THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



Publications on sale of the Imperial Department of Agriculture 



FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



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



Volume I. No. 1. Out of print. Nos. 2, 3, and 4, in original paper covers as issued, price Is. each. Post free, Is. 2d; 

 Volumes 11, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI and XII:— Price 2^. each ; Post free 2s. 8d, wherejcomplete. (Ill, 2. 



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

 Volume XIII, Nos. 1 and 2.' No. 3: — Containing Papers on Robber: Rubber Experiments in Trinidad and 



Tobago, bj' A. E. Collens; Rubber Experiments in British Guiana, by Professor Harrison and others; 



Castilloa Rubber in Dominica, by Joseph Jones and G. A. Jones: Notes on Cultivation of Para Rubber, 



by F. Evans; Note on the Present Position of Rubber in Grenada, by G. G. Auchinleck, B.Sc , F.C.S.; 



Rubber Cultivation, by Dr. P. J. S. Cramer; Miscellaneous: Forestry in Trinidad, by C. S. Rogers; 



A Method of Estimating Calcium Carbonate in Soils, by H. S. Shrewsbury, F.I.C.; Milking Capacities 



of the Trinidad Government Farm Cows, by Herbert L. Shrewsbury; The Profitable Breeding of Horses, 



by J. L. Shannon, D.V.M. 



PAMPHLET SERIES. 

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

 •dapted to West Indian conditions. They contain, amongst other subjects, summaries of the results of the experiment 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. 



Sugar Industry. 

 Seedling and other Canes at Barbados 



in 1900. No, 3, price 2d.; in 1901, No. 13, price 4d.; 



in 1902, No. 19, price 4d.; in 1903, No. 26, price M.; 



in 1904, No. 32, price id. 

 Seedling Canes and Manurial Experiments at Barbados, 



In 1903-5, No. 40, price 6d.; in 1904-6, No. 44, price 6d.; 



in 1905-7, No. 49, price 6d. ; in 1906-8, No. 59, price 6d. ; 



in 1907-9, No. 62, price 6^. ; No. 66, price 6d. 

 Seedling and other Canes in the Leeward Islands, 



in 1900-1, No. 12, price 2d.; in 1901-2, No. 20, price 2d.; 



in 1902-3, No. 27, price 2d.; in 1903-4, No. 33, price id.; 



in 1904-5, No. 39, price id. ; in 1905-6, No. 46, price id. ; 



in 1906-7, No. 50, price id.; in 1907-8, No. 56, price id.; 



in 1908-9, No. 63, price 6d.; in 1009-10, No. 67, price 6rf. 

 Manurial Experiments with Sugar-cane in the Leeward Islands, 



in 1902-3, No. 30. price id.; in 1903-4, No. 36, price 4d.; 



in 1904-5, No. 42, price id.; in 1905-6, No. 47, price id.; 



in 1906-7, No. 51, price id.; in 1907-8, No. 57, price id.; 



in 1908-9, No. 64, price id. ; in 1909-10, No. 68, price id. 

 Sugar-cane Experimeiitsi in the Leeward Islands, 

 " in 1910-11, price Is.; in 1911-12, price Is. 

 General. 

 (7) and 22 Scale Insects of the Leaser Antilles, Part I. price 



4d.; Part II., price 4d. 



(14) Screw Worm in Cattle at St. Lucia. Price 2d. 



(15) Plain Talk to Small Owners. Price 2d. 



(17) General Treatment of Fungoid Peats. Price id. 

 (18j Recipes for Cooking West Indian Yams. Price 2d. 

 (25) Ground Nuts in the West Indies. Price 2d. 

 (28) Barbados and Porto Rico Molasses. Price 3d. 



(34) Notes on Rabbit Keeping in the West Indies. Price 2d. 



(35) Information in regard to Agricultural Banks. Price id. 

 (37) Cultivation of Oranges in Dominica. Price id. 



(41) Tobago, Hints to Settlers. Price 6d. 

 (43) Cotton Seed and Cotton-cake-meal on West Indian Planta- 

 tions. Price 2d. 



(54) Fungus Diseases of Cacao and Sanitation of Cacao Orchards. 

 Price id. 



(55) Millions and Mosquitos. Price 3d. 

 (58) Insect Pests of Cacao. Price id. 



(60) Cotton Gins, How to Erect and Work Them. Price id. 



(61) The Grafting of Cacao. Price id. 



(65) Hints for School Gtardens, Fourth Edition. 

 (69) Hints to Settlers in St. Lucia. Price 6d. 



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



(72) Lime Cultivation in the West Indies. Price 9d. 



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

 Price 6rf. 



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

 marked id., and l^d. for Nos. 40, 41, 44, 45, 49, 59, 62, 63, 67 and 69. Postage for No. 71, 4c;. 



The ' AGRICULTURAL NEWS '. A Fortnightly Review. 



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

 other reports; and, in fact, any information indicating what is going on in each colony, and the progress made ia 

 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, post free, 2d. The subscription price, including postage, ia 

 3i. 2d. per half-year, or 4s. 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, 5s. 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 on application to the Agents, 

 All applications for copies are to be addressed to the Agents, not to the Department. 



Agents. 



The following have been appointed Agents for the sale of the publications of the Department :- 



London: Messrs. Dulau Si Co., 37, Soho Square, W. 

 Barbados : Advocate Co. Ltd., Broad Street, Bridgetown. 

 Jamaica: The Educational Supply Company, 16, King 



Street, Kingston. 

 British Guiana: The 'Daily Chronicle' Office, Georgetown. 

 Trinidad: Messrs. Muir-Marshall 4 Co., Port-of-Spain. 

 Tobago: Mr. C. L. Plaoemann, Scarborough. 



St. Vincent: Mr. J. B. Bonadie, "Times" Office. 



St. Lucia : Mr. M. A. Lawrence, Botanic Station. 



Dominica : Mr. J. R. H. Bridoewater, Roseau, 



Afontserrat : Mr. W. RoBSON, Botanic Station. 



Anngua : Mr. S. D. Malone, St. John's. 



St. Kitts : The Bible and Book Supply Aqency, Bassetem. 



U^evit ; Messrs. Howell, Bros., Charlestown. 



Grenada : Messrs. Thos. Lawlor Jii Co. St. George. 



