436 



•Corn cultivdti ii, tillage experiments, 187. 

 ■ — culture in the United Stati s, 412. 

 ■ — growing, niethoils oi cullivation, 188. 

 — , Guine-, ii."; human food, 37l'. 

 • — (m-iize), tompositiiiii and keeping 

 ijualilies of, 21. 



— meal, determinated, 171. 



— , lules for purciiase of, hy St N'incent 



Government Granary, •3.'^ I. 

 CottOD, 22]. 



— , American Sea Inland indu^try, con- 

 dition i)f, 18. 

 — , close .seascm Ordinance in Mnntserrat. 



168. 

 Cotton Confeieiice : — 



Buying and selling of cotton 214. 



Commerce oi cotton, 198. 



Conclusion, 230. 



Conferei.ce dinner, 231. 



Co-oper-"tion between gmwers and 

 ¥u e Spinners, 198. 



Cotton (Jrowero' As.sociatioi s. 214. 



Fifth day'.s |)roceedings, 230. 



First day'.s jiroceedings, 118. 



Fourih day'.s proceedmg.s, 214. 



General account of. 12i). 



Habits of growth of ihe cotton plant 

 214. 



Laboratory methods, 230 



Manurial e-vperiments with cotton, 

 199. 



Papers read, 264. 



Pe.sts and di.seases of cotton and 

 their cont.ol, 182, 21-5, 230. 



Prices of cotton, 199. 



Primage, 198 



Production of selected s.;rains, 230. 



JtotatioD of cotton, 214. 



Second day's proieedings, 134, I-jO. 



Thinl day's proce^dings. KIG. 

 (_'otlon cullivati<'ii in .Ncvi', encourage- 

 ment of, 165. 



— — — I'alembai g, 311. 



— , date for planting in Mont.-errat, 70. 

 — , Egyptian, clos-e planiing of, 190. 



— . exports from the West Indies, 70, 



262, 390. 

 ■ — . fine staple, comparative spinning 



tests, of, 278. 

 ■ — growei.s' association in .Antigua, 16-j. 



— growing in lirazii 169. 



- -Fiji, 326. 



— — — ■ (Queensland, 23(). 



— — — the P>e]gian Congo, 121. 

 — West Indies, 17l> 



— — Iganda. 127. 



_ _ West Africa, 127. 



— industry in Nya.>-alaDd 86. 



— — — Sudan, 86 

 - We.*t Africa, 86. 



experiments in St. Kitt.s, 



alleged ilepreciatioii of 



— , manurial 

 86. 



- , Nyasalan* 

 360. 



- plant, composition of, 310. 



in Kgypt, canons of. 38. 

 - . Sea Island exports from West In 

 dies, 133. 



Cotton, Sea Island, gereral rise in prices, 



406, 419. 

 — , — — , in Barbados, .54. ; 



— , — — market, 54, 70, 86, 102,' 

 j 119, 133, 151, 167, 181 215, 231, 



249 262, 278, 326, 342, 367, 374, 



390, 406, 419. 



— seed and its pro<lucts, 207. 



— — , changes i" during storage, 390. 



— — farm in the Virgin Islands, 35. 



— — , poi-sonous principle of, 25. 



— selection and seed supply in .Mootser- 

 rat, 427. 



— , West Indian, in Fiji, 85. 

 Council of the Imperial Ins'i'ute, new. j 

 360. I 



Cover crop, a new, 141. 



— crops u.sed in Porto liicr. 181. 

 Cows, P.arbados, 1 58. 



Co\v"s milk, effect of water in the ration, 

 on composition of, 245. ( 



Cream, pa-steurization of, for l.ntteri 



making, 25. 

 /Creole aloe' (Furcraea yignntea, var. ; 



WUleiuetiami), 61. 

 Crime in Ceylo". increiise of, 428 j 



Crop conditions in Barbados, 371,387.' 



— experiments in Fiji, 333. 



— — — Rhodesia, 383. 



— prodiictio I imd bacterial activity, 

 connexion between, 1 10. 



— yields in England and Wales, 425 

 Crop^, ti'opical. experiments with in 



Califonda, 190. 

