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a tub as an experiment, and found it to seed freely. If 

 these grasses flourish here we shall hardly require any- 

 thing else in the way of fodder. Having got them 

 there will be an improvement in this respe6l which I 

 consider very desirable. This is shewn by the fact 

 that, if you import a milch cow from Barbados, where 

 she has been given 16 or 18 pints of milk daily, in 

 a few months the supply dwindles down to 6 or 8. 

 This is a certain proof that there is something lacking 

 in our present grasses, for climatic influences are not 

 everything. 



The next thing that I would recommend is the cultiva- 

 tion of Guinea Corn, Indian Millet (Sorghum vulgare.) 

 This article can with safety be placed in the market to 

 compete with oats, which nothing else can. I am almost 

 sure that it will find a ready sale in any quantity, and if 

 shipped to England it might even be sold there. The 

 finely-ground flour is an excellent article of food. I 

 believe Barbados is the only West Indian island in which . 

 it is cultivated to any extent, and there it competes with 

 oats for horses, and is largely used for that purpose, with 

 the very best results. I am of opinion that it can be 

 grown here, and placed for sale at far less cost per sack 

 than oats, and it is not likely that the market would 

 become glutted for a long time. I am not one of those 

 who would advocate the planting of ground provisions 

 on a large scale, as our supply at the present time is in 

 excess of the demand, and the present growers can 

 hardly realize any profit from their produce ; they are 

 also perishable and cannot be exported. 



I would also recommend the rearing of sheep. I do 

 not see why we should depend so largely on America for 



