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with c ireful cultivat ion regular weeding and protection from insed 

 pests, such as beetles and termites, we should get in my opinion 

 an average yield of at least 60 nuts per tree. There are so many 

 men who ridicule such returns that I hope some of them will come 

 forward and let us have the other side of the question, of course it 

 may be said that no one is justified in basing returns over a large 

 Estate, from the yield of a few trees, and this I fully recognise, at 

 ;he same time I show that the small holding, the yield of which I 

 have quoted as what coco-nuts are giving, has 13% of practically 

 unproductive trees, which would certainly be considered a very 

 large average on a properly cultivated Estate. 



I am Dear Sir, 



Yours Faithfully, 



K. V. CAREY. 



E. V. CAREY Esgk., 

 Dear Sir, 



I yesterday received your Circular re agricultural Bulletin dated 

 20th January, 1902. 



I agree with you that the Bulletin may prove to be a great 

 source of informal ion to all Planters, and that we should all do 

 our best to contribute any information that would be of interest tu 

 others. 



Some men may be too shy to write thinking that others can des- 

 cribe things better and so on ; but what we want is an opinion 

 from every Planter on any subject lhat he has the opportunity of 

 experimenting on and I feel certain that all can express themselves 

 sufficiently to give information that will be acceptable to all of us. 



You ask for information with regard to vields and I think the 

 following will be of interest. 



The last two months has been the busiest time ever experienced 

 on Lowlands Estate in picking and the return per acre has been as 

 follows on the last few fields picked : — 



4- ^ = l 3i Acres _ 2 34 Clean Coffee per Acre. 



5. A = ii j ,, _ 2-i6 



6. A = 9} „ = 270 

 1- A = 7I „ = 2 53 



8. B _ 21 „ 2-84 



9. B = i6| „ = 3 00 

 7- B = 15 n = 3' 02 



and I expect to average 2\ pis,, clean coffee per acre for the round 

 of 500 acres. 



Yours faithfully, 



W. \V. BAILV. 



