xl. The Fermentation of Cacao 



money of their own or that which has been 

 entrusted to them personally, in the belief that it 

 will be utilized as carefully as if it were their own. 

 Organized systems and follow-the-man-from- 

 Cook's routes must, owing to this, become the 

 order of the day, and the same as this noted 

 tourist agency so ably caters for our pleasures 

 and education, so must the Government of 

 this country recognize that, if they wish our 

 young men to go out to the Tropics to plant 

 and trade, they must not only train men to 

 show them the way, but also interpreters and 

 guides to direct and show them how to proceed 

 from the time they arrive. Arrangements, in 

 fact, must be made whereby the boy whilst 

 still at school (or his father who wishes to train 

 him for his future career) can see his way quite 

 clear ahead, to first study agriculture and agri- 

 cultural chemistry, &c., on this side, and then 

 go to an agricultural college in the Tropics (to 

 be, I hope, soon established) for one, two, or 

 three years, to specialize in tropical agriculture, 

 plant diseases, and the preparation of the crops. 

 Given these encouragements and facilities, a 

 large number of young men would, I am sure, 

 go to the Tropics to extend our trade in many 

 ways, and increase our supplies of raw material 

 and foodstuffs at home. They would, in a 

 word, go where they were wanted, and not 

 remain here to increase the struggle for exist- 

 ence and for profitable investments in these 

 Islands. No local centre can do this ; it 



