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nearly 25 tons showing a profit of £11 18s. Od. per acre. The cow- 

 peas also show a good return and yield a profit of £7 15s. Od. A com- 

 bination of lime and cow-peas indicates itself as probably the most pro- 

 fitable manurial treatment that this soil could receive. Were I the 

 owner of this property, I should certainly try this on a la-ge scale on 

 the strength of the r.^sults already obtained. 



The wonderful effects of deep drainage on this flat, stiff land is 

 Btrikingly shown by a n-^ighbouring plot so treated that has given 

 a return of 51.76 tons canes or an apparent increase of nearly 4-0 tons 

 canes per acre due to drainage alone. These figures are significant of 

 much. They indicate that the yield on this estate, despite long years 

 of cane cultivation, can be iacrfu^ed enormously by drainage, by liming, 

 by the growth of leguminous dressings a id with due caution and judg- 

 ment, the use of a little complete chemical ma'iure. I desire to ex- 

 press my thanks to Mr. Farquharson for the care aud trouble he has 

 taken with these experiments Mr. Oradwick supervised the weigh- 

 ing of the plots. 



Holland Estate - St. Elizahdh. 

 1st Ratoons. I2i months old. Plots 27.5 per acre. 



Rainfall during growth of crop — 79.75 inches. 



Juice extracted by estate mills 



Brix 



Specific Gravity 



Sucrose lbs. per gallon 



Juice Analysis. 

 69.29 Glucose lbs. per gallon 



16.7 Non Sugars do. 



1.0G49 Quotient of Purity 



1.5704 (ilucose Ratio 



.0518 

 .1558 

 88.32 

 3.29 



VEHE. 

 Hillside Estate — ¥. M. Ellis, Esqr. 

 The manures applied here were the same as at Holland, plot 2 re- 

 ceiving '•\ cwt. Basic Slag, \.\ cwt. Nitrate of Soda and ^ cwt. Muriate 

 of Potash, costing / per acre. All the plots receiving manure show 

 iin increase save the Double Phosphate. Analysis shows this soil to be 



