THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



Publications on sale of the Imperial Department of Agriculture 



FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



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



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

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



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

 Volume XII. Nos. 1 and 2. No 3: — Cac^^o: Methods of Sprajing Cacao; Fungus Diseases of Cacao; Cacao Canker; 

 A Possible Inference to be Drawn from the Studies on Cacao Canker; Insect Pests of Cacao; ilanurial 

 Experiments on Cacao in Trinidad; A Description of the Barnard Cacao Polisher; The Structure and Polli- 

 nation of the Cacao Flower. Suc^R: ilanurial Experiments iu Sugar-cane in Trinidad and Tobago; 

 A Comparison of Some Seedling Sugar canes with the Bourbon variety in Barbados; Bourbon and 

 Seedling Canes; The Application of Mendelian Principles to Sugar oane Breeding; The Study of Sugar- 

 canes with a View to their Classification; A Quick Jlethod for Estimating Moisture in Megass; The 

 Sugar Industry in Antigua and St. Kitt«- Nevis; and The Determination of the Water Content of Molasses. 



PAMPHLET SERIES 

 The Pamphlets are written in a simple and popular manner and the intormation 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 manure.s, 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. 



SuG.^R Industry. (14) Screw Worm in Cattle at St. Lucia. Price 2d. 



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



in 1900. No, 3, price 2(/.; in l!Hil, No. 13, price 4./.; (16) Hints on ( )nion Cultivation. Price 2<i. 



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



in 1904, No. 32, price id. (18) Recipes for Cooking West Indian Yama. Price 2d. 



Seedling Canes and Manurial Experiments at Barbados, (2'>) Oround Nuts in the West Indies. Price 2d. 



in 1903-5, No. 40, price 6d ; in lit04-6, No 44, price 6rf.; (lid; Barbados and Porto Rico .Molasses. Price 3.<. 



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



iu 1907-9, No. 62, price 6d. ; No. 66, price Gd. (33) 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 2rf.; 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.; (41) Tobago, Hints to Settlers. Price 6d. 



in 1904-5, No. 39, price 4rf.; in 1905-6, No. 46, price 4d.; (43) Cotton Seed and Cotton-cake-meal on West Indian Planta- 

 in 1906-7, No. 50, price id.; in 1907-8, No. 56, price id.; tions. Price 2d. 



in 1908-9, No. 63, jnice 6(/.; in 1909-10, No. 67, price 6rf. (45) A B C of Cotton Planting. New and Enlarged Edition. 

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



in 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 id. ; in 19(}5-6, No. 47, price id. ; Price id. 



in 1906-7, No. 51, price id.; in 19U7-8, No. 57, price id.; (55) Millions and Mosquitos. Price 3d. 



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



General. (60) Cotton Gins, How to Erect and Work Thera. Price id. 



C!) Mid 2i '^cxle Insects of the Lesser ,\ntilles. Part f. price (61) The Grafting of Cacao. Price 4i. 



4d.; Part II., price 4<i. (65) Hints for School Gardens, Fourth Edition. 



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



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



(71) Insect Pests of the Lesser Antilles. Price Is. 3rf. 

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



marked id., and \hl. for No.s. 40, 41, 44, 45, 49, .59, 62, 63, 67, 69 and 70. Postage for No. 71, id. 



The ' AGRICULTURAL NEWS '. A Fortnightly Review. 



The ' Agricultural News ' contains extracts from official correspondence and from progress and 

 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 num>-«r, post free, 2d. The subscription price, including postage, ia 

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

 — Price 4.S. 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 Agents. All 

 applrrations for copies ore tn hr iiddresacd to thf Ac/entx, not to the Department. 



Agents. 



The following tiave tieen aopuinted Agents for the sale of the uubhcations of the Department : — 

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



Barbados : Messrs. "Bowen A Sons. Bridgetown. .-it. Lucia .■ Mr. M. A. Laweence, Botanic Station. 



Jamaica: The Ei>ucational Supply Company, 16. King Dominica: Mr. .1. R. H. Bkidgewater, Roseau. 



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



5rittsA 6^«i(tn't.- The 'Daily ChronicleOpfice. Georgetown, .\niigua : Mr. 3. D. Malone. St. John's. 

 Trinidad : Messrs .Muir- Vf .:vrshall i Co.. Port-of-Spain. St. Kitts : The Bible and Book Supply Agency, Basseterre. 



Tohago: Mr. C. L. Plaoemann, Scarborough. .^evin : Messrs. HcwELL, Bros., Charles'^own. 



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



