102 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO BULLETIN. [XX.2,3&4. 



SECOND RATOONS. 



The second ratoons in Field 9 were reaped on March 6 and 7, 

 1922 at eleven and a half months of age. An average yield of 21" 12 

 tons of canes was obtained per acre and the results are given in 

 Table XIII. B.H. 10 (12) has given the best results viz :— 31-25 

 tons of canes with an indicated sucrose in the juice of 3" 10 tons per 

 acre. Five other varieties : B. 6308, Badilla, B. 4934, B. 1065D and 

 B. 13780 have also given better results than B. 156. Ba. 6032 comes 

 9th on the list with 20" 53 tons of canes and 1*76 tons per acre o 

 indicated sucrose in the juice. The quality of the juice from the 

 Badilla was much superior to that of the other varieties grov/n in 

 this field. 



