. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Tol. V. No. 122. THE AGEtCULTURAL NEWS. 413 mPonT^. JAMAICA : REPORT ON THE GOVERNMENT LABORATORY FOR 1905-6. By H. H. Cousins, , During the period covered by tins report 1,213 samples were dealt with ; of these 102 were official ; 193, agricultural ; 49, general ; while 869 were for the Sugar Experiment Station. Sixty-six soils were analysed, and in each case a certain line of treatment was deduced. A report was issued, in •conjunction with Mr. Cradwick, upon the soils of St. Jlary and Upper Clarendon.
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Tol. V. No. 122. THE AGEtCULTURAL NEWS. 413 mPonT^. JAMAICA : REPORT ON THE GOVERNMENT LABORATORY FOR 1905-6. By H. H. Cousins, , During the period covered by tins report 1,213 samples were dealt with ; of these 102 were official ; 193, agricultural ; 49, general ; while 869 were for the Sugar Experiment Station. Sixty-six soils were analysed, and in each case a certain line of treatment was deduced. A report was issued, in •conjunction with Mr. Cradwick, upon the soils of St. Jlary and Upper Clarendon. Analyses of native food stuffs brought -out the superior C|uality of native maize as regards albu- minoids in comparison with the imported maize. Reference is made to the work of the Sugar Experiment Station, as also to certain other interesting points in this report, elsewhere in these columns. In with agricultural education, it is mentioned that thirteen students attended the course of study in agricultural science during the year. A special course for -distillers was held in August. The work of the Lecturer in Agriculture in connexion with the training of teachers is also reported upon. BRITISH GUIANA .- REPORT OF THE GO VERN- MENT ANALYST FOR 1905-6. By .J. B. Harrison, ?, , , During the year under review .5,488 samples were received at the Government Laboratory for Of these, 2,071 were sent in by the Comptroller of Customs, 764 by the Inspector General of Police, and -583 by the Board of Agriculture. In connexion with the examination of articles of food .-and drink, reference is made to the large proportion of samples of adulterated milk. The infliction of heavy fines .for the sale of adulterated milk by the Georgetown Magis- trates has had the effect of lowering the exceptionally high rates reported in the previous year. Reference was made in the last issue of the Agricultural .News (p. 396) to the analyses of sugar-cane a
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