422 



Fermentation of sisal waste, 71. 

 Fertilizers in South Africa, regulation of 



sale of, 287. 

 • — , loss of, by leaching, 2S1. 

 Fibres, present value of, 329. 

 Ficus Carica (fig), 174. 



— elastica (tig), 7. 



•— nitida (Barbados evergreen tree), 

 174. 



— religiosa, 17.5. 



— sp., 139. 



Fig (Ficus elastica), 7. 



— (Ficus Carica), 174. 

 Fire-balls made from waste paper, 39. 

 Fish meal for feeding stock, 2*)5. 



— poisoning, 187. 



— — in Cyprus streams and 

 rivers, 28. 



Fisheries in Trinidad, protection of, 2-51. 



— of British Guiana, room for develop- 

 ment of, 124. 



■ — , shallow-water, of the Turks Islands, 



163. 

 ]*'ishes, poi^^onou?, in tlie West Indies, 



187. 

 Fixation of the nitrogen of the air, 393. 

 Fleshy jjod bean (Sti'-ololduin paclur 

 "■ lohiHin), cultivation in ilontserrat, 12 



38. 

 Flies, a means of destroying, 214. 

 Flora of Vieques, 300. 

 Florida caerulea caerulescens (little blue 



heron), 2.")0. 

 Florida oranges, oil yield of, 183. 

 Flour, native, in Orenada, 12.5. 

 — , price of, 309. 

 Food conservation, 393. 



— economy, 26-0. 



.' — supplies, and chemistry, 214. 



— — in St. Lucia, 201. 



■ — — , lo;al, in St. Vincent, 194. 

 - — — , — , organization of, 2.1. 



— supply, 'ireat Britain's, 100. 



— — legislation in Barbados, 19."). 



— — of the Philippines. 101. 



— — .[uestion in British Guiana, 

 24. 



■ — — , West Indian, 62. 

 ,- — — in St. Lucia, 12. 



— value of farine or cassava meal, ini) 

 ■ — — — maize kernel, 236. 



■ — values, 93. 



Foods, iodine content of, 280. 



— , standards for, 271. 



Foodstuffs commonly consumed in the 



West Indies, analyses of, .")1. 

 • — , local, eflorts to produce, 294. 

 — , • — , exhibition of in St. Vincent, 277. 

 Pood, scarcity of in Jamaica, 103. 

 Foot-and-mouth disease eradicated in 

 ;t United States, 284. 

 Forage crops in Pihodesia, 297. 

 Foreign islands and British agriculture, 



202. 

 F(>rc;t.s, influence on rainfall in India, 92. 

 -- of Porto ffioo. 1 sg. 



Fowl-eating propensities of the mon- 

 goose, 283. 



Freezing point of mercury, 252. 



Freight facilities, diminishing, in the 

 West Indies, 159. 



French and foreign colonies in the 

 tropics, resources of, 57. 



Frost, Henrv W. i Go., 3, 22, 38, 54, 

 70, S6. li8, 1.50, 166, 182, 168, 230. 

 278, 326, 342, 3-58, 390. 



Fruit Growers' Exchange, California, 

 415. 



Fruit, home drying of, 342. 



— picker, 380. 



— trees, desirable, .''.V^O. 



Fruit growing in the Xile Valley. 184. 

 Fruiting of the ' male ' papaw, 168. 

 Fruits and vegetables as substitutes 

 for meat and bread, 393. 



— grown at Bahia in Ijrazil, 119. 



— , importance of humidity in storagt; 



of. 156. 

 ' Fruta de conde ' {Anomi S'/wimofa), 



119. 

 ' — — pao , or breadfruit (Artocar- 



piis coiiiiiitcnis), 1 19. 

 Fuel, amount consumed by boilers, 92. 



— economy in France, 39. 

 Fungus Xotes (see Plant Diseases). 



G. 



Gall patches of Antigua soils, 159. 

 Garcinia Mangcstana(M mgosteen), 17). 

 Gaseous pressure in growth, 267. 

 Gassing of plants, 127. 

 Geography of the South American rail- 

 ways, 156. 

 Geology, agricultural, te.xt book on. 12. 

 Ginger beer, recipe for, 236. 



— on the London market, 15, 63, 9."), 

 159, 191, 223 255, -2X7 , :V-',r>, Mu , 

 :!99. 



Gla.sgow School of Sugar Manufacturf. 

 88. 



Gia.ss, cotton and wool s|mn from, 315 



Cliricidia maculata (.Madre del cacao, 

 Nicaragua cacao shade tree, or ' Mad- 

 ura '), 79, 125. 



Gl3'cerine made from sugar, ■'il6. 



Goa or Manila bean (Psopkoiarpus tetra 

 gonohjlius), trial of in Jamaica, 204. 



Goat Society's Show, Barbailc--, 408. 



Goat's milk, 215. 



Gold Coast, 1 3. 



— — , cacan industry in, 220. 

 Golden apple (.?/)>«'i(a.s' linlcis), l'>4. 

 Gossypinm vitifoliuui, 2ii9. 

 Government as-^i-tanee to tenants in 



England, 163. 



Government experiment farms, Trinidad, 

 12. 



— experimental estate, Trinidad, 355. 



— Granary, St. Vincent, 307. 



— Lime Juice Factory, St. Lucia, ex 

 tension of, 87. 



Grading onions, device for, 227. 



Grafted mangoes in East Africa, 411. 



Grain, compressed, 407. 



— , measuring, 252. 



— , new apparatus for testing the 

 weight of, 9. 



Grammar School, Antigua, science teach- 

 ing in, 379. 



Grass, a new. in the West Indies, 381. 



Grasses of the West Indies, 365. 



Great Britain, cooperative agriculsural 

 societies in, 27. 



— • — , farm machinery classed as 

 ' munitions in, 72. 



— — , women and agriculture 

 in, 56. 



Great Britain's food supply, 100. 



< ireen callalu (Amara7itus spinosus), .349. 



— dressing; and fallow, 259. 



— — crops in Khodesia, 297. 



— lime trade of Dominica, 73, 171, 

 376. 



— manures, relation of to failure of 

 certain seedlings, 25. 



— plants, influence of carbohydrates 

 on, 158. 



Grenada Agricultural Department, work 



of, 77. 

 — , — instruction work in, 



77, 12.5. 

 — , cacao thrips in, 329. 

 — • Department of Agriculture, IS"). 

 — , education in, 232. 

 — , items of local interest 84, 116, 164, 



262, 311, 341. 

 — , native Hour in, 125. 



— prize-holdings competition, 61. 23.^. 

 -, storing seed corn in. 276. 



' Groselha '. or gooseberry (Fliyllanthus 



acida), 119. 

 'Iround mrt (Aracliis hypogaea), protein 



compounds in, 37. 



— — , culsivation nf in Montser- 

 rat, 43. 



— — . — in St. Vincent, 22, 



— nuts in the I'nited -states, 227. 

 Ground-nut oil as a lubricant, 47. 

 Cround provisions at Barbados, supply 



of, 137. 



— • — , growing of in Trini- 



dad, 167. 



'irowth, gaseous pressure in, 267. 



•I Irumixama '. or 'grumichama' (Eugenia 

 domhepi), 119. 



Guava (Psidiuni guajava), 119. 



• Guinea grass (/'<niicuni iiuiiimum), 297. 



• ;unthor[)c's Sugar Factory, Antigua, 



356. 

 < ; ymnasco nudipes nudipes (bare-legged 

 owl), 2.")0. 



