September, 1910.] 2 



Bananas.— The planting and tending 

 of banana fields. The chief pests attack- 

 ing bananas and the methods of con- 

 trolling them. The gathering, handling, 

 packing and shipping of the fruit. 

 'The Banana Industry in Jamaica,' 

 West Indian Bulletin, Vol. Ill, 

 No. 2. 



RlCE.— Cultivation and preparation. 

 'Rice Growing in British Guiana,' 

 West Indian Bulletin, Vol. II, 

 No. 4. 



Provision Crops. 

 Nicholls, Tropical Agriculture. Those 

 portions dealing with Maize, 

 Guinea corn, Cassava, Arrowroot, 

 Yam, Potato, Tania. 



Final Examination, 

 The principles of agriculture as set 

 out in the Syllabus for Preliminary and 

 Intermediate examinations, treated more 

 fully, and including ; — 



The origin, formation and composi- 

 tion of soils. The biology of soils. The 

 implements, methods and effects of 

 tillage. Manures and manuring. Farm- 

 yard manures. Green dressings. Lim- 

 ing, etc. Rotation of crops. Haymak- 

 ing, Ensilage. Improvement of plants 

 by artificial selection and hybridiza- 

 tion. The management and care of 

 farm animals. Special crops : any two 

 of those mentioned in the intermediate 

 Syllabus, but treated more fully. 



Candidates must show an accurate 

 knowledge of estate book-keeping, of the 

 cost of performing various operations 

 in husbandry, together with a know- 

 ledge of the principal facts governing 

 estate expenditure. They must be fami- 

 liar with the management of labourers, 

 with the apportionment of, and payment 

 for, work done. They will be required 

 to answer questions concerning the 

 general fundamental principles of estate 

 management, including the management 

 of land, simple land mensuration, crops, 

 labourers, and farm animals, and to 

 show an elementary knowledge concern- 

 ing the management and care of build- 

 ings and implements generally. 



Candidates will be expected to be 

 familiar with, and capable of critically 

 examining, the work and results of the 

 local Experiment Stations and the re- 

 ports and papers emanating therefrom :— 

 Heading :— 



All books previously mentioned. 

 Hall. The Soil. 



,, Fertilizers and Manures. 

 Lipman. Bacteria in Relation to 



Country Life. 

 King, Physics of Agriculture. 



3 Agricultural Education. 



GENERAL LIST OP BOOKS RECOM- 

 MENDED FOR USE IN CONNECTION 

 WITH THESE COURSES. 



[It is not expected that any student 

 should procure all the books listed. A 

 careful choice should be made of those 

 books likely to be of greatest value to 

 the individual student. In making this 

 choice, the assistance of the Officers of 

 the local Department of Agriculture 

 should be sought-] 



' Elements of Agriculture,' by W. 

 Fream (Published by Murray), 2s, 6c?, 



* Catechism of Agricultural Chemistry,' 

 by Johnson (Published by Black- 

 wood & Sons), Is. 



'Chemistry of the Garden,' by H. H. 

 Cousins (Published by Macmillan), Is. 



'The Soil,' by A. D. Hall (Published 

 by J. Murray), 3s. 6d. 



'Nature Teaching,' Imperial Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, 2s. 6(2. 



' Lectures to Sugar Planters,' Im- 

 perial Department of Agriculture, ls 4 



' Sugar and the Sugar-cane,' by Noel 

 Deerr (Published by N. Rodger, Al- 

 trincham, Manchester), 7s. Qd, 



' Introductory Manual for Sugar Grow- 

 ers,' by Dr. F. Watts (Published by 

 Longman's, Green & Co.), 3s. Qd. 



' Cacao,' by J. H. Hart (Published by 

 Davidson & Todd, Trinidad), 3s. 



'Cacao, its Botany, Cultivation, Che- 

 mistry, and Diseases,' by Herbert 

 Wright (Published by Ferguson, Col- 

 ombo and London), 7s. Qd. 



' Tropical Agriculture,' by Dr. H. A. A. 

 Nicholls (Published by Macmillan),6s. 



' Agriculture for Southern Schools,' by 

 Duggar (Published by Macmillan), 4s. 



' Southern Agriculture,' by Earle (Pub- 

 lished by Macmillan). 



' Principles of Plant Culture,' by Goff 

 (Published by Author). 



' Fertilizers and Manures,' by Hall 

 (Published by John Murray), as. 



' Soils,' by Fletcher. 



' Cane Sugar and its Manufacture,' by 

 H. C. P. Geerligs (Published by Nor- 

 man Rodger), 



■ Bacteria in Relation to Country Life,' 

 by Lipman (Published by Macmillan), 



' Physics of Agriculture,' by King. 



Publications of the Imperial Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture ;— 



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