. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OP THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. XI. N'o. 278. BARBADOS, DECEMBER 21, 1912. Prick Id. CONTENTS Pack. Agricultural Education and Hygiene in Grenada Schools 408 Automatic Plough 408 Book Shelf 405 Cotton, Appaiatus foi •^'rying 403 Cotton Notes :— Cotton in Corea 407 West Indian Cotton ... 406 West Indian Cotton- Growing Season 406 Department News 40:5 Departnjental Reports ... 411 Figs, Production of 404 Fungus Notes:— Summary of the Infor- mation Given During
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OP THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. Vol. XI. N'o. 278. BARBADOS, DECEMBER 21, 1912. Prick Id. CONTENTS Pack. Agricultural Education and Hygiene in Grenada Schools 408 Automatic Plough 408 Book Shelf 405 Cotton, Appaiatus foi •^'rying 403 Cotton Notes :— Cotton in Corea 407 West Indian Cotton ... 406 West Indian Cotton- Growing Season 406 Department News 40:5 Departnjental Reports ... 411 Figs, Production of 404 Fungus Notes:— Summary of the Infor- mation Given During the year 414 Gleanings 412 PAOK. Insect Notes :— Ticks, Part II 410 Insecticide, Basic Slag as an 410 Market Reports 416 Nitrates in Plant Cells, Assimilation of 409 Notes and Comments ... 408 Palms for Decorative Pur- pi )ses 415 Reading Courses and E.\- aniinations 401 Rubber, Possible Source of 409 St. Vincent, Last Cotton Crop in 411 Silk Industry, The Turk- ish 404 Silkworm 'I'ree for Rockv Soils .'. 409 Sisal Hemp Cultivation, Conditions for 403 Students' Corner 413 Reading Courses and Examinations in Practical Agriculture. HE present conclusion of another set; of Reading Courses and Examinations in Practical Agriculture conducted by this Department makes a suitable opportunity to provide a general statement of the progress that has been made, and at the same time to draw attention to the scope of the work and to review the principles that are followed in carrying it out. This is done all the more readily because it is realized that the present occasion can be employed usefully to point out and illustrate the practical nature of this work, particularly as regards thi' method that is followed in conducting the examinations. The Reading Courses were commenced in the last quarter of 1908. For the guidance of students, a syllabus of subjects for examination was published* and issued subsequently as a leaflet, and pare of one of the pages of this journal began to be us
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