444 



St. Luciii Agricultural and Coinniercial 



S'icietv, address bv Dr. Watt.s belore, 



24G. 

 • — - . Mgricultnial |iiodiic(' expurted 



fvmu, 412. 

 • — — . bay oil and bav rum industry 



it), 1 10. 



— - . ca'sava in, 311. 



■ — — , Ci'own lands for foldiers in, 

 27. 



— — , exports from, .331. 



■ — — Ciovernmeiit Lime .Juice Fac- 

 tory, 294. 



— — , grasses of. 32.5. 



— — , introduction of .Jack Spaniard 

 into, 10. 



— — , items of local interest, 2, 30, 77, 

 102, 104. 180, 244, 2G2, 301, 30^*, 

 382. 



— — land settlement. 310 



- — — Jiegislative t..'ouncil. Adminis- 

 trator's opening address to, 143. 



— — - lime juice factory, 41. 



• — — , logwood cultivation on waste 

 land in, 'J-J. 



— --, maximum ])rice of foodstuff's in, 

 396. 



■ — — , plant importations into, restric- 

 tions on, 341. 



— — , sugar cane in, 311. 



— — , sweet potato in, 310. 



(St. Thoma?, hurricane at, 34.5, 355. 



»St. Vincent, address by Dr. Francis 

 Watts at, 11, 



- — — , agricultural credit system, re- 

 port on, 57. 



. — — , Arrowroot Growers Association, 

 59. 



— — , corn cultivation in, encourage- 

 ment of, 184. 



— — , general industrial situation of, 

 157. 



— (lovernment Granary, rules for 

 purchase of corn by, 381. 

 - — — , items of local interest, 39, 102, 

 132, 104, 212, 244, ;!01. 347, 398, 

 120. 



. live stock observations in, 159 

 — , — ■ — trade at, 158. 

 — . pigeon peas exported from, 213. 



— — , salting po-k in, 159 



— — , working of the Anderson oil 

 expellcr in, 381 



8ale of Food and Drugs Ordinan(-e, St 



Kut?, 7G. 

 yalicylic acid and soy beans, 389, 

 Salisbury bacon factory, 319. 



— oil factory, 201. 

 Sanitation, tropical, 105 



Santo Domingo, sugar corp in, 389. 

 Sap, transfu.sion of, 27. 

 Sapodilla tree (Ar.hras Sapnta), 275. 

 Sarsaparilla on the liOndon market, 31. 



62 HI. 143, 175, 191, 239, 255, 287 



335, 383, 431. 

 Sasa ramo.sa 40. 

 Scent extraction entleurage system of, 



137. 



1 School children, employment of after ' 

 school hours, danger attendant on, 236. 



— gardening in Barba ios, 84 



— -- .lamaica, 84. 



— gardens in IJritish (iuiana, 58. 



1 — of agriculture, I'eradeiiiya, 108. 

 --, Tropical Agriculture, Ceylon, 136. 

 Schools, indoor gardening for, 75. 

 Science and colonial agriculture, 91. 



— - Industry, (Commonwealth In- 

 stitute of, 139. 



— — practice in American fanning, 

 ; 313. 



Scientific and industrial research, 88 



— research and industrial progress, 296 

 ' — , — , importance of to the indus- 

 tries, 376. 



Sea I.«land cotton, expoi-ts from West 

 Indies, 133. 



— — — in Barbados, 54. 



— — — industry, American con- 

 ditio-' of 18. 



Sea Island cotton market, 22, 38, 54, 70, 

 102, 119, 133, 151, 167, 181, 215, 

 231, 249, 262, 278, 326, 367, 374, 

 390, 406, 419. 



Seaweed, composition of, 380. 



— , feeding experiments with, 380. 



— , production of potash from, 185. 



Seed testing, Indian methods of, 316, 



Seeds, effect of light on germination of, 

 377. 



— , life duration of, 351. 

 iScmecarpus anacardium, 300 



Senecio lotifolius, 218. 



Serenoa serrulata, 235. 

