VALUE OF DIFFERENT FERTILISERS 



69 



1. Mountain Road, St. David's Parish : Elevation 

 1,900 ft. Rainfall lll'll in. 



2. Chantimelle, St. Patrick's Parish : Elevation 400 ft. 

 Rainfall 60' 89 in. 



3. Grand Roy, St. John's Parish : Elevation 500 ft. 

 Rainfall 105*66 in. 



According to the Journal of the Jamaica Agricultural 

 Society, vol. xii., a planter in Grenada has during three 

 years increased his yield of cocoa by over 100 per cent, 

 through applying a fertiliser comprised of 8 cwt. basic 

 slag and 1 cwt. sulphate of ammonia per acre. 



TRINIDAD 



The under-mentioned columns show the results of 

 cocoa manurial experiments conducted in Trinidad 

 (Trinidad Bulletin, No. 48, 1905). 



LA VEQA ESTATE 

 July 1904 to June 30, 1905 



Dollar = 4*. 2d. 



ST. LUCIA 



Hudson (Agricultural News, West Indies, October 1901) 

 considers that an application of basic slag at the rate of 

 5 to 10 cwt. per acre, applied in December or January, 

 and followed by 1 cwt. of sulphate of ammonia in the 



