in 1900. No, .3. price 2rf.; in 1001, '^No. 13, price -14.; (17) General Treatment of Fung.. .J Pests. Price 4c(. 



-in 1902, No. 19, price 4<^;iul90", No. 26, price 4i.; (18) Recioes for Cooking West tmiian Yams. Price 2£(. 



in 1904, No. 32, price 4rf. (25) Ground Nuts in the West Indies. Price 2d. 



Seedling Canes and Manurial Experiments at riarljadoa, (28) Barbados and Porro Rico Molasses. Price .3.1 



in 1903-5, No. 40, price 6rf.; in 1904-6, No, 44, price 6(i.; (34) Notes on Rabbit Keeping in the West Indies. Price 'M. 



in 1905-7, No. 49, price 6.i. ; in 1906-8, No. 59, price 6d. ; (35) Tni'urmation in regard to Agricultural Banks. Price 4(i. 



in 1907-9, No. 62, price 6t/. ; No. 60, price 6-7. (37) Cultivation of Oranges in D,)minica. Price id. 



Seedling and other Canes in the Leeward Islands, (41) Tobago, Hints to Settlers. Price 6<i. 



in 1900-1, No. 12, price 'Id.; in 1901-2, No. 20, price Id.; (43) Cotton Seed and Cotton-cake-meal on West Indian Planta- 

 in 1902-3, No. 27, price 2rf.; in 1903-4, No. 33, price 4d.; tions. Price 2d. 



in 1904-5, No. 39, price 4d. ; in 1905-6, No. 46, price 4d. ; (45) A B C of Cotton Planting. New and Enlarged Edition. 



in 1906-7, No. 50, price 4d.; in 1907-8, No. 56, price 4d. ; Price 6d. 



in 1908-9, No. 63, price Od.; in 1909-10, No. 67, price 6d. (54) Fungus Diseases of Cacao and Sanitation of Cacao Orchards. 

 Manurial Experiments with Sugar-cane in the Leeward Islands, Price 4d. 



in 1902-3, No. 30 price 4d. ; in 1903-4, No. 36, price 4d.; (5.5) Millions and Mosquitos. Price 3d. 



in 1904-5, No. 42, price 4d. ; in 1905-6, No. 47, price 4d.; (58) Insect Pests of Cacao. Price 4d. 



in 1906-7, No. 51, price 4d. ; in 1907-8, No. 57, price 4d. ; (60) Cotton Gins, How to Erect and Vi'ork Them. Price 4d. 



in 1908-9. No. 64, price 4d.; in 1909-10, No. 68, price 4d. (61) The Grafting of Cacao. Price 4d. 

 Siii,'ar-caiie Expoiiuicnts in tlie Leeu.iid Nlands, (65) Hints for School Gardens, Fourth Edition. 



" in 1910-11, price l.v.; in 1911-12, pii.,. Is. (69) Hints to Settlers in St. Lucia. Price 6d. 



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



(7) and 22 Scale Insects of the Lesser Antilles, Part I. price (72) Lime Cultivation iu the West Indies (in ike press). 



4d. ; Part II., price 4d. (7'd) Root Borers and other (> rubs in West Indian Soils (in 



the press). 



The above will be supplied post free for an additional charge of ^d. for the pamphlets marked 2d., Id. for thoee 

 marked 4d., and 1^^/. for Nos. 40, 41, 44, 45, 49, 59, 62, 63, 67, 69 and 70. Postage for No. 71, 4^. 



The ' AGRICULTURAL NEWS ". A Fortnightly Review. 



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

 other reports; and, in f.tct, any information indicating what is going on in each colony, and the progress made in 

 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 number, po.st free, 2d. The subscription price, including postage, ie 

 2<. 2d. per half-year, or 4.«. id. per annum. Volumes IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XI complete, with title page and index, as 

 issued — Price 4s. each. — Post free, 5.«. 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 .m application to the Agents, 

 All appUcations fcyr copies are, to he. aiinre.xsed. tn the Agents, not to the Deparfni.ent . 



Agents. 

 The following have been appointed Agents for the sale of tne i>ublicatKms ol tne Department : — 



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



Barbados: Advocate Co. Ltd, Bioad Strett. Bridgetown. St. Lucia: Mr. M. A. Lat\"rence, Botanic Station. 



Jamaica: Thb Educational Supply Company, 16, King Dominica: Mr. J. R. H. Bkidgewater, Roseau. 



Street, Kingston. .\fotitserrat : Mr. W. Robson, Botanic Station. 



i)<'.risA (riti'ajia.- The 'Daily Chronicle Office. Georgetown. Anuaua : Mr. S. D. Malonb, St. John's. 



Irinidud: Messrs. Muir-Masshall i Co., Port-of-Spain. St. Kitts : The Bible and Book Sdpply Agenot, Basseterre, 



Tobago: Mr. G. L. Plagemann, Scarborough. Fevin : Messrs. Howell, Bros., Charlestown. 



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



