45 



Yield of coffee on er peri menial tract in lOlXi. 



Acre plats 1, 3, and 4 were divided into ([uarter-acre plats, each 

 receivino; difTerent treatments. The yield of these ])lats is o;iven in the 

 following table: 



Yield of coffee on quarter-acre plafs. 



Acre and plat. 



Ripe berries. 



Coffee : Produc- 

 ready tive Product 



for mar- trees per per tree, 

 ket. plat. 



Acre No, 

 Plat 

 Plat 

 Plat 

 Plat 



Acre No. 

 Plat 

 Plat 

 Plat 

 Plat 



Acre No. 

 Plat 

 Plat 

 Plat 

 Plat 



1: 



No. 

 No. 

 No. 

 No. 

 3: 



No. 

 No. 

 No. 

 No. 

 4: 



No. 

 No. 

 No. 

 No. 



Lilers. 

 307 

 291 

 140.5 

 



854 

 492.5 



(«) 



C) 



Pounds. 



365.5 



376 



177 







1.108 

 648 

 C) 

 (») 



437 565 



47 I 68 



243 328 



177 I 234 



Total 



Average per plat. 



,989 



J, 869. 5 



299 



387 



Pounds. 



67.6 



69.6 



32.8 







205 

 120 



(«; 



{") 



104.6 

 12.6 

 60.7 

 43.2 



Number. 

 145 

 104 

 85 

 79 



173 

 191 

 129 



258 

 114 

 140 

 230 



Pounds. 

 0.4662 

 .6692 

 .3859 



. ,527 

 .6936 

 C) 



C) 



.4054 

 .1106 

 . 4336 

 .188 



716.1 



2,037 



.8795 



71.6 



170 



.3515 



a All coffee trees cut on stump. 



b Not yet productive. 



Total berries harvested, 4,930 liters=246J almudcs, which have given 1,184 pounds coffee ready for 

 market, or 4.8 pounds per almude. 



The low percentage of marketable coffee obtained in 1904 from the 

 berries resulted in an increase of about 20 cents per 100 pounds in 

 the cost for picking, making the total cost of harvesting and marketing 

 per 100 pounds, $2.46. The cost of weeding and pruning the planta- 

 tion during the year was $6 per acre, or $51 for 8h acres, making the 

 cost per 100 pounds, $4.30. Total paid for labor per 100 pounds, $6.76. 

 The coffee sold consisted of 99S pounds of first grade at $13. 12^ per 

 100 pounds, and 186 pounds of second grade at $10 and $11 per 100 

 pounds, or an average price of $1 1.37 i per 100 pounds. 



Some experiments with fertilizers and leguminous crops on the 

 coffee have been made, but because of the heavy rains, as stated in 

 the former report, no results have been obtained that are reliable. 



