441 



Li ft -jackets, required buoyancy of, "243. 

 Light, effect of on germination of seeds, 



377. 

 Lightning, eti'ect of on coco-nut palms, 84. 

 Lima bean experiments in ^lontserrat. 



175. 

 Lime burning in small pits, 107. | 



— cultivation in Sierra Leone, 425. 



— Growers' Association, Antigua, inau- 

 guration of, 364. 



J.ime-growing industiy in Jamaica, 44. = 

 Lime juice, clean concentrated, production 



of, 224. 

 — — , concentrating by freezing, 379, 



429. ' " 



— — , e.xports from Trinidad in 1915, 

 349. 



— — factory, Deraerara Government, 

 277. 



— — — , Government co-operative, 

 sugge.sted for Trinidad, 412. 



— — — , St. Lucia, 41 



— — — , — — Government, 294. 

 — — on the London market, 62, 111, 



143, 175, 191, 239, 287, 335, 383, 431. i 



— — products, record shipment from I 

 Dominica, 375. ! 



- — products, exports from ] tominica, 196, 



— oil history, Dominica, 252. 



- — — , luxury, trade restrictions and 

 price of, 423. 



— — on the London market. 31, 62, 

 111, 143 175, 191, 239, 255, 335, 383, i 

 431 1 



— trees, etlect of mulching on, 358. I 



— — in Dominica, manurial experi- 

 ments with, 341. 



Live stock, co-operative insurance of, 229. 

 Live Stock Notes : — 



Barbados doDkeys,cows, and goats, 158 



Barbuda stock farm, 159. 



Berkshire and Tamworth boars in the 

 Virgin Islands, 158. 



Horses and donkeys in St. Kitts and 

 Anguilla, 159 



Live stock observations in St Vincent, 

 159. 



— — trade t f St. Vincent, 158 



Plymouth Keck fowls at Tortola, 158- 



Spraying for ticks in Antigua, 159. I 

 Lodoicea Seychellarum (Coco-de-Mer), 



279. 

 -Logwood {Haemato.rijlon campec/iiauum), 



123. 



— cultivation on waste land in St. Lucia, 

 95. 



— , export from British West Indies 

 prohibited, 60. 



— , the future of, 33(i. 



• — , trial shipments from Mauritius to 

 I'nited Kingdom, 140. 



Louisiana, nitrogenous manures for sugar- 

 cane in, 131. 



M- 



Mare on ihe London market. 31, 62, 191, 

 255, 335. 



Machine ploughing in Cuba, 263 

 Mahoe (see '-John Bull" tree). 

 Mahogany (Svietenia Maliagoni), 123. 

 Maiden's blush (Mornwrdica Charantid), 



202. 

 Maize, experiments on manuring of. 396. 

 Maize, nutritive value of new and old, 



124 



— show at Antigua, 152. 



\laize-fed hogs in the United States, 



156. 

 Malachra capitata (wild ochros), 202 

 Malaya, rubber production in, 28. 

 Malp'ghia glabra (Birbailos cherry), 250. 

 Mammee apple (Mammea aniericana), 



271. 

 Manchester and colonial sugar, 153 



— — the We.st Indian Cotton 

 Conference, 393 



Manganese, action of, under acid and 



neutral so 1 conditions, 428 

 Mange on dogs, eradication of bv dipping, 



159. 

 \yA.ng(){Mangijeraindica), 202, 303. 

 ilangoade, how to prepare, 254 

 Mangoes, classilication of, 52. 



— of Cuba, 297 

 — , preserved, 20. 



Mangosteen {Oarcinia juati'joslana), 250 

 Mangrove wood, use of for pit props, 381. 

 ilanihot dichotoma, 108 



— heptaphylla, 108. 



— piauhyensis, 108. 

 Manufacture of pen manure, 271. 

 Manure, infusorial earth used as, 47. 

 — , storage of, 2 1 



— , value of coco-nut husks as, 44. 

