XIII 
GINGER 
409 
He remarks that the preliminary cost of raising a 
crop of ginger of 1 bigha extent is far in excess of the 
cost of that of raising turmeric. But as ginger may be 
made to last three years, the average cost will be found 
to be lower, and the returns higher. 
In Barbados, Mr. Bovell gives an estimate of the cost 
of planting and harvesting ginger in this island in the 
Occasional Bulletin, No. 9, 1898, Barbados Botanical 
Station. It is as follows : — 
Expenses. 
Dollars. 
Forking 1 acre of land 
Manuring — 
2-88 
1,200 baskets of farmyard manure at 
1 cent a basket .... 
12-00 
Applying manure 
•96 
Spreading and hoe ploughing in . 
1-20 
14*16 
Planting — 
Liming ..... 
•30 
Digging Holes .... 
4-35 
Planting ..... 
4-35 
Weeding ..... 
3-20 
12-20 
Plants 1,752 lbs. rhizomes at 2 cents per lb. . 
35-04 
Digging and washing .... 
88-44 
Scraping rhizomes .... 
176-80 
Drying and filling barrels . 
3-00 
26 barrels at 12 cents each . 
3-12 
Heading barrels at 3 cents . 
•78 
Freight to port (Bridgetown) 
3-12 
Total expenses for 1 acre 
359-54 
Sale of 3,435 lbs. after deducting freight, etc. 
446-55 
Profit 
106-55 
In Ceylon a planter (W. M. P.), in 
All about Spices. 
p. 143, gives for 1 acre : — 
Dollars. 
Land ...... 
10-00 
Trenching ...... 
40-00 
Carry forward 
50-00 
