THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS 



Publications on sale of the Imperial Department of Agriculture 



FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



The ' WEST INDIAN BULLETIN '. A Quarterly Scientmc Journal. 



Volume I. No. 1. Out of print. Nos. 2, 3, and 4, in original paper covers a.s issued, price Is. each. Post free, Is. 2cl, 

 Volumes II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, and XI:— Price 2s. each ; Post free 2s. 8d, where complete. (Ill, 2; 



IV, 3; and V, 2 and 3 are out of print.) 

 Volume XII. No. 1. Containing papers on: Manurial Experiments with Cotton in the Leeward Islands: The Cotton 

 Industry in the Leeward Islands; Rubbur in the Drier West Indian Islands, with Special Reference to 

 Antigua; Some Notes on Rubber Trees in Dominica; The Cadet System in Antigua and St. Kitts; An 

 Account of the Return of Vegetation and the Revival of Agriculture, in the Area Devastated by the 

 Soufriere of St. Vincent, in 1902 3; Notes on St. Lucia and its Agriculture; The Lime Industry in 

 St. Lucia; The Estimation of Carbonates and of Organic Carbon in Soils; The Epizootiology of Anthrax; 

 Grafted Cacao at the I )oniinica Botanic Station: The Determination of the Water Content of Molasses 

 and the Composition of Antigua and St. Kitts-Nevis Molasses, and Title Page and Index of Vol. XI. 



PAMPHLET SERIES. 



The Pamphlets are written in a simple and popular manner and the information contained in them is especially 

 adapted to West Indian conditions. They contain, amongst other subjects, summaries of the results of the experiment work 

 on sugar-cane and manures, the full official reports of which have only a limited circulation. The number issued up to the 

 present time is seventy. Those mentioned in the following list are still available; the rest are out of print. 



SiGAR Industry. fl4) Screw Worm in Cattle at St. Lucia. Price 2d. 



Seedling and other Canes at Barbados (15) Plain Talk to Small Owners. Price 2d. 



in 19W. No, 3, price 2d.; in 1901, No. 13, price 4d.; (16) Hints on Onion Cultivation. Price 24. 



in 1902, No. 19, price 4fi.; in 1903, No. 26, price 4rf.; (17) General Treatment of Fungoid Pests. Price 4<i. 



in 1904, No. 32, price 4(1. (18) Recipes for Cooking West Indian Yams. Price 2d. 



Seedling Canes and Manurial ExperimenU at Barbados, (25) Ground Nuts in the West Indies. Price 2d. 



in 1903-5, No. 40, price 6d. ; in 1904-6, No. 44, price M. ; (28) Barbados and Porto Rico Molasses. Price 3d. 



in 1905-7, No. 49, price 6d. , in 1906-8, No. 59, price 6d. ; (34) Notes on Rabbit Keeping in the West Indies. Price 2d. 



in 1907-9, No. 62, price 6d. ; No. 66, price 6</. (35) Information in regard to Agricultural Banks. Price od. 



Seedling and other Canes in the Leeward Islands, (37) Cultivation of Oranges in Dominica. Price id. 



in 1900-1, No. 12, price 2d.; in 1901-2, No. 20, price 2d.; (38) Cultivation and Curing of Tobacco. Price id. 



in 1902-3, No. 27, price 2d.; in 1903-4, No. 33, price id.; (4l) Tobago, Hints to Settlers. Price 6d. 



in 1904-5, No. 39, price 4(7.; in 1905-6, No. 46, price id.; ""- ^ "— ^--J --^ -^ " ' 



in 1906-7, No. 50, price id.; in 1907-8, No. 56, price id.; 



(43) Cotton Seed and Cotton-cake-meal on West Indian Planta- 

 tions. Price 2d. 

 in 1908-9, No. 03, price 6d.; in 1909-10, No. 67, price Od. (45) A B C of Cotton Planting. New and Enlarged Edition. 

 Manurial Experiments with Sugar-cane in the Leeward Lslands, Price 6d. 



iu 1902-3, No. 30 price 4d. ; in 1903-4, No. 36, price 4d.; (54) Fungus Diseases of Cacao and Sanitation of Cacao Orchards. 



in 1904-5, No. 42, price 4(/.; in 1905-6, No. 47, price id.; Price id. 



in 1906-7, No. 51, price 4d.; in 1907-8, No. 57, price 4d.; (55) Millions and Mosquitos. Price 3d. 



in 1908-9, No. 64, price 4d.; in 1909-10, No. 68, price 4d. (58) Insect Pests of Cacao. Price 4d. 



Scale Insects. - (60) Cotton Gins, How to Erect and Work Them. Price id. 



Scale Insects of the Lesser .Antilles, Part I No. 7, price 4d. ; (61) The Grafting of Cacao. Price 4d. 



Part II., No. 22, price id. (65) Hints for School Gardens, Fourth Edition. 



General. (69) Hints to Settlers in St. Lucia. Price 6d. 



(5) General Treatment of Insect Pests (Revised), price 4d. (70) Coco-nut Cultivation in the West Indies. Price 6d. 



The above will be supplied post free for an additional charge of ],d. for the pamphlets marked 2<i., Id. for those 

 marked 4^., and \y. for Nos. 40, 41, 44, 4-5, 49, 59, 62, 63, 67, 69 and 70. 



The ' AGRICULTURAL NEWS '. A Fortnightly Review. 



The ' Agricultural News ' contains extracts from otlicial correspondence and from progress xaA 

 other reports; and, in fact, any information indicating what is going on in each colony, and the progress made in 

 Agricultural matters throughout the West Indies. 



The ' Agricultural News ' is printed in time to be distributed, regularly, by each mail, and is on sale by the 

 local agents of the Department at one penny per number, post free, id. The subscription price, including postage, is 

 2s. Id. per half-year, or 4s. id. per annum. Volumes IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, and IX complete, with title page and index, as issued 

 — Price 4s. each. — Post free, 5s. Some numbers of the early volumes are out of print and therefore these volumes can no 

 longer be supplied complete. The scale of charges for Advertisements may be obtained on application to the Agent?. All 

 applications for copies are M ht addressed to the Agents, not to the Department. 



Agents. 



The following have been appointed Agents for the sale of the publications of the Department ; — 

 London: Messrs. Dulau i Co.. 37. Soho Square, W. .St. Vincent: Mr. L. S. Moseley, Agricultural School. 



Barbados : Messrs. Bowen k Sons. Bridgetown. St. Lucia : Mr. M. A. Lawrence, Botanic Station. 



Jamaica: The Educational Supply Company, 16, Kine Dominica: Mr. J. R. H. Beidgewater, Roseau. 



Street, Kingston. Jfontserrat : Mr. W. Robson, Botanic Station. 



5ri<isA CjuVina.- The 'Daily ChronicleOffice. Georgetown. .innoua : Mr. S. D. Malone. St. John's. 

 Trinidad: Mes-srs. Muir-Marshall i Co.. Port-of-Spam. St. Kitts: The Bible and Book Supply Aoency, Basseterre. 



Tobago: Mr. C. L. Plaoemann, Scarborough. /'ems: Messrs. Howell, Bros., Charlestown. 



Grenada : ' The Stores ' (Grenada) Limited. St. Genrae. 