 Manures, influence of on composition and 



i|uality of tobacco, 236 

 Manurial experiments with lime trees in 



Dominica, .^41 

 Manuring cacao in British Guiana, 149. 

 ''Sla.Tnog' (Artocnrpu? odoiatissiriia), 116. 

 Marine industries, new, tor the West 



Indies, 185. 



— — of the Bahamas, 412 

 Market Keports, 16, 32, 48, 64, SO, 96, 



112, 128, 144. 160, 176, 192, 208, 

 224, 240, 256, 272, 288, 304, 320, 

 336, 352, 368, 384, 400, 416, 432 



Martinique, agricultural prospects in, 107. 



ilatte tea production in southern Brazil, 

 409. 



Mauritius, fibre industry of, 61. 



— , motor implements in, 131. 



Measurement of soil tilth, 204, 232. 



— — timber, 380 

 Meat, preservation ofj 55. 



Method, plea for greater uniformity of, 



248.' 

 Mexican methods of tappii'g Castilloa, 



2.S3. 

 Microscopic parasites uf plants, 364. 

 Milk adulteration in British Guiana. 



252 

 — , cows', eti'ect of water in the ration, on 



composition of, 245. 

 — , Dominica, composition of, 139. 



'Milk in St Kitt>-, fixed standard of purity 

 for. 264. 



— — the tropics, composition of, 223. 

 — , legal standard for, 139, 



Millet breeding for drought adaptation, f<3. 

 Milling of rice, 172 

 Mimosa pudica, 427 

 Moisture in soils, 200. 

 Molasses as a manure, 284, 

 , — , motor spirit from, 219. 

 I — versus gasoline, 348. 

 ' Molybdenum ores in Virgin Gorda, 25j 

 Monarda punctata (horse-mint), 233. 

 Monkey apple (Anona paluslris glai>)'(i), 



116.^ 

 I Montserrat, agricultural prospects in, 328 

 I — , bay tree experiments in, 23. 

 I — , close season Ordinance for cotton in, 



168. 

 j — , date for planting cotton in, 70. 

 — , cotton selection and seed suoply in, 



427. 

 — , experiments with Lima bean.s in, 175. 

 — , items of local interest, 2, 39, 103, 

 133, 180, 212, 244, 276, 308, 365, 

 398, 420. 

 — , papain from, 117. 

 Moringa pterygosperma (Horse-radish 



tree), 202, 218. 

 Mormordica Charantia (Maiden's bu>h), 



202. 

 Morphology ^f the sugar-cane, 268. 

 .\lorus alba, 358 



Moth bean {Pho^eolus aconitifoliu.f), 101. 

 Motor implemeuLs in Mauritius and Cuba, 

 I 131 



I — plough demonstrations in England 

 and France, 117. 



— — for light work, 142 

 ' — — , the coming of, 22. 



— spirit from molasses, 219 

 Mouse or rat trap, an ingenious, 236. 

 Mulberry forest, 391 



Mulching, eti'ect of on lime trees, 358. 



— sugar-cane, 430. 

 Mules, fertility of, 393. 



^ Mung bean {Pliaseolus aureus), 101. 



Mus norvegious:=Mus decumanus (Hano- 

 I verian, or brown rat), 90. 



Musa Cavendi.shii, 424. 



N. 



Xapiei's fodder or Elephant gmss (Feii- 

 • nis'-tuiH purpuienm), '201. 

 Natural colour in plants, preservation of, 



409. 

 Nature study in Botanic Gardens 24. 

 Navel orange, Bahia. origin of 361. 

 Neuiolaena lobata (Erb-a-Picque), 271. 

 Mevis, agriculture in, 59, 411. 

 — , encouragemen^ of cotton cultivation 



in, 165. 

 — , items of local interest. 3 39, 103, 

 164, 180, 213, 262, 276, 365, 398, 

 42 I . 



