dpi ihah oh , 
1 these former countries med te esp crops which are most 
misst bia of improvement, such as ‘cotton, tobacco, Indian corn, 
sugar, tropical roots, Vegotsblaf, and fodder crops, are "cultivated with 
the greatest success nt eee 
15. The West lata. like Mauritius, import the greater ob ob... 
their food, but a good deal of Indian corn uid vegeta s geas ur e 
in these islands. A plantation is ey divided into two portions, 
one is under cane, and the other is under. preparation for cane, and i ‘is, 
in the interval, a for + grail short crops, sweet potatoes, yams, 
Indian and gni orn (juari)]—the two latter with guinea grass | 
supplying the necessary fodder for the farm cattle. All of the above 
o are capable of great improvement and extension in India, While 
n this country a few yams are to be found in pin baris, the plant is- 
foid in the West Indies in large open fields. The differen tween 
the sweet potato of India and that of the West Indies is striking. The 
diameter and is grown on a flat surface. In the West Indies it is” 
ordinarily an ellipsoid, with axes of 10 and 7 inches, and grown in ies 
in the systems pursued in rearing ‘other crops in the West and ts te the 
model in this country couid not, I think, fail to improve the cultivation 
of all tropical products, and to instruct the people in methods of which - 
they have no idea at present. Some of the return coolies from the à 
West Indies and the Mauritius might also be induced to take service in 
such plantations, and by instructing their countrymen would be of use 
to the manager in starting the work. 
16, I might usefully recapitulate the above remarks as follows The 0€ 
improvement of sugar production in India is -— ible, under existing — 
conditions of scattered cultivation by numerous I cultivators, and in : 
view of the fact that it is roe este a staple, but merely a subsidiary erop 
i v further endeavoured to show— 
-) That cultivation on a large senle is essential, if the repito 
supervision in growing the cane, and the n — ehi 
for manufacturing sugar, are to be provi $ 
,& ) That a edam cannot be bro rought about unless an adequate arca 
of irrigable land in a — and well-populated country with 
: cheap labour is first secured. 
6) gew oe effort and dniae beide are probably unequal to d 
tas — the conditions mao di for successfully | 
Esc dapi p to t take the i initiative and to ests by 
plantat 
RU J. That the A ad ef. of working PRS a plantation | wo be t 
inte rest t e manager in th swecess of the. TD. Y 
e ^ infant js a at nag aid in ' cons str u 
m the iM nry bur. and in applying a de mach 
