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guinea corn, a species of millet whicli grows and yields enormous crops 

 on our lowland lands but very little is grown. 



Innumerable other feeding stuffs can be grown, but from want of 

 knowledge of the best methods of cultivation not one fiftieth part of 

 the crops per acre than can be produced is actually grown. 



A. C. Paton. Esq. : The horse breeder should be encouraged to 

 breed to a certain type and given an idea of the type required. 



Hon. Dk Pringle : As the quality evolved as well as the quantity 

 depends on steady demand at reasonably paying prices these two 

 should be estab'ished ; this might be done by the local government bav- 

 in o- mainly a mounted police — a less number but mounted — and paying 

 a bonus on horses of certain stimdard on which the government would 

 have an option — and the same in regard to our Militia — a small num- 

 ber but chiefly mounted. 



(2) To have the Imperial authorities to pay bonus on horses and 

 have options on those coming up to certain standards. 



A. RoxBUBGH, Esq. : Encourage breeders in every way you can to 

 breed to a type. There is as much to be learnt in this direction by 

 breeders in Jamaica as there has been found to be in the cultivation of 

 the soil. 



Owners of mares in a large majority of cases fail entirely in the se- 

 lection of siiitahle sires to which to put their mares. So long as they 

 like the look of the horse they make use of him ; no matter how far 

 removed in character he may be from the mare. The result is a non- 

 descript foal. 



B. Toole, Esq. : This is a somewhat difficult question to answer, as 

 so much depends on the individual efforts of the breeder himself. He 

 should, however, be helped by the Government io the extent of afford- 

 ing him cheap access to the services of imported stock, and it might be 

 considered advisable to offer for competition piemiums for the breeding 

 of horses of exceptionally fine quality. A great disability under 

 which the breeders, and others having stock to dispose of, labour under 

 is the absence of local markets. This could be easily and cheaply cured 

 bv the establishment in convenient centres — nt-ar the Railway if possi- 

 "big — of fairs, where persons requiring horses could be reasonably cer- 

 tain to procure them and sellers equally certain of securing a pur- 

 chaser. 



Facilities should be afforded by the Railway Department for the 

 transport of animals to and from ihe fairs. The evils of hawking 

 horses from place to place seeking purchasers are only too well known. 

 The so-called horse markets at present in existence are mostly situated 

 in backwood localities and are only resorted to for the disposal of 

 worthless animals, and sometimes stolen ones. 



United Fruit Co. : We are not quite clear in our understanding 

 of this question, but so far as we can reason it out, w^e should say that 

 much good should result from encouraging breeders to have a definite 

 standard in view and to aim at producing the salient points of that 

 standard, and t > break away from the present listless method, of breed- 

 ins: whatever comes most hand\. 



A. B. Ventresse, Esq. : I think we should encourage the class of 



