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T BIN ID AD AND TOBAGO BULLETIN. [XVIII. 4. 



STIGAE. 



VARIETIES OF CANE UNDER ESTATE CULTIVATION 

 IN TRINIDAD, FOR THE CROP OF 1919. 



A.t the meeting of the Board of Agriculture in February, 1919, 

 Mr. W. G. Freeman proposed and Mr. J. W. Arbuckle seconded the 

 following motion, " That it is desirable that an annual return be obtained 

 showing the acreage under estate cultivation of the principal varieties 

 of sugar cane, and their yield per acre. 



A Circular was sent in March to all the sugar estates asking for the 

 information, and suggesting that, if practicable, canes on heavy and 

 light soils should be reported separately, and that the weight of canes 

 per acre, and also the yield of sugar per acre should be given for each 

 variety. 



Mr. J. de Verteuil has compiled a summary of the returns furnished 

 by planters. Although these were received from nearly all the estates 

 or groups of estates in the Colony it would appear, that with few 

 exceptions, they are very incomplete. It has been found impracticable 

 to differentiate between the canes grown on light and heavy or black and 

 red soils respectively. 



SUGAR-CANE RETURNS CROP 1919. 



Variety. 



Description. 



w 

 a 



<» .S 



c a, 



. Si 



O u 



^ O 



Canes per acre. 

 Average Yield of Estates. 



Highest. 



Lowest. 



General 



Aver'ge. 



B. 



D. 



B. 



B. 



156 



109 < 



347 



6450 



Bourbon 



Plant Canes 

 First Ratoons 

 Second and 

 other Ratoons 



Plant Canes 

 First Ratoons 

 Second and 

 other Ratoons 



Plant Canes 

 First Ratoons 

 Second and 

 other Ratoons 



Plant Canes 

 First Ratoons 

 Second and 

 other Ratoons 



Plant Canes 

 First Ratoons 

 Second and 

 other Ratoons 



tons. 



20-5 

 17-6 



12-3 



)91 

 16-1 



10-4 



24-7 

 15-6 



12-2 



231 



17-0 



13-4 



17-7 

 16-5 



11-1 



