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generation to generation, after a long course of years with 

 constant good care, have not only not lost a jot of their 

 original value, but have rather increased in productiveness. 



It is of the utmost importance for the cacao-planter, if 

 he would succeed in his enterprize, to have a guide to go 

 by and rule his proceedings. 



The present work is intended to explain by a number of 

 experiences gained from long practice and intimacy with the 

 subject, all that bears upon the culture of the cacao-tree, what 

 must be done or avoided, what enemies the plant has to contend 

 with from its very germ, what preservatives and what measures 

 of precaution must be taken, in a word, to trace the cacao 

 from its very birth through all its stages, till it is ready for 

 the market and for our use. The reader will also find many 

 hints and instructions concerning the planting of cacao. 



The third part can be regarded more as an Appen- 

 dix, and contains mainly a description of the manner of em- 

 banking the land ; the excavations to be made for that purpose, 

 the construction of a discharge conduit, the necessary buildings 

 required by every plantation, and finally a statement of the 

 Cacao production in the Colony of Surinam, as far as regards 

 the cast five years; to which is added an estimate of the test 

 of embanking 500 acres of land, and the expenses attending 

 the laying out of the first 15 acres. 



E. J. BARTELINK. 



Paramaribo, December I st 1884. 



