430 



j adhesive', a novel, 1 24. 

 Spraying versus dipping, 219. 

 Stillpinia sebifera, 140. 

 Stizolobium aterrimum, 363. 



— cienereuni, 158. 



■ — niveum (Lion bean), 158. 



— pachylgbium, 158. 



— sp., 333. 



Stock-poisoning due to scarcitj of food, 



40. 



• for fruit trees, 23. 

 Stomata and drought resistance, 89. 

 Storage and application of pen manure, 



199. 



Storm-damaged crops in I 1 inica, 285. 



Straits Settlements, rubber and coco-nut 



cultivation in, 37'.». 

 Students' Corner, 13, 29, 45, 61. 77, 93, 



109, 125, 141, 173, 221. 

 Sugar ami the war, 85. 



— Commission, Royal, 37. 



■ — , concrete manufacture of, 66. 



— crop in Java, 1914, 371. 



— cultivation, extension in Portuguese 

 V t Africa, 348. 



— — ) possible extension in Trinidad, 

 275. 



— , Dutch colour standard for, 121. 



— duties in ( !anada, 3. 



— — y proposed removal of in 

 I .S.A., 322. 



— , export tax in Antigua, 344. 



— extension in the Philippines, 339. 



— factories, Government aid in estab- 

 lishment of, 185. 



— — , tropical water supply in, 

 177. 



— factory. Gunthorpes, 388 



— — re.-ul s Cuban 274. 

 — , history of, 131 



— , increase of duties in England, 339 



— industry, Natal, technical control for, 

 306. 



— — in St Lucia, prospects of, 19 



— — , study of factory conditions 

 in, 307. 



— manufacture in Barbados, 281 



— — , Messchaert juice grooves, 51. 



— — t muscovado works and central 

 factories compared 405 



— mills the Messuhac.t c«xwed roller 

 for. 51. 



— , phosphogelo-c used in manufacture 

 of, 188 



— possibilities in, British Cuiana, 292 

 — , price of in Australia. 51. 



— , problems i" the chemistry of, 292. 



— production in the Argentine, 252 



_ — — — North-West 



Frontier Province, India ■"> 



— refinery, a new Canadian, 220. 



— samples at New \ orl; Botanical 

 Gardens 185. 



— , the I uitcli Standard of, 35 

 — , West Indian, in London, 259 

 — , history of, 131. 



Sugar, whi'e, Xorit process of manufac- 

 turing, 131. 



Sugar apple (Anona squamosa), 36. 



Sugar-cane, a new cane-cutting machine 

 28. 



— , classification of, 2. 



— , colonial or home-grown beet, 50. 



— cultivation, expansion of within the 

 Empire, 396. 



— — in the Philippines, a wasteful 

 practice in, 28. 



— , errors in field trials with, how to 

 avoid, 323. 



— experiment- at Barbados, 1913-15, 

 407 



— — Winkil Spruit, South 

 Africa, results of, 163 



— in Barbados, 27 



— — , 1913-14, 263 

 — the Leeward 

 Islands, 1913-14, 194. 

 — , filter-press cake, by-product of, 242. 



— in India, 2. 



— , La Cuite or pan sugar, 29. 



■ — , maceration of megass, 116. 



— , manufacture in Hawaii, 116. 



— , manurial experiments with 1'bacane, 



163. 

 — , micro-organisms in juices and syrups, 



action of, 147. 

 — , mill work in Java 3. 

 — , proposed extension of cultivation in 



British colonial possessions, 258. 

 — , raising of varieties, 228. 

 - — , results of dressings of complete and 



incomplete manures, 163, 

 — , the molasses problem in Cuba, 1 16. 

 — , trash, burning of, 35. 

 - varieties, raising of, 228. 



— wax, extraction of, 27"' 

 Sugar-canes. Barbados, in India, 89. 

 — , planting in Demerara, 131. 



— , West Indian, in South Africa, 162. 

 "sun power, utilization of, 56. 

 Sunn hemp (Crotnlaria juncea), 92. 

 Swamprice soils, gases of, 141 

 Sweet potato, experiment in planting, 

 181 



— planting, tuber cuttings versus 

 vii es, 181. 



— vines as food for stock, 181. 



— potatoes, 4. 



— , classification of, 249. 

 — , developing strain from seed 

 lings, 140. 



— , storage of, 140. 

 Sword bean (Canavalia ensiformis), 282, 



— - ( — gladiatum), 158. 

 Synedrella no.litlora (duckweed), 267. 



T. 



Tabanids (horse Hies), carrier- of anthrax, 

 203. 



Azores, 92 



Tamarinds on the London market, 207, 



303, 415. 

 Tannin, extraction from Wattle bark, 



249. 

 Tapping, effect on Para rubber tree, 295. 

 Tea, experimental cultivation in Brazil 



and Pern, 92 



— — Fiji, 92. 

 — , — — Mauri- 

 tius, '.''J 



— , — — Siamand 



the Strait- Settlements, 92 



— — South 



Carolina, 92. 



— the 



— — Uganda 

 and Nigeria, 92 



— , green dressings for manuring, 139. 

 Teak (Tectona. grandis), cultivation on 



waste land, 182, 253. 

 Tecoma suberosa, 309 

 Tectona grandis (Teak), 182. 

 Tetl, a fodder grasss, 408. 

 Telephone troubles in the tropics, 264. 

 Telfairia pedata (lnhambaoe nut), 79. 

 Temperature of the soil under different 



conditions, 379. 

 Teodre acailloux (Piptudenia peregrina), 



156, 354. 

 Tepary (Phaseulns acutifolius), a new 



bean, 115. 

 Tephrosia Candida, 183. 



— purpurea, 204 



— , potash content of, 348 

 Textile fibres, present supply of, 73. 

 ' The Spirit of the Soil', 41*2. 

 • The World- ( lotton ( 'rops', 275. 

 Theobroma Cacao, 97. 



— specio-um, 3d 



Thespesia populnea (Mahoe or Anodyne), 



250. 

 Thrinax Morrisii, 353. 

 Thymol, increased demand for, 313. 

 — , production of, 73. 

 Tick-bird (Crotophaga Ani), 258. 



— eradication, in Antigua, 219. 



— — Jamaica. 220. 

 Tick-, cod liver oil, a useful remedy for, 



332 

 — , control of, •_' '. < 7 . 



Timber for estate purposes, preservative 

 treatment of, 9. 



— resources of Cuba, 157. 



— trees, direct sowiDg of seeds in 

 plantations, 182. 



Tobacco growing in Madeira, prospects 



of, 1 2 

 — , Indian, 251. 



— industry i« South Africa, 247. 



— — — Tobago, development of, 

 252. 



. Jaffa, 365. 

 — , shaded, transpiration of, 217. 

 Tobago, tobacco industry in, 252 

 Tohoku College of Agriculture, 157. 



