Edible Products, 



146 



FEBRUARY, 1900, 



It should be observed that these ex- 

 periments are carried on in a field where 

 Mr. Sowray is putting into practice the 

 suggestions to use weeds intelligently so 

 as to increase humus. The weeds are ah 

 lowed to grow to a moderate height, and 

 are then either cutlassed down or bedded 

 in with the fork as occasion requires. The 



general results have been very good and 

 the field is improving steadily. "When it 

 was first laid out, attempts were made to 

 keep weeds down thoroughly (clean weed- 

 ing), and the soil was deteriorating. On 

 altering the method of working surpri- 

 singly good results followed. 



(To be continued.) 



PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OP CACAO, 



The following Tables are Extracted from " Gordian" 

 Production. 





lyuo. 



1GA4 



1905. 



19(jb. 



1907. 





Kilos. 











Brazil 



20,900,000 



23,160,000 



21,090,000 



25,135,000 



24,528,000 



Santkome 



22,050,000 



20,496,000 



25,669,320 



24,619,560 



24,193,980 



Ecuador ... 







Ol 1\>7 QQO 



no AOti Q07 





Trinidad 



13,821,060 



21,878,260 



22,017,770 



12,983,467 



18,611,430 



Venezuela 



12,550,963 



13,048.838 



12,700.555 



12.864,609 



13,471,090 



British West Airica... 



2.580.682 



5,772,597 



5,620,240 



9.738,964 



10,474,795 



Dominican Republic... 



7,825,000 



13,557,739 



12,604,418 



14,312,992 



10,151,374 



Ceylon 



3,075,323 



3,254,800 



3,224,886 



2,509,622 



4,699,559 



Grenada 



4,827,575 



6,009,755 



5,796,575 



4,931,530 



4,612,100 



Fernando Po 



1,499,050 



2,010,766 



1,862,945 



1,557,864 



2,438,821 



Jamaica 



1,696,700 



1,650,000 



1,357,630 



2,505,608 



2,218,741 



German Colonies 



918,414 



1,109,153 



1,454,153 



1,367,977 



1,966,236 



Haiti 



2,175,000 



2,531,363 



2,343,200 



2,107,905 



1,850,000 



Dutch East Indies ... 



1,469,679 



1,018,006 



1,030,094 



1,849,847 



1,800,150 



Cuba 



2,540,114 



2,697,025 



1,767,666 



3,271,969 



1,689,663 



Surinam 



2,224,668 



854,034 



1,681,851 



1,480,568 



1,625,278 



French Colonies 



1,180,000 



1,215,000 



1,179,401 



1,262,090 



1,387,214 



St. Lucia 



785,000 



800,000 



700,000 



716,200 



750,009 



Dominica 





493,311 



589,378 



572,948 



580,000 



Congo State 





231,382 



194,638 



402,429 



548,520 



Other Countries 



800,000 



800,000 



800,000 



1,000,000 



1,000,000 





125,925,770 



151,152,152 



144,812.553 



148,618,046 



148,267,537 



Consumption. 





1903. 



1904. 



1905. 



1906. 



1907. 





Kilos. 











United States 



27,291,833 



32,164,156 



35,231,645 



37,948,575 



37.526,505 



Germany 



21,634,400 



27,101,400 



29,633,100 



35,260,500 



34,515,400 



France 



20,741,500 



21,794,500 



21,747,600 



23,403,800 



23,180,300 



England 



18,681,192 



20,542,504 



21,190,712 



20,132,040 



20,159,472 



Holland 



10,730,474 



12,184,400 



10,737,400 



11,224,000 



12,219,249 



Switzerland 



5,856,500 



6,839,100 



5,218,400 



6,466,900 



7,124,200 



Spain 



6,026,752 



5,816,359 



6,101,712 



5,636,821 



5,628,239 



Austria Hungary 



2,034,600 



2,510,100 



2,668,500 



2,312,800 



3,471,700 



Belgium 



2,767,791 



2,792,008 



3,018,997 



3,861,686 



3,253,967 



Russia 



1,900,680 



2.055,700 



2,227,680 



2,670,940 



2,473,380 



Italy 



468,200 



479.600 



971,500 



1,385,000 



1,455,500 



Canada 



585,046 



600,000 



654,088 



1,035,182 



1,115,957 



Denmark 



1,150,100 



996,000 



1,125,000 



1,190,000 



1,100,000 



Sweden 



774,673 



870,914 



896,162 



1,057,218 



696,455 



Norway 



439,813 



472,137 



493,813 



580,043 



524,713 



Australia 



443,963 



500,000 



450,000 



386,497 



400,000 



Portugal 



136,354 



140,000 



138,000 



145,604 



150,000 



Finland 



61,031 



63,099 



60,000 



86,252 



103,804 





121,725,502 



137,921,977 



142,564,309 



154,783,858 



155,098,841 



