38 TBINIDAD AND TOBAGO BULLETIN. [XVIIL 1. 



TRINIDAD CA.CAO PRIZE COMPETITION, 1919 20. 

 Poole and Rio Claro Districts. 



The Board offers prizes to the value of 440 dollars for the encourage- 

 ment of good cultivation of Cacao by Peasant Proprietors and 



Contractors. 



RULES. 



(1.) Prizes will be awarded for good cultivation of cacao. 

 (2. ) Prizes will be awarded in two classes. 



Class I. — For Peasant Proprietors with not more than 16 acres in cacao 



cultivation in one piece. 

 Class II.- For Contractors. 

 (3.) No Peasant Proprietor will be allowed to compete in Class I who has 

 less than S acres of bearing cacao, no Contractor will be allowed to compete in 

 Class II who has less than 2h acres in trees 3 years old at the timu of entry. 

 (4.) No person can compete in more than one class. 



(5.) Prizes may not be given unle.ss there are at least oO Competitors in 

 each of the classes. 



(G. ) The prizes offered arD as follows: — 



M 2nd 

 Class I. — Peasant Proprietors $80 $60 

 Class II.— Contractors ....$60 $45 



(7.) The Competition will be confined to the I'oole and Rio Claro District, 

 bounded as follows : — 



North by a line drawn across the Cunapo youtliern Road at the 



IGth' mile. 

 South by the Ortoire River. 



East by a line across the Naparinia-Mayaro Road at the 32nd mile. 

 West by the Poole River. 



(8.) The Competition will be for the period May 1, 1919 to March 31, 

 1920. 



Due notice Mill be given before the judging commences. 



(9.) In judging marks will bo given under (he following heads : — 



(1.) (General Cultivation and Tillage ... ... 50 points. 



(2.) Sanitation and Treatment of Disease ,. ... 30 ,, 



(3.) General, including Cro}! Records, live stock and any 



special features ... ... ... ... 20 ,, 



(10.) The Board of Agriculture, on the recommendaticjn of the judges, may 

 withhold or alter the value of any or of all the prizes if cultivations entered for 

 competition are not considered of sufficient merit. 



(11.) Applications for rules and entry forms should be made to the 

 Agricultural Adviser, at Rio Claro or at the ofiice of the Dep.irtmeiit of 

 Agriculture, Experiment Station, St. Clair, ]\nt-of Sp.iin. 



Entry to Competition Free. 

 Entries may be sent post free if addressed to : — 

 The Agricultural Adviser, Rio Claro, or 

 The Director of Agriculture, Experiment Station, St. Clair, Port of-Spain. 



Mr. L. Mota, tlie Board's Adviser will visit all holdings entered for 

 competition and give advice as to the best methods of cultivation, free 

 of charge. 



