Vol. IX. No. 209. 



THE AGRICULTUKAL NEWS. 



April 30, 1910. 



THE BEST MANURES FOR COLONIAL USE 



OMendorflF's Dissolved Peruvian Guano — For sugar-cane and general use 

 OhlendorfiF's Special Sugar-cane Manure 

 Ohlendorff's Special Cocoa Manure 

 Ohlendorflfs Special Cotton Manure 



Sulphate of Ammonia, Nitrate of Soda, Superphosphates, high grades, 

 Potash Salts, Basic Slag and all other high-class Fertilizers. 



APPL'5 TO LOCAL AGENTS OR DIRECT TO :— 



THE ANGLO-CONTINENTAL (LATE OHLENDORFF'S) GUANO WORKS. 



London Agency: 15, LeadenhaU Street, London, E.G. 

 Barbados Agents : James A. Lynch & Co., Bridgetown. 



DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURE, BRITISH GUIANA 



AGRICULTL RAL IN.STRUCTOR. 

 Salary, $960 per annum rising to $1,200 by S72. 



(not ox THK J-IXEIl ESTABLISHMENT.) 



Applications are invited fruni candidates for the above post, 

 wlio should be between twenty-three and thirty-six years of age. 

 Knowledge of, and experience in, the growth of tmpical jiroducts 

 and of draining operations on low-lying land is of inijjortance. 



C.indidate.s must subnut with their apjilications, details of 

 their training in Agricultural Science and in practical Agri- 

 cultui-e accompanied, if feasible, by diplomas from the institu- 

 tion where trained, or cf certificates in Agriculture issued by tlie 

 Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies, or the 

 Department of Agi-iculture of ;iny other trupical country, coijies 

 of satisfactory certificates of health and fif character, together 

 with copies of not nuire than three testimonials from their pre- 

 sent and former emphiyers. 



2. Duties. — To give instruction in practical horticulture to 

 farinei'S and settlers in the ^'arinus districts of the colony, espe- 

 cially in comiexion with the cultiv;ition (^f rice, rubber, cacao, 

 cofl'ee, bananas .ind citrus fruit, and the care of live stock gene- 

 rally ; to assist in the inspection of gardens attached to primary 

 .schools and in the examination of their pupils in the elements of 

 agriculture ; to assist in agricultural experiments and in the 

 control of the district agricultural stations ; to assist in the nur 

 series of the Botanic Gardens; and to perform such other dutie- 

 as may he assigned to him by the Director of the Department 



3. The selected camlidate w ill be required to .sign a form of 

 agreement previous to apjiointment. 



4. Applications should be addressed to the Director of 

 Science and Agi-iculturc on or before May 31, 1910. 



.1. B. HARRISON, 

 M,irch23, 1910. Director of Science and Agriculture. 



THE BARBADOS CO-OPERATIVE COTTON 

 FACTORY, LIMITED. 



BRIDGETOWN. 

 CO'nON~SEED. 



Purchased at highest current Prices, locally and 

 from the Islands. TERMS, Cash on delivery of 

 Seed. Consignments made us will have prompt 

 attention. 



SULPHATE OF COPPER.— We stock this 

 article, and all orders received will be promptly 

 executed. 



JUST ISSUED. 



WEST INDIAN BULLETIN. 



(Vol. X, No. 3.) 



Containing papers on Legislation in the West Indie.s 

 for Controlling Diseases on Imported Plants; Fungi Causing 

 Diseases of Cultivated Plants in the West Indies; Manurial 

 Experiments with Cotton in the Leeward Islands; Rainfall 

 of Nevis and Antigua: Courses of Reading and Examinations 

 in Practical Agriculture. 



To be obtained from all agents for the 

 sale of the Department's publications. Price 

 6d.; post free, 8'L 



Printed at OfiBce of Agricultural Heporter, 4, High Street, Bridgetown, Barbados. 



