Vol. X^■l 



THE AGRICULTURAL NEW • 



O'MwBEK iO 



1917 



THE BEST MANURE FOR COLONIAL USE 



IS- 



Dissolved (Soluble) Guano 



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FOR SUaAK'CANE AIND OE^NERAL USE. 



:'RADE 



MARK. 



APPLY TO LOCAL AGENTS OR DIRECT TO:- 



The Ang*lo- Continental Guano 



Works, Ltd. 



Dock House, Billiter Street, London, E.G. 

 Barbados Ag-ents: James A. Lynch &; Co., Ltd., Bpidg-etowu. 



Department of Science and Agriculture,! 

 GOVERNMENT LABORATORY. 



1st ASSISTANT ANALYST. 



Halary, $/,::100 [jer annum, rlsiny to Sl,44(' by $7ii. 

 (On the Fixed Establishment.) 



Applications are invited from candidates for the above 

 post, who should be between twenty-three and thirty-six years 

 of age. Experience in the examination of food-stuffs for 

 adulteration, of spirits for strength, obscuration, and purity, in 

 the polarization of sugars and molasse.s, in the analyses of soils, 

 manures, and agricultural products generally is essential. 



Candidates must submit with their applications, details 

 of their training and experience in t'hemistry and Physics 

 and in practical analytical work, accoiiipanied, if feasible, by 

 copies of their diplomas from the institutions where trained, and 

 of testimonials issued by an official laboratory or by an 

 analyst of standing, copies of satisfactory certificates of 

 health and of character, together with copies of not more than j 

 three testimonials from their present and former employers. ! 



DUTIES. To control, under the direction of tiie Govern- 

 ment Analyst, the routine work of the Government Laboratory, | 

 and to make analyses of samples submitted under the Sale of i 

 Food and Drugs Ordinance, the Customs Ordinance, and the | 

 Spirits Ordinance, as well as of sugars, other sugar-cane ] 

 products, soils, manures, and agricultural and mineral products. 



Applications should be addresseil to the Director of 

 Science and Agriculture on or before October 31, 1917. 



J. B. HARRISON, 

 Director of Science it Agriculture. 



BORDEAUX MIXTURE. 



For use in mixing the above, we stock 



SULPHATE OF COPPER. 



Bordeaux is recognized as the best mixture for destroy 

 ing fungous pests on the rind of the cane plant prior to 

 planting. 



Assure a good spring, by using this mixture. 

 To be obtained from 



THE BARBADOS CO-OPERATIVE 



COTTON FACTORY, LIMITED, 



WHITE PARK, 

 BRIDaETOWN. BARBADOS. 



JUST ISSUED 



WEST INDIAN BULLETIN, 

 VoL XVI, No. 3. 



Containing paper.s wl.ich deal principally with Cotton 

 Cultivation and Cotton Fe^ts; and Notes on the Hurricanes of 

 last year in the West ludit- i, etc., etc. J 



To be obtained ft om the agents foi' thsj sale 

 of the publications of this Department. 



PRICE 6d. each. — POST FREE, 8d. 



Printed at Office ofr^^Agricidtuml Reporter, 4, High Street, Bridger.oiiro, Barbados. 



