VALUE OF DIFFERENT FERTILISERS 



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

 1,900 ft. Rainfall 11 I'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 VEGA ESTATE 

 July 1904 to June 30, 1905 



Dollar 4s. 2d. 



ST. LUCIA 



Hudson (A gricultural 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 



