421 



•Cotton varieties, diversity of, o7i. 

 ■ — , world's supply, 358. 

 Cotton Industry :-- 

 in Barbados, .')59. 



— Ceylon, 2U. 



— Egypt, 2G2. 



— ^lontserrat, 382. 



— Nevis, 205, 350. 



— St. Kitts, 350. 



— the Sea Island.s, 198. 

 area of cotton in Antigua, 359. 



— — at Barbados, 5-1:. 

 Barbados Cotton Factoiy, increase of 



capital, 12. 

 British Cotton (Irowing .Association, 



278. 

 by-products of cotton, 246. 

 Caravonica cotton in Mexico, 278. 

 of the United State.?, 262. 

 in the Sea Islands, 54. 

 petitior. for removal of duty on cotton 



exported from Montserrat, 92. 

 revival of, in the West Indies, 3. 

 Sea Island cotton in the United States, 



262. 



West Indian cotton-grov,-ing, 390. 



WeTit Indian on the Liveriiool market, 



6, 22. 38, 54, 68, 86, 102, 118, 134, 



150, 198, 214,230, 246,262,278, 



294, 326, 342, 358, 374,390, 406. 



■Courses of reading and examinations 



in British Guiana, 414. 

 Cover crops vs. clean weeding in perma- 

 nent cultivation.s, 86. 

 Covers for protection of food, 316. 

 •Cow, milk organs of the, 341. 

 •Cows and their milk yields, 157. 

 — , protection from flies, 171. 

 Cowpeas, 219. 



■ — , cultivation of for green dressing pur- 

 poses at Antigua, 44. 

 ■ — , history of, 213. 

 ■ — • in Australia, 173. 



— — United States, 82. 



■ — , inoculation experiments with at 



Grenada, 151. 

 Criollo cacao, 260. 

 Cuba, bee-keeping in, 28, 92. 

 — , Ijud rot disease of cocoa-nut trees in, 



140. 



— — — in, 276. 



— , cacao cultivation in, 71. 



— , cane reaping operations, 60. 



■ — , exports of sugar to United States, 



108. 

 — , orange crop of, 1908-9, 108. 

 — , sugar factories in, 220. 

 — , — production in, 83, 179, 316. 

 ■ — , timbers of, 57. 

 — , tobacco cultivation in, 141. 

 — , wages on sugar estates, 92. 

 Cucumbers in Egypt, 308. 

 Cucumber, wilt of, 309. 

 Cultivation and fertility, 151. 



— — increased yields, 265. 



— of citrus fruits, 248. 

 Outch in Borneo, 309. 



— — the Philippines, 309. 



Cutch, manufacture of, 309. 



Cyprus, insurance of live stock in, 139. 



D. 



I'aliomey, cotton lu'oduction of, 412. 

 Danish system of cattle breeding, 403. 

 Date palm, cultivation of, 36. 

 Deccan hemp, 375. 

 Decorticator, a new, 293. 

 Denierara, export of sugar from, 284. 

 — , rice area and yield per acre, 99. 

 Denitrifying bacteria in soils, 297. 

 Denmark, cattle judging in, 403. 

 Department news, 7, 19, 39, 61, 71, 87, 



106, 117, 139, 181, 197, 213, 229 



357, 375, 403. 

 Departmental Reports : — 



Antigua Botanic Station, etc., 1907-S, 

 27, 334. 



British Guiana, Botanic Station, 1908- 



9, 414. 



British Honduras Botanic Station, 

 1907, 27, 382. 



Dominica, Botanic Station, 1908-9. 

 414. 



Grenada, Botanic Station, 334. 



•Jamaica, Department of Agriculture, 

 350. 



Montserrat, Botanic Station, etc, 382. 



St. Kitts, Botanic Station, etc., 350. 



— Lucia, Botanic Station, etc., 277. 



— Vincent, Botanic Station, etc., 366. 

 Tortola, Botanic Station, etc., 366. 



Department publications, 88, 401. 

 Departments of Agriculture and their 



functions, 65. 

 Destruction of cotton plants, 312. 



— — mosquitos, 236. 



— — rats in Barbados, 268. 

 -— — weeds b)' insects, 344. 

 Deterioration of butter, 280. 

 Development of sugar-cane, ■water needed 



for, 211. 

 Devil's grass, 60. 

 Dhak tree, at Dominica Bi.tauic Station, 



133. 

 Diploda disease of maize, 242. 

 Disease of coffee, 292. 



— — ground nuts, 315, 347. 



— — sugar-cane, 315. 



— resisting plants, .selection of, 249. 

 Disinfection of cotton seed, 219. 

 Dissemination of fungus disea.ses, 315. 

 Distillation for essential oils, 232. 



— , useful aid in, 404. 

 Divi-divi from West Africa, 124. 

 Dominica Agricultural and Commercial 

 Society, 165, 220. 



— — school, 9, 414. 



— and St. Kitts, ground nut experi- 

 ments in, 404. 



Dominica, awards to, at Colonial Fruit 

 Show, 4. 



— Botanic Station, Ceylon gamboge 

 tree at, 133. 



— — — , dhak tree at, 133. 



— _.. — distribution from, 414. 



405. 

 414. 



Dominica, Botanic Station, queen of 

 flowers at, 120. 



— — — , return of ('urator frcjm 

 leave of absence, 7. 



— — — , vegetable tallow tree at, 

 156. 



— , cacao in, 414. 



— , coasting .*teanier Yare at, 1G5. 



— , exhibits in Canada, 318. 



-— , heavy rainfall at, 131. 



— , hurricane insurance at, 12. 



— , land development in, 247. 



— , linie and cacao exports from, 103. 



— , — honey from, 15. 



— — in England, 28. 

 — , — industry in, 414. 

 — , — juice, reports on, 41. 

 — , litchi at, 116. 



— mangosteen at, 85. 

 — , ornamental flowering plants in, 

 — , price of Crown lands in, 156. 

 — , prize-holdings competitions in, 

 — , — — scheme for small culti- 

 vators, 167. 



— -, rainfall in, 233. 



— , representation at exhibition, 414. 



— , rubber in, 414. 



— , Sapium in, 414. 



--, scale insects at, 10. 



— , scholarships offered at Grammar 



' School 53. 



— , talipot palm at, 39. 



— , trade and prosperity of, 123. 



Drugs and spices on the London Market, 



31, 63, 95, 127, 159, 191, 223, 2.39, 



287, 319, 351, 399. 

 Dry farming, 268. 



B. 



Earthquidce countries, construction of 



buildings in, 217. 

 East Indian immigrants in British Gui- 

 ana, 14. 

 Ecanda root rubber, 89. 

 Economic experiments in Nevis, 350. 

 -^ — St. Kitts, 350. 



■ inrportance of the mangrove, 309. 



Ecuador, agricultural products of, 175, 



— , exports of vegetable ivory nuts from, 



172. 



Eddos, trials with in Montserrat, 382. 

 Editorials : — 



Agriculture at the recent British As- 

 sociation meeting, 354. 



Animal pe.sts of cotton, 273. 



Blights of cotton, 289. 



Bureau of Entomology, United States, 

 Department of Agriculture, 113. 



Canadian Exhibitions, 1909, 193. 



— Trade Commission, 337. 



Departments of Agriculture and their 

 functions, 65. 



Food supply of the West Indies, 129. 



