Canes — Mr. M. H. M. Farquharson is carefully managing the canes 

 at Holland that were manured at the end of October. Our arrange- 

 ments for Cane Experiments stand as follows : — 



1. Holland, St. P^lizabeth, M. H. M. Farquharson, Esqr. 



2. Mount Eagle, Westmoreland, E. R. Burgess, Esqr. 

 3 Money Musk, Yere, Hon. Col. Ward. 



4. Amity Hall, Yere, G. W. Muirhead, Esqr. 



5. Hillside, Yere, P M. Ellis, Esqr. 



6. Catherine Hall, St James, F. A. Dougall, Esqr. 



7. Tinnamon Hill, St. James, Joseph Shore, Esqr. 



8. Yale Royal, Trelawny, H. S. Hoskins, Esqr. 



9. Llandovery, St. Ann, A. I. Webb, Esqr. 



10. Caymanas, St Catherine, J. Scudamore, Esqr. 



11. Albion, St. Thomas, J. Grinan, Esqr. 



Manures applied, No. 1. 

 Manures sent jNos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 

 Manures now being prepared Nos. 7, 8, 10. Jl. 

 Experiments still to be decided No. 9. 

 All these are Manurial Experiments. 



Messrs. Grinan, W. Faiquharson, H S. Hoskins, E. R. Burgess, J. 

 Shore and M. H. M. Farquharson are growing seedlings for chemical 

 analysis . 



Our seedling trials from the central plots at Hope should start in 

 1903. 



A critical study of the Barbados and Leeward Island Experiments 

 nas convinced me that analyses of canes from manurial plots are sim- 

 ply wasted efforts. Manures do not affect the composition of the juice 

 which is a characteristic of the variety. An estate sample of juice 

 from each acre of plots will be taken for analysis from the Manurial Ex- 

 periments. 



Soil analysis. 





Soils. 



Subsoils. 



Total. 



Soils analysed 



26 



13 



39 



" being analysed 



9 



9 



18 



" for analysis 



18 



16 



34 



Total 



53 



38 



91 



By the end of this month, 57 soils will have been analysed, leaving 

 34 still to be done — This includes samples from all the experimental 

 plots besides several of general agricultural interest — When complete, 

 they should form a basis for a generalisation on Jamaica soils for 

 agricultural purposes. 



Supervision — The arrangement with Mr. Cradwick is now in force, 

 viz., that he is to visit any station in his line of travel and report from 

 time to time. He is also to supervise the harvesting of the canes at 

 crop time. 



Storage of Manwe — I propose to continue the use of the lower 

 room at the present used for the storage of the manures, as a more 

 convenient centre for distribution than Hope. 



Finances — The sum of £140 voted for manures should just cover 

 the expenses for the current year, but the margin will be very small — 



