Vol. IX. No. 210. 



THE AGRICULTUKAL NEWS. 



May U, 1910. 



THE BESl' 



URES FOR COLONIAL USE 



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

 Ohlendorff's Special Sugar-cane Manure 

 Ohlendorff's Special Cocoa Manure 

 Ohlendorff's Special Cotton Manure 



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

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



APPLY TO LOCAL AGENTS OK DIRECT TO :— 



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



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

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



DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURE, BRITISH GUIANA. 



AGRICLLTIRAL INSTRUCTUlt. 



Salary, $960 per annum rising to $1,200 by $72. 



(not ox the HXEIi e.stabli.shment. ) 

 .VjHilications are invited fmrn c.-uididates fur the abuve po.st, 

 u Im shciuld he between tvventy-tliree and thirty-isix years of age. 

 Ivni.>wledge of, and experience in, the growth of tropic;d products 

 and 1 pf draining operations im low-lying land is of importance. 

 Candidates must submit with their applications, details of 

 their training in Agricultural Science and in jiractical Agri 

 culture accompanied, if feasible, by dijjlomas from the institu 

 tii'n where trained, or of certificates in Agriculture issued liy tin 

 Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies, or the 

 Department of Agricultuie of any other tropical country, copies 

 of satisfactory certificates of health and of character, together 

 with ci-ipies of not more than three testimonials from their pre- 

 sent and former employers. 



2. Duties. — To gi\c instruction in practical horticulture to 

 farmers and settlers in the \-arious districts of the cokmy, espe- 

 cially in connexion witli the cultivation of rice, rubber, cacao, 

 coft'ee, bananas and 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 tlieir pupils in the elements of 

 .■igriculture ; to assist in agricultural experiments and in tin 

 control of the district agi^^icultural stations ; to assist in the nur 

 series of the Botanic Gardens; and toperforiu such other duties 

 as may be assigned to liLiu by the Director of the Dep.-irtment. 



3. The .selected canclid.de will be required to sign a form of 

 .agreement previous to appointment. 



4. Applications shoijild lie addressed to the Director of 

 Science and Agriculture i(ii or before May 31, 1910. 



Jv B. HARRLSGN, 

 March 23, IStlO. Director of Science and Agriculture. 



THE BA.RBADOS CO-OPERATIVE COTTON 

 FACTORY, LIMITED. 



BRIDGETOWN. 



cott6n~~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 Jiidies 

 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 Xevis and Antigua; Courses of l^eading and Examinations 

 in Practical Agriculture. 



To be obtained from all agents for the 

 sale of the Department's publications. Price 

 6d. ; post free, 8'^?. 



Printed at OflSce of Agricultural RepvrUr, 4, High Street, Bridgetown, Barbados, 



