419 



British East Africa, arrowroot cultiva- 

 tion in, 69. 



— — — , lime cultivation in, 69. 



British Empire, cotton growing in, lt<2. 



British-grown wheat supply, increasing, 

 •222. 



British Guiana, agriculture in, 244. 



_- — . arapainia, a large fish in, 



268. 



— birds in.hand list of, 156. 



— Board of Agriculture, 



77. 



— , cacao cultivation in, 



methods of, ")0. 



— , cattle-raising, potential- 

 ities of, 124. 



— , extension of coffee cul- 

 tivation in, 236. 



— fisheries, room for de- 

 velopment of, 124. 



— , food supply question in, 



24. 



— , hinterland of, 6 ] . 



— , Lime Juice Factory, 



109. 



— . manuring cacao in, 55 



— . mechanical tillage in, 



progress of, 44. 

 — , primary and secondary 



education in, 105. 

 J rice and provision crops 



in, production of, 57. 



— , — crop in 1917, 360. 



_ _, trade in 1913, 32^. 



British Honduras, agricultural com- 



iiission, 24t<, 271. 



— , exports from, 184. 



British India, rice crop in 191.3-16, 268. 

 British Isles, rainfall during 1916, 108. 

 British rubber industry, 283. 



sugar technologists, 216. 



British West Indies, agricultural credit 



in, 38. 

 Broom corn, 140. 

 Brunfelsia americana, 174. 

 Bucida buceras (Tear tree), 330. 

 Bud variation in lemons, 92. 

 Buildings, methods of getting rid of bats 



in, 21. 



Burmese bamboo (Cephah'Stachymum 

 piiy/racile), 174. 



By-products of the sugar industry, pos- 

 sible uses of, 323. 



CsiCajo (Theo/i)0)ua Canto), 7. 



, branching habits of. 172. 



, cultivation in Uganda, 348. 



' , methods in British 



Guiana, 53. 



_ fields, hints for improving the pro- 

 duction of, 411. 



flowering habits of, 172. 



' horse bean {(Jamvalia eiiufi'rmi!<). 



as a green dressing fcr, 276. 



Cacao industry, Gold Coast, 220. 



— — in Ecuador, 172. 



— , manuring in British Guiana, 55. 

 — , price of, effect of storage room on, 



245. 

 — , the- world's production of. 363. 



— thrips in Grenada, 329. 



Caicos Islands, cotton industry in, 220. 



— — ■, new industries in, 313 

 ■ Caja ' (Sp'-ndias lutea), 1 19. 



— mingo [S pond ias cytherea), 119. 

 Cajanus indicus (pigeon pea), 78. 

 Calathea AUouya (Topee Tambou), 253, 



364. 

 California, cotton production in. 392. 

 — , date culture in, 29 1 . 

 California Fruit Growers' Exchange, 415. 

 Camphor {Cinnamrmium Camphm'a), 



174. 179, 317. 



— oil from the Federated Malay 

 State> and Mauritius, 317. 



— trees, solid and liquid, 1 79. 

 Canada and the West Indies, trade 



between, 207. 

 — . live-stock industry in 1913-16, 195. 

 — . scientific and industrial research 



in. 261. 

 Canada's trade with tlie world, 140. 

 Canadian Department of Trade and 



Commerce, Blue Books for 1916, 140. 

 Canavalia ensiformis (horse bean), 94, 



1.5.5, 343. 



— — ( — — ), as a 

 food plant, 81. 



green dressing for cacao, 276. 



— - (- -), for 

 cooking, 367. 



— — (Jack bean), protein 

 compounds in, 37. 



— — (sword bean), a good 

 cover crop, 37. 



— gladiata (horse bean), recipes for 

 cooking, 367. 



— — (sword bean), 94. 



— — ( — — ), as a food 



plant, 81. 



— incerva, 94. 



Canavalias, growing for food in tlie 



West Indies, 94. 

 Cane fields, new method of killing weeds 



in, 394. 



— land, molasses as a fertilizer for, 

 179. 



Canella alba on the London market, 95, 



191, 255. 

 Canes damaged by fire, quality of, 313. 

 Capsicum annuum, 361. 

 Carambola (A i-errhoa raramf'ota), 1 1 9. 

 Carbohydrates, influence of on green 



plants, 158. 

 Careers in tropical agriculture, 281. 

 Carib yam or waw-waw (Rajania pli'- 



niiiira). 233. 

 Carica Papava (papaw, jiapaya. or ma- 



maol, \V\ 139. 



( Carriacou, prize-holding.s competitions in, 



i 238. 



'Carum copticum (ajowan), 44, 114, 303, 

 .361, 372. 



I Caryophyllus jambos, (jumbo or rose- 

 apple), 1 1 9. 



Cashew nut (4aar';r</('M//(Occ/':/e»«a/e),36.>. 



— nuts on the London market, 15, 

 95, 159, 191, 253 287, 335, .399. 



Cassava (Mmiihot utiUsshna), 253. 



— planting on banked and unbanked 

 land, 69. 



— production in Queensland, 60. 

 — , rotation for, 245. 



Cassia Fistula on the London market^ 

 143, 1.59, 223. 2.5.5, 287, 367. 



— nodosa, 174. 



' Cassie " (Acacia farnedana), 39. 

 Casuarina equisetifolia, 132, 372. 

 Cattle, age determination of in different 



countries, 133. 

 — , immature, prohibiting tbe slaughter 



of, at St. Lucia, 185. 



— reserve, British, in Africa, 101. 

 Cattle-raising potentialities of British 



Guiana, 124. 

 Celosia cristata (cockscomb), 349. 

 Central Africa, scientific exploration in, 



136. 



— sugar factories, Antigua and St. 

 Kitts. notes on, 83, 197. 



Cephalostachymum pergracile (Burmese 



bamboo), 174. 

 Cereals, world's supply of. 150. 

 . Ceylon Agricultural Society, Year book, 

 ' 191718,121. 

 ,' — School of Tropical Agriculture, first 



year's work, 121. 

 I — spinach (Bfisella allia), 174. 

 Chaff-cutter adapted as sweet potato 

 j slicer, 292. 

 I Chamberlain, Joseph, and the We.st 



Indies, 185. 

 Chemical Industry, annual reports of 

 society of, 281. 



— reactions, ' accelerants ' for, 76. 



— work in America, 37. 

 Chemistry and food supplies, 214. 

 'Cherry of Brazil ' (Etiffenia f't-asilierms), 



119. 

 Chiggers or chigoes, 249. 

 China wood-oil (AUvrites Fordii), 19. 

 China, a cotton-producing country, 364, 

 Chinese bamboo {Buml'Uia vulgaris), 7. 



— bean, 38. 



Chlorisga)aoa (Rhodes grass), 12. 

 Choco {Sechiuiii eduJe), 359. 

 Cinnamomum Camphora (Camphor), 174, 



179,317. 

 Circassian bean {Adenantkera paronirt'i) 



95. 

 Citric acid on the London market, 13 



63, 9.5. 1.59, 191, 223. 25.5. 287, .'i.V.' 



307, 399. 

 Citrus aurantium. 107 



— canker in South Africa 190. 



