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The Experiment Plot of cotton at Cedros proved a failure Last 

 year owing to all the bolls becoming diseased. 



This year the plot is being utilised for the trial ol other minor 

 products. It is two acres in extent and has been divided into four 

 sections of half-an-acre each. Each section is to be devoted to a 

 different product, the four selected being, 



1. Ground-nuts. 



2. Pine-apples. 



3. Gingelly. 



4. Musk Ochro. 



All the sections are to be treated alike and'only pen manure is to 

 be applied in the first instance. 



On the recommendation of Sir Daniel Morris — Imperial Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture for the West Indies, Ground-nuts have been 

 ordered from Barbados and Musk Ochro seeds from St. Lucia. 



Parts of several of the sections will be planted with local seeds 

 and suckers to compare with those obtained from other islands. 

 Pine-apple suckers have been asked for in Jamaica and some of the 

 local " Pitch Lake Pine," have already been obtained through the 

 kind co-operation of Mr. T. I. Potter, Warden, La Brea. 



The land for these experiments has been kindly lent to the 

 Government by Mr. William Greig of St. Marie estate, Cedros. The 

 plot abuts on the main road and labels are to be placed at the end of 

 each section to show what the plot contains, and also the treatment it 

 has received. 



An Experiment Plot of Cacao has recently been started at Biver 

 estate, Diego Martin, on similar lines to that at Brasso. Biver estate 

 belongs to the Government and is under the control of the Botanical 

 Department. About nine' acres of the estate are now devoted to 

 experiments in Banana cultivation. 



704.-PRUIT SENT TO CRYSTAL PALACE EXHIBITION. 



During the past two months consignments of fruit have been 

 packed at the Experiment Station, St. Clair, and sent to the Trinidad 

 Court, of the Crystal Palace Exhibition in England. 



The following is a list of the kinds sent 



They were packed in 31 cases. Each bunch of bananas was 

 packed in an octagonal crate with banana trash, the mangos, and 