 Crot phagaani, 197, 218, 219. 

 Crown land development, P.riii.sh Guiana, 



294. 



— lands for soldiers in St. Lucia, 27. 

 Crude petroleum oil export from Trini- 

 dad, 46. 



Cuba, llog-raising in, 404. 

 — , increased production ■■f sugar in, 

 185. 



— inachii.e ploughing in, 263. 

 — . niajigoes of, 297. 



— , manufacture of paper froni sugar- 

 cane megass in, 15(). 



— , motor implements in, 131. 



— , pigs in, 234. 



— , plai t breeding in, 52. 



— . sugar produci ion in, progress of 331. 

 3)4.^ 



— , — iiidustry of, notes on, 323. 

 \ — , transport f)f sugar-cane in, 83. 

 I Cuba's sugar production possibilities of 

 ' 40. 



Cultivation of cacao, 329. 

 'Curing of bacon and hams, 61. 

 i — vanilla, 4. 



Custard A\)\)\e. {Anmia leliculatu), 116. 



Cyclonic disturbance near the Virgin 



"l.sland.s, 269. 

 ;— weather in the Virgin Islands, 291. 



Cymbo])ogon coloratus (lemon grass), 82. 



— Martini (Bosha grass), economic u.ses 

 of, 316. ' 



Cy|)erus sp. 426 



Cytisus proliferus (Tagasaste), 92. 



D. 



Dacroydes hexandra, 407. 



Dairj' products, standards for, 236. 



Danish West Indies, bay rum industry 

 of, 349. 



Diiwson, the llev. Father, l!i7. 



Degcrminated corn meal, 171. 



Demerara, flowering of the double coco- 

 nut in, 279. 



— Government Lime .Juice Factory, :.'77. 

 -, returns from difi'erent cane varieties 



in, 265. 

 Department News, 11. 19,35, 59 09^ 



102, 194 210, -229, 258,286,293, 



314, 324 343, 357 373, 399, 415, 418. 

 Departmental Beports : — 



Antigua: llepoit on the /Agricultural 

 Department, 1914-15, 109. 



Ceylon : Bciiort on the Department; 

 of Agiiculture for 1915, 422. 



Dominic » : Beport on the Agricultural 

 Department 1915-16,309. 



•lamsica : Beporc on the Department 

 of Agriculture, 191.5-16, 343. 



Leewanl Islands : Beport on experi- 

 ments wiih sugar-cai e conducted in 

 Antigua and St. Kats, 1914-15, 114. 



N'on'serrat; Beport on the Agricul- 

 tural Deparnnrnt, 191.5-16, 403. 



St. Kitts-Nevis : Beport on the Agri- 

 cultural Department. 1914-15, 68. 



St. Lucia : Beport on the Agricultural 

 Departmenr, 1915-16. 285. 



St. Vincent: Beport on the Agricul- 

 tural Depirtirrent, 1914-15 4 • 

 1915-1(!. 422. ' ' 



Sii-rra Leone : Beport on Agricultural 

 Depart lUBBr, 191 1, 5. 



Trinidad and Tobago : Beport on the 

 Department of Agriculture, 1914-15 



Dermatophylus congolense, 67. 

 Development of Dominica, 196. 



— — Rhodesia, 378. 

 Di'spj i-os ebenaster (P.ois Bambarra) 



270. 

 Dipping tank, an economical, 53. 



— tanks, bitter aloes in, 220. 

 Diseases of plants, (see Plant Diseases). 

 Distribution of leguminosae, 44. 



I )ogs, dipping of, for eradication of fleas 



and mange, 159. 

 Dolichos ho.sei, 141. 



— lablili (boaavist, or hyacinth bean), 

 5:1, 388. 



Dolomite, beneficial to plant growth, 



316. 

 Domestic value of the kapok tree, 9. 

 Domestication of fancy plumage bird.s, 



41 57. 

 Dominica, aildiess to Legislative Council 



f>f 235. 

 —',- coco-nuts in, 117. 

 — , development of, 196. 

 — , Eucalyptus in, 123. 



