. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. ToL. IV. No. 76. THK AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 77 £r^. THE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE, VOL. I, FART I: Edited by II. H. Bitten, , A. D. Hall, , T. H. Middleton, , and T. B. Wood, ^ ?Cambrulge: the University Press. Price . This is the first issue of a new journal devoted to Agricultural Science. It is explained in the editorial that, in consequence of the establishment of a large number of agricultural colleges in Great Britain and of the emploj'nient of experts hy the County Councils, there are n
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. ToL. IV. No. 76. THK AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 77 £r^. THE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE, VOL. I, FART I: Edited by II. H. Bitten, , A. D. Hall, , T. H. Middleton, , and T. B. Wood, ^ ?Cambrulge: the University Press. Price . This is the first issue of a new journal devoted to Agricultural Science. It is explained in the editorial that, in consequence of the establishment of a large number of agricultural colleges in Great Britain and of the emploj'nient of experts hy the County Councils, there are now a large number of men engaged in scientific work of an agricultural nature—not only in Great Britain, but also in India and the Colonies—who possess no common outlet for the publication of the results of their investigations. ' The journal is thus mainly intended to circulate among agricultural teachers and experts, farmers and land agents having an interest in the scientific side of their profession, agricultural analysts, seedsmen, millers, manure manufac- turers, etc., in this and other English-speaking countries.' The high scientific standing of the members of the editorial stafi:' is in itself an assurance that this journal will contain material of a valuable character and of great interest to workers in agricultural science. We notice that it is proposed to include in its contents ' articles from Indian and Colonial workers descriptive of soil, climate, and other conditions under which agricultural oi)erations are carried on in tropical and semi-tropical countries.' Among the contents of the first part are ' The inHuence ?of Pollination on the development of the Hop,' by Albert Howard ; ' ilendel's laws of Inheritance and Wheat Breed- ing,' by II. H. Bitfen; and ' The analysis of the Soil by means of the Plant,' by A. D. Hall. JAMAICA TOBACCO INDUSTRY. The following correspondence relating to the developnrent of the tobacco industry of Jamaica is published for gen
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