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when grown on a large enough scale do not, as Dr. Morris has pointed out, furnish a 

 sufficient quantity of cane, a large enough yield, and I would like to know how much, 

 how many acres, for example, of this especial kind or breed of cane is now growing in 

 the West Indies. I mean of 208 only. 



D. Morris: Of this one cane that is now being distributed we have not more of 

 this, I suppose, than about 20 acres in Barbados. Of seedling canes, generally, that is 

 this one, 147, 93 and 109, I suppose in Barbados there may be 400 or 500 acres; in British 

 Guiana I am not quite sure; I think they have something like about 1,400 acres; that is 

 of the seedlings generally. Naturally the planters, and we are very glad that they ate, 

 are cautious in starting these seedling canes. If a man were to plant 100 acres in i.'ew 

 canes and the return was a very small one, it would be a very serious item to him. We 

 do not wish to increase the difficulty of the planter, we wish to help him; and we always 

 preach great caution in adopting new canes for general cultivation. 



