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rery rich in Phosphates. Plot 5 receiving Nitrate and Potash only at 

 a cost of 21/6 per acre gave an increase of 10 tons cane showing a 

 profit of nearly £4 per acre. The results of applying half a ton of 

 Lime per acre are most gratifying, showing an increase of 12 tons 

 cane and a profit of £5 10s Od. per acre. 



The juice obtained from Hillside is worthy of special notice. Re- 

 cently Professor Wiley, Chief Chemist of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture U.S.A., recorded the analysis of an extraordinary juic-^ from 

 cane's grown in the Southern St;.tfs. The canes were chemically ripe 

 and the juice absolutely devoid of glucose. An identical result has 

 now been obtained from Hillside Estate in Vere under conditions of 

 limited irrigation. This juice contained absolutely no j^lucose at all and 

 the cares must have attained a state of d mplete chemical maturation. 



"Water would turn Yere into one of the richest areas in Jamaica — 

 there is ample security for any reasonable cost in establishing irriga- 

 tion works equal to the demands of the area on the one hard and the 

 possibilities of nature on the other. 



Hills'de Plants March '03~cut April '04. 

 Plots i\)th acre under irrigation control. 



o 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



Juice expressed by mill 



Brix corr. 



Sp. gr. 



Total Solids lbs. per gall. 



Glucose " 



.59.50 o/o 

 20.33 

 1.0807 

 2.193 



NV.! 



Sucrose Ihs per gall. 



Sili'ls Non-Sugars " 

 Quoliert j urity 

 Glucose nxiio 



1.9448 



.2182 



88.68 



Nil! 



Yere. — Amity Hall Estate. C. 0. Mmrhead, Esqr. 

 Another year of deficient rainfall has been the fortune of this dis- 

 trict and where no irrigation was available crops have been very poor. 

 The ratoons from the last year's experimental plots with plant canes 

 were again treated as before. The increa&ed yield by manuring has 

 been so small that losses occurred in all cases save two. It would ap- 

 pear that ratoons on this soil would respond profitably to u complete 

 manure in a favourable season of growth. The results wi h ihe plants 

 this year confirm the previous ones and indicate that manures are not 

 required here for plant canes under present conditions. Lime has not 



