. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. LIBRARY NEW YORK BOTANICAL QARDEN. Vol. VIII. No. 199. BARBADOS, DECEMBER 11, 1909. Price Id. CONTENTS. Page. Alcohol fiYim Sawdust, Miinufacture of 393 Alfalfa Glowing for Seed Production 389 Arrowroot in St. Vincent 397 Book Shelf 398 Cofl'ce, Selection for Impro ment of 392 Cotton in (iernian East Africa 392 Cotton Notes :— West India]i Cotton ... 390 West Indian Cotton Growing 390 Fungus Notes :— Coft'ee Disease of the New Workl
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. LIBRARY NEW YORK BOTANICAL QARDEN. Vol. VIII. No. 199. BARBADOS, DECEMBER 11, 1909. Price Id. CONTENTS. Page. Alcohol fiYim Sawdust, Miinufacture of 393 Alfalfa Glowing for Seed Production 389 Arrowroot in St. Vincent 397 Book Shelf 398 Cofl'ce, Selection for Impro ment of 392 Cotton in (iernian East Africa 392 Cotton Notes :— West India]i Cotton ... 390 West Indian Cotton Growing 390 Fungus Notes :— Coft'ee Disease of the New Workl 395 Gleanings 390 Insect Notes :— Natural History of Insects, Pfii't I"^' ••• 394 Leguminous Plants. Observations on 391 Page. Manure, A New ,S Market Reports 40O Method for Coagulating Rubber, A 393 Montserrat's Gift to the Queen 393 Notes and Comments ... 392 Nutrition of Animals, The 395 Pi'actical Agriculture, Reading Courses and Examinations in ... .385 Reajjer, Inventor of 399 Rice in British Guiana ... 399 Silk Cotton, A Use for 393 Sorrel Red, The 38,S Soy Bean, The 391 Students' Comer 397 Sugar Industry:— Sucrose Content of Storm- broken Cane, The ... .387 Weevil Borer of the cane .393 West Indian Products ... 399 Reading Courses and Examina tions in Practical Agriculture. ^cIIE Reading Courses and in !0^Practical Agriculture, initiated and carried s5fe§^out by this Department, have now shown themselves to be worthy of permanent adoption, and has reached a stage at which two preliminary, and one intermediate, examinations have been held. Sufficient progress has, therefore, now been made to warrant our taking a retrospective view of the situation, and of giving some indication of the way in which the scheme will be planned to take effect, in future. Any further advance must be made in the light of past experience, and the knowledge that has been gained will have its effect on future developments. It will be remembered that t
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