Agricultural news . ips indicated therebyto the origin of the very rich soils characteristic of the forest;lands of the West Indian islands, are considered. The acidcondition of the soil and the absence of nitrification are alludeilto, and the possibility of such soils being built up without theactive intervention of nitrifying organisms is indicated. The Divining Rod in Queensland. —Ace .rding r* the London correspondent of the North fjueenslnwi Register,the Queensland Agrisultural 1 tepartment has undertaken lh»work of locating sites for wells and bores for settlers, and mAugust 1915 two off
Agricultural news . ips indicated therebyto the origin of the very rich soils characteristic of the forest;lands of the West Indian islands, are considered. The acidcondition of the soil and the absence of nitrification are alludeilto, and the possibility of such soils being built up without theactive intervention of nitrifying organisms is indicated. The Divining Rod in Queensland. —Ace .rding r* the London correspondent of the North fjueenslnwi Register,the Queensland Agrisultural 1 tepartment has undertaken lh»work of locating sites for wells and bores for settlers, and mAugust 1915 two officers were detailed for this divining rod and the Mansfield automatic water tinderare both used, and from August to December 1915 as maoyas 348 sites were selected, of which 60 were tested, 53 ?,viilisuccess. Since then llie divining rod has bi;^en employed, hyboth State and private settlers, and considerable its use. 136 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWfe. May lai EDITORIAL Head Office. NOTICES. — Barbados. Letters and matter for publication, as well as allspecimens lor naming, should be addressed to theCommissioner, Imperial Department of Agriculture,Barbados. All applications for copies of the AgriculturalNews and other Departmental publications, should beaddressed to the Agents, and not to the Department. The complete list of Agents, and the subscriptionand advertisement rates, will be found on page ;-> ofthe cover. Imperial Commissioner of Sir Francis Watts, , Agriculture for the West Indies , , SCIENTIFIC STAFF. Scientific Assistant awiAssistant Editor Entomologists Mycologist W. R. Dunlop. I H. A. Ballou, \J. C. Hutson, , W. Nowell, CLERICAL STAFF. Chief Clerh Clerical Assistants Typist Assistant TypistAssistant for Publications A. G. HoweU. fL. A. P. Taylor. Ik. E. C. B. W. B. Price, Fell. Journ. Inst. ^OJ^i^i^t^i^i^i^t l^^i^-j Vol. XVL SATURDAY,
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