Vol.XIV. No. 336. 



THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS 





STUDENTS' CORNER. 



REVISED COURSES OF READING. 



The Circular issued in February 1910 on Courses of 

 Reading and Examinations in Practical Agriculture under 

 the Imperial Department "I Agriculture for the West Endies 

 lias aow been revised in regard to m for 



the students' guidance. The syllabus of examinations has uol 

 been altered, with the exception thai coco-nuts has been 

 included as an optional crop subject. The following is the 



revised general lisl of l k- recommei ded for use in connexion 



with these courses. It is nol expei ed th tudent 



should procure all the books listed. A careful choice should 



be made of those books likely to 1 f greatest value to the 



individual students. In making tin-, choice, the assistance of 

 the officers of the Local Departmet riculture should 



mght. 



1 ! i \ ee m. Agrh i i. ii ral Science 



'Bacteria in Relation to Country Life', by Lipman, 

 published by Macmillan. 



'Catechism of Agricultural Chemistry', by Johnson, pub 

 lished by Blackwood <&Sons, Is. 



'Chemistry of the Garden', bj II. H. Cousins, published 

 by Macmillan, I s. 



'Elementary Tropica] Agriculture', by Johnson, published 

 by J. Murray. 



'Kir nts ol Agriculture', by \V. Freeman, published by 



J. Murray, 2s. Sd. 



'F ling of Crops and Stork', b\ \. 1). Hall, published 



by J. Murray, 5s. 



'Fertilizers and Manures', by A. D. Hall, published by 

 John Murray, 5s. 



'Nature Teaching', by Francis Watts, published by the 

 Imperial Department of Agriculture, West Indies, 2s. Gd. 



'Physics of Agriculture', by King. 



■ Principles of Plant Culture', by Goff, published by the 

 Author. 



'Soils', by Fletcher. 



'Southern Agriculture,' bj I. 



Sugar. 



'Sugar and the Sugar-cane', bj Noel beerr, published by 

 N. Rodger, Altrinthara, Manchester, Is. 



'Introductory Manual for Sugar Growers', by I', 

 (out of print). 



'The Cane Sugar Factor} . bj : I. Scard, published by 

 the Wesl India « lommittee, I 



'Lectures to Sugar Planters', published by the Imperial 

 Department ol Agriculture, Wesl Indies, Is. 



'Cane Sugar and its Manufacture', l>y Prinsen Geerligs, 

 published by Norman Rodger. 



( ' 'I i.0. 



'Cocoa', bj van Ball, published by Macmillan, lis. 



'Cacao', by J. H. Hart, published by Davidson & Todd, 

 Trinidad. 



'Cacao, its Botany, Cultivation,' Chemistry and Diseases', 

 by Herbert Wright, published by Ferguson, Columbo <v 

 London, 7s. 6d. 



'The Fermentation ol Cacao', edited by Hamel Smith. 



1! \N \N.\>. 



C m rs. 



'The C > nuts', by |-:. p, Copeland, pul h i by 



illan, 10s. 



!'• SIPHLETS I »EALINi WJ in \r..>\ i ^ , | ■■ 



I [SSI ED B} mi: LMPER1 M. ore \ i.-r\i i ST OF AGRICULTl RE.) 



x - (17; Get eral T ient oi Fung id Pest ' id. 



„ (43) ( d and i 1 on Weaf 



Indian Plantations. Prii 



No. (54) Fungus D is of I I Sat 



< lacao < brchids. Pi to Id. 



\o. (58) Cnsect Pests of Cacao. Price I A 

 ., (60) ( lotton < tins. How to erect and v orli them. 

 l ici I (/. 



No. (61) The I drafting of Cacao. Pric I 



,, (65) Hints on Scl I Gardens. Fourth Edition. 



„ (69) Hints to Settlers in St. Lucia. Price Gd. 

 .. (70) • loco nut < Cultivation in the West I 

 Price 6^. 



No. (71) Insect Pests of the Lesser Antilles. Price Is. 3d 

 ,, (72) Lime Cultivation in the West [ndie 

 .. (73) Root Borers and other Grubs in West Indian 

 Soils Price Gd. 



No, (71) Cotton Cultivation in the West Indies. 

 Price 9d. 



No. (75) [nsect Pests oi Sugar-cane in Antic i 



St. Kitts. Price Gd. 



No. (76) Indian Corn. Price id. 



West Indian Bulletin Refereb 

 The Scaral of the Sweet Potato, Vol. X, p. l v o. 



Root Disease of the Sugar-cane. Vol. IX, p. 08. 



Agrh i i-ii r u. News. 



Articles on the Life-history of the Fungi, Vol Vll! 

 Nos. 190, and 192. 



notice to final STi dents. -In the Agricultural Neivs, 

 Vol XI, Nos. 271, 273 and 274, Students' Corner consists of 

 specially prepared notes on the references in the publications 

 of the Imperial Department to estate management, embrac- 

 ing such subjects as agricultural labour, machinery, building 

 construction, surveying, co-operation, law, etc. These notes 

 should be carefully perused and brought up to date by 

 referring to the indexes of the West Indian Bulletin, 

 Vol. XII, and the Argicultural News, Vols. XII and XIII, 

 together with the table ol contents in the recently publish,.,! 

 pamphlets and annual reports. 



"is. Gd. 



The Banana', by W. Fawcett, published by Duckworth, 



An intei ote on fuel consumption of gasolene 



engines per horse power appears in the 1913 repot 

 Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the 

 University of Wisconsin. The sizes of the farm engines 

 commonly used range from I to 10 horse power. It i- i 



proved that a much -mailer engine is purchased than is 

 necessary for s, ,me of the work to be done, with the idea that 

 the smaller engines will be more economical for the usual 

 small load. To determine the economy oi engines of various 



sizes under different loads, a series of tests was made with 



farm engines of from 3 to 6 h.p. It was found that the 

 larger engines were just as economical in the use of fuel, on 

 a small load, as are the smaller engines when carrying hhe 

 same load, — an exceedingly important fad to beat : i id 

 when selecting an engine. 



