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Page 388 - EDITORIAL NOTICES, \ Letters and matter for publication, as well as all Specimens for naming, should be addressed to the Commissioner, Imperial Department of Agriculture, Barbados. All applications for Copies of the 'Agricultural News' should be addressed to the Agents, and not to the Department.
Page 249 - A fertilizer for use on the majority of sweet potato lands should contain 3 to 6 per cent of nitrogen, 6 or 7 per cent of phosphoric acid, and 8 to 10 per cent of potash. Every grower should make a study of the requirements of his soil and apply the fertilizer that will give the best results.
Page 136 - It is evident that the chlorophyll formation has a close connection •with the amount of nitrogen assimilated ; but that the carbon assimilation is not in proportion to the chlorophyll formed, if there is not a sufficiency of the necessary mineral constituents available.
Page 11 - Legislatures to carry on this experimental work without interruption up to the present time. In prosecuting this work the State Superintendent has been fortunate in having had the hearty co-operation of Dr. L. 0. Howard, Chief of the Bureau of Entomology of the United States government, who is regarded as one of the best authorities in the world on parasitic work. Many other prominent entomologists, whose scientific attainments in this particular work place them in the front rank of their profession,...
Page 20 - More plant food can be purchased for a given sum in highgrade fertilizers than in low-grade brands. Buy the best and use less per acre. Effect of Nitrogen. Sea Island cotton requires less nitrogen than most crops, especially on low or moist soils. All excess of this element stimulates vegetative development, resulting in tall, coarse, and relatively unproductive plants, with large, dark-green leaves. A lack of nitrogen is shown when plants are small, with a light yellowish-green cast of foliage....
Page 203 - The two poisons most commonly used for rats and mice are arsenic and phosphorus, nearly all commercial preparations containing one or the other as a basis. While experiments prove that rats have great powers of resistance to arsenic, it may sometimes be used advantageously as an alternative poison. Preparations of...
Page 5 - Broken leaf, f^c.—The presence of fragments of leaf, weed seeds, and other foreign matter in the cotton reduces its grade. These are often difficult to avoid, particularly after storms, when bits of the dried square, or involucre, are often mingled with the cotton; but pickers should be watched and cautioned against picking dirty cotton. Fortunately, the spinners find it easier to remove this class of impurities than the nep previously mentioned. (5) Short fibers.—A large part of the waste is...
Page 199 - It was the first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, till I confess it began to be something of a bore to me.
Page 232 - The number of bales of cotton imported into the United Kingdom during the week ended May 21, 1908, was 16,110 (including 194 bales British West Indian and 774 bales British West African).
Page 95 - States, and the rainfall is ample, being estimated as about 100 inches annually. In the inland State of Morelos, however, where the largest quantity of sugar is produced, irrigation is necessary, as is also true of cane lands on the Pacific coast. Lands on the elevated levels will yield less than the lowlands.