438 



Freight facilities, possible iiu|irovfinent 

 of, 73. 



Frenfli weed (Cominelyna sp.), .57. 



Frost, Hpiirv W. li: Co.. 6, 22, 54, 70, 

 86. 102, H9. 133. 1.51. 167, 181, 215, 

 32f.. 312, .367. 374. 390, 406, 419. 



rruitfiJ-iling machine, Xewtoii. 14. 



Fruit juices, stiulies on, 213. 



— pie.serving, etc., 115. 



— , tiupical, in the Philippines, improve- 

 ment of, 1 1 6. 



Fruit.s, citrus, .sugar ami acid content of, 

 ettect of fertilizers on. 190 



Fungus Notes : — 

 (see Plant Diseases). 



Furcraea gijianiea (aloe " Malgaclie '), 61. 



— — , var. Willemetiana ( 'creole 

 aloe"), 61 



Future of logwood (Haema'o.iylon oim- 

 peekuinutii), 330. 



G. 



Gimb'>ge or ^easiile Mahoe {Tluf^pexM 



pnpuliiea^. 182. 

 Garcinia mans;ostana (.Manposteen\ 2-50. 



— venulosa (guta-gainba), 250. • 

 'Genetics', 156. 



German agriculture, recent development 

 of. 332. 



— and Portuguese cacao, 0. 

 Germinating coco-nuts. 153. 

 Germination and green manures, 349. 



— of seeds, ertect of light on, 377. 

 Ginger lily (Hedj/c/iinm coronariuin), 60, 



283. 

 Ginger on the London market, 3 1 , 62. 



Ill, 143, 175, 191. 239. 25-5, .5s3 



431. 

 Goats, anthrax in, 4.1. 

 — , Barbados, 158. 



— in Barbados, improvement in, 108. 

 Gold Const cacao industry, origin of, 



310. 



— — , exports from, 280. 



Golden apple (.^pondia.< 'ht/cis) [Cythe- 



reo?]. 1 1 6. 

 Gos.sypium peruvianum, 4. 

 Gossyp^il. 25 



Grading by law in the Philippines, 303. 

 Grain of toba«co leaf, 428. 



— production in Argentina. 351. 

 — , sorghums, value ami use of, 396. 

 Gram (Cicer ni-ietinum), acid secretion 



of, 79 

 Gr.inary, Government, .\ntigua, report on 



working of, 292 

 ^- — , St. Vincent, rules 



for purchase of corn by, 381 

 Grape«fruit, California, and it.« future, 



324. 

 Grass, Sudin, 190. 

 Grasses of Dominica and St. Lucia, 325. 



Green dressing trials in Dominica, 155, 

 327. 



— manures and geiiiiination, 349. 

 Grenada, agricultural activitie.s in, 189. 

 — , — • cadei ships in, 395. 



— , e.Kports of cacao and spices from, 12. 

 — , introduction of .Jack Spaniard into, 



10. 

 — , items of local interest, 77. 132, 164. 



212. 244, 276, 347. 398, 420. 



— lanil settlements, 13. 



— . peasant agriculture in, 180. 

 — . — instruction in, 361. 



— prize holdings competition 299. 



— , progress of 'and settltments in, 397. 



— scholarship. 184. 



— , work of the Agricultural Ui^partment 



in, 358. 

 Ground-nut oil. 227. 



— — , extraction of, 406. 

 Growth m the sugar-cane, methods of 



measuring, 350. 



— of the sugar-cane, 323. 

 Guamo (Incfa du/cis), 203. 



(tuinea corn (.<so);jhum I'ldgare) »s human 



food, 372. 

 (ium in filter press cake, estiniati^ n 'if. 



261. 

 Giita-gamba (Gaicivi'i venulos"), 250. 

 Gymnasio n. nuilipes, 219. 



H. 



Haematoxylon eam|iechianHm (logwood). 



1 23. 330. 