 ; Seychelles, rubber cultivation in, 428. 

 [Shallow- water resources of Turks Islands, 

 280. 



Sheep, Kgyptian, 361. 



Sida glomerata, 202. 



Sierra Leone, lime cultivation in, 425, 

 i — — , palm kernel trade of, 421 . 



Silk camp at Simla, 391. 

 ! Silk-cotton tree {Erioihndron anfrac- 

 \ tuosnm.), 202, 267. 



Silk production in Colombia 60. 



Silkworm industry in Trinidad, 204. 



Silkworms of Africa, 363. 



Sisal hemp (Agave Cnntida), 121. 



— — (Ar/ave riqida, var, fis(da7ui), 

 121 



Skin diseases of cattle, new facts concern- 

 ing, 67. 



Sodium salts, effects of on p'anl growth, 

 364. 



Soil analysis by plantation inanagersi, 15. 



— , bacteria in, enemies of, 399 



— , bacterial activities of, influence of, 

 pen manure an<l water upon, 34S. 



— , bacteriological studies of, 365. 



Soil- balance of humus and water, 247. 



Soil, compactness of. device for testinsr, 

 50 



— erosion due to heavy rainfall 1(»5 



— explosives, value of, 127- 



— formation, effect of climate on, 76 



— gases, composition of, 'il. 



Soil irregularities, method of correcting 

 for. 140. 



— moisture in sugar plantations, con- 

 servation of, 159. 



— — , storage of, 26. 

 — • — , use of, 26 



— sampler for soil bacteriologists, 316i 

 — , spirit of, 50. 



— tilth, measurement of, 204. 



— types in Fiji, i40 



— ventilation, constructive, 392. 

 — , water losses from, 94. 

 Soils, alkali, sulphur on, 414. 



— , biochemical decomposition of nitro- 

 genous substances in, 76. 

 — , ett'ect of climate on jiroperties of, 278^ 

 — , Hawaiian, 89. 



— , influence of temperature on, 18-5. 

 — , moisture in, 200 

 --, pressure in, 200. 

 — , steam sterilization of, 239. 

 Solubility of r.'ck in pure water, 78. 

 Sorghum, 22 1 . 



— breeding for drought adaptation, 83. 



— grain as human food, 44. 

 — , prussic acid content of, 253. 



— vulgare (Guinea corn), 372. 



Sour grasses West Indian, botiinieal 



identity of, 179. 

 Sour Soils and Liming', 44. 

 Source of nitrogen in legumes, 200, 

 ^'oursop (Anoiia muricata). 116. 

 Soy beans and salicylic acid, 389 

 Spanish thyme (C'uleus arniaticus), 69 

 Sparrow hawk [Faleo Sjjuwovius), 197. 

 Spices, exports from Grenada, 12. 

 Spirit of the soil, 50. 

 Spondiasduleis |i-ythereo.'l (golden a ople). 

 116 



— lutea (hog plum tree). 74. 

 Sponge cultivation. 407. 



— — in the llaliamas, improvemsnt 

 of. 392. 



Sponae^, cultivation of, 205. 



— , demand for 23l'. 



Sporobolns indicua (lied grass or wire- 

 grass), 236. 



Standards for dairy products, 236 



Sttam boilers, working and maintenance 

 of, 61 



— sterili/.ati"n of soils, 23!*. 

 -'^tills, simple, for essentia] oils, 259. 

 Stock farm, Barbuda, 159 



Stocks for citrus experiments with, 2.50. 

 Storage of manure, 21. 



— — pen manure, 271. 



— soil moisture, 26. 

 Storm damage in Dominica, 297. 

 Stry tlanuuea (liarn-owll, 197. 

 Studies in Indian sugar canes, 34. 

 Substitutes for lemonadri. 254. 

 Sudan, cotton industry in, 86. 



— grass, 19'J 



— - and .Johnson grass, distinguish- 

 ing characters of seeds of. 395. 



- - for makina hay. 380. 

 Sugar and meat-meal, feeding hor.-'es on, 

 117. 



