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TOBAGO CACAO AND VEGETABLE PRIZE 

 COMPETITIONS, 1919-20. 



The Board offers prizes to the value of $248.00 for the encourage- 

 ment of good cultivation of Cacao and Vegetables by Peasant 

 Proprietors and Contractors. 



Cacao Prize Competition- 



RULES. 

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

 (2.) Prizes will be awarded in three classes: — 

 CI-.ASS I. — For Prize Winners in 1917. 



1st Prize ... ... ... ... •$ 25.00 



2nd Prize ... ... ... ... 15.00 



Class II. — For Peasant Proprietors who did not win a prize in 1917. 

 1st Prize .. ... .. ... $ 25.00 



2nd Prize ... ... ... ... 20.00 



3rd Prize ... ... ... .., 15.00 



4th Prize .. ... ... ... 10.00 



5th Prize ... ... ... ... 5.00 



Class III — For Contractors. 



Isb Prize ... ... ... ... $ 20.00 



2nd Prize ... ... ^ ... 15.00 



3rd Prize ... ... ... ... 10.00 



4th Prize ... ... ... ... 5.C0 



5th Prize ... ... ... ,. 3.00 



<3.) No person can compete in more than one class. 

 (4.) Previous prize winners can only compete in Class 1. 

 (5.) No prizes will be awarded in Class 1, unless three-fourths of the 1917 

 prize winners compete. 



(6.) No Peasant Proprietor will be allowed to compete in Class IT unless 

 he or she has not less thin 3 acres of land of which 2 acres must be in bearing 

 Cacao. 



(7.) No prize will be awarded in Class II unless there are 50 entries. 

 (S.) No prizes will be awarded in Class III unless there are at least 25 

 entries. 



(9. ) No Contractor will be allowed to compete, whose contract is less than 

 three acres, with less than 1 acre in bearing cacao. 



(10.) Tlie Competition will be for the period April, 1919 to May, 1920. 

 (11.) Marks will be given under the following heads : — 



Cultivation ... ... ... ... ... 50 



Sanitation ... ... ... ••■ ... 30 



(ieneral ... .. .. ... ■•■ 20 



(12.) In judging, the method of cultivation, condition of the trees, the 

 -circumstances of each cultivation, tlie characteristies of the locality, and 

 implements used, together with the condition of live stock, young cultiva- 

 tion and manure heap, if any, will be taken into consideration. Competitors 

 should also be able to answer any simple agricultural questions which may be 

 asked on their work. 



( 13. ) T)ae notice will be given before the judging commences in Marcli, 1920, 

 and tl\e decision of the B jard will in all cases be final. 



