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thinning grapes, and pruning coffee. A good and appreciative audience 

 of over 50 men. At Salem there is a large vine of the Barbarossa 

 variety which has borne heavily for between twenty and thirty years. 



St. Ann. 



I beg to submit the following Report on a lecturing tour in the Parish 

 of St. Ann. 



Monday, March 29th, 1897, Bamboo. I walked about the district 

 with the Rev. J. P. Hall, made myself known to the people whom I 

 saw working in their grounds, had little chats with them, showed them 

 how to bud, and in this way awakened an interest in the district that 

 will I am sure lead to good results. 



Tuesday, March 30th. Lectured to a meeting of five or six hundred 

 people in the Tabernacle at St. Jean d' Arc, one of the biggest meetings 

 that I had ever had, owing to its being thoroughly advertised by the 

 Hon. Dr. Johnston. 



Wednesday, March 31st. Spent the day in looking over various 

 cultivations which I had visited the year before and was much pleased 

 to see the improvements, and to hear from the owners that the improve- 

 ments were entirely due to my efforts on previous visits. At night 

 lectured in the Court House to an assembly of about 60 men, nearly all 

 landowners and men of the right stamp. 



Thursday, April 1st. Lectured in the Church of England Mission 

 Station at Clarke Town. The room, not a small one by any means, 

 was simply packed and many people had to stay outside. I was told 

 that never but once before had such a number of people gathered in 

 the building and that was on the occasion of a visit of the Assistant 

 Bishop. 



Friday, April 2nd. Gave a demonstration on Mr. Ormsby's property 

 and gave him also some advice about his grapes. In the evening 

 lectured in the St. Ann's Bay Court House, here again the house was 

 packed until there was not even standing room. 



Subject dealt with : — 



Treatment of the soil, coffee, oranges, grapes. The treatment of the 

 soil was chiefly confined to digging, how to do it and the reasons why 

 it should be done. 



Coffee : the evils of over-crowding, neglecting to prune, and the 

 neglect of proper shading. 



Oranges : The budding was fully explained and demonstrated ; hints 

 were given as to the suitability of stocks, and the folly of allowing 

 good trees to get covered up with creepers, wild pines and mistletoe. 



Grapes : The growing of grapes was fully explained. 



Seeds of the shade trees Bois Immortelle (Erythrina umbrosa) were 

 distributed and directions for their treatment were given. Wherever 

 I go, I notice almost identical mistakes with the treatment of coffee 

 by the peasantry, namely overcrowding, neglecting to prune, and 

 either shading the coffee until it can scarcely exist for want of air and 

 light, or exposing it to full power of the sun, but gradually in every 

 district where my visits are repeated, I see one or two carrying out 

 my instructions and in this way I think the good works is bound to 

 spread. 



The treatment of the soil is little understood, but with this the 