 Hams, curing of, 61. 

 — , dry salting, 36. 

 Hanoverian or brown rat (.I/«s norveifi- 



cc.s = Afu^ decnmaiius), 90. 

 Hawaii, developments of the hog industry 



in, 364. 

 — , trade and commerce of in 1913-1 i, 9. 

 Hawaiian farmers helped to market their 



produce, 315. 

 — soils, 89. 



Haj' made froni Sudan grass, 380. 

 Hedges and wind-breaks. 28. 

 Hedychium coronarium (ginger lilv) 6il, 



283. 

 Hemp industry in Mexico, 150. 

 Henbane (Hi/osci/anius ni;/er), .300. 

 Heritiera minor. 28. 

 Hibiscus sabdaritta (l!o.selle or sorrel) 



lOs, 



High sllg^r |)rices, the reason for, 217. 

 Hints for raising onions, 201. 

 History of rubber, 292. 

 Hog indnstrv in Hawaii development of, 



364. 

 Hog plum tree {Spondias lutea), 74. 

 Hog-raising in Cub^, 404. 

 Hogs, feeding velvet beans tf), 284. 



maize-feil in the I'nited States, 156. - 

 --, velvet beans as for>d for, 201. — 



Holoquiscilus bncliypterus, 219. 



Home projects in agricultural education, 



301. 

 Hondur<vs, agricultural conditions in, 233. 

 Horse bean {C'Ji>tafalia ensitoniiis) in 



Grenada, 108. 

 Horse-mint {Monard't punctata), 233. 

 Horse-radish tree (Moringa ptetyf/osper- 



ma >, 202, 2 1 8. 

 Horses in St. Kitts and Anguilla, 159. 

 — , sugar and meat-meal fed to, 1 1 7. 

 House fly, control of, 380. 



— — . in relation to the pen manure 

 heap, 331. 



Human food, insects as a source of, 329. 



— — , utilizHtion of oil-seed for, 330, 

 Humming birds, feeding. 55. 



' Humogen". 268. 



Humus and water, s lil balance of, 247. 



Hurricane at Dominica, 297, 310 387. 



— — St. Kiit.s-Xevis, 355 



— — St. Thomas, 345 355. 



— — Toriola, 355. 



— ■ — — . lelief of sufferers, 412 



— in the ^'irgin Islands. 345, 355. 



— of August 1 9 i 6 at .Jamaica account 

 of, 412. 



— warnings, 2 1 0. 



— , West Indian, of September 191-5, 



damage occasiimed by, 252. 

 Hurricanes, West Indian, notes on, 277. 

 Hutsou, l)r. -T C, Aciins Entomb ogist, 



399. 

 Hybrid bougainvillaea, 235. 

 llvdrosul|ihite of soda, manufactuie of, 



"l87. 

 Hygrometer, chemical, a new, 191. 

 Hyoscyamus muticus, 287, 300, 421 



— niger. 287, 300. 



I 



Imperial Bureau of V^ntomology, Director 

 of 10 



— Department of Agriculture, })ublica- 

 tions of, 104, 393. 



— Institute, new council of the, 360, 

 Importation of animals from Antigua and 



IJarbuda into St Lucia prohibited, 



15. 

 Improvement of the sugar beet, 15'). 

 Incense trees in the West Indies, 407. 

 luilia, area under different crops in, 172. 

 — , cattle insurauc in, 204. 

 — . oil-pressint! industry in, 108. 

 — , progres- of agriculture in, 299. 

 — . seedling sugar-canes in, 44. 

 — . study of the sugar-cane in, 388. 

 — , sugar factory development in, 1 04. 

 — , tea cultivation in, 44. 

 — , veterinary work in, 191. 

 Indian corn, 221. 



— — , field selection of, 69. 

 — , influences of lime on, 300. 



— — , manuring of, 268. 

 Indian methods of seed testing, "1 1 6. 



