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716.-CACAO EXPERIMENT PLOT. 



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STATEMENT of the results of work on this plot was 

 given in last issue of Departmental Bulletin, published 

 during Superintendent's absence in London. 



I find the statement there made was compiled from 

 insufficient information, and therefore must be cancelled.* 



In consultation with the Hon'ble Mr. de Verteuil, I found him 

 strongly of the opinion that results of the experiments should be 

 given for the period generally recognised as the Cacao year — viz., 

 from 1st July to 30th June of succeeding year. 



I am in full accord with this view, as the experiments cannot be 

 fairly considered to have commenced until the end of June, 1904, 

 although an earlier period was taken in the statement referred to 

 above. 



Mr. de Verteuil has kindly furnished me with the figures used in 

 following table as the results for the year ending 30th June, 190.0 : — 

 Result of Cacao Experiment Plots at La Vega Estate, Brasso, Hon'ble 

 Carl de Verteuil. — July, 1904, to 30th June, 1905. 



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* Plots A. B. C. and D. contain approximately one acre. 



As I am unable to satisfy myself that it is wise to attempt to 

 draw any conclusions from the results of a single year, I have omitted 

 reference to the comparative money value of results. Such results 

 are for the present sufficiently plain in the increased yield of " wet 

 cacao" without reducing it to " dry cacao," which could only result 

 in introducing another comparison based upon an insufficiently ascer- 

 tained value. The amount of dry cacao, for instance, could only be 

 estimated, and the variation in such estimate would seriously affect 

 the returns of the experiment. It is considered better, therefore, to 

 use " wet cacao" instead of dry cacao as a basis of calculation from 

 the fact that it excludes all loss in preparation and form a better basis 



See Bulletin, No. 47. 



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