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Coffee, once a crop of some importance, now 
occupies comparatively a small area as a secondary 
crop to rubber. Coffee requires to be grown on 
the richest soils of the country before it is likely 
to prove a financial success; it is not recommended 
to grow it as a sole crop, but inter-planted with 
some other form of cultivation. 
The best and steadiest crops of Liberian coffee have 
been grown on land of a peaty nature and low 
country. Robusta coffee thrives best on a loose 
clay-loam soil. 
Sugar was at one time cultivated in the Peninsula, 
principally in Province Wellesley and Lower Perak, 
but it is now only grown by the small holder for 
the local market. A number of improved varieties 
of sugar are under trial by the Department of 
Agriculture. It is unlikely, however, that sugar 
will receive much attention as a planting proposition 
for the present, owing to shortage of labour. 
A great deal of interest is now being taken in the 
production of vegetable oils and new sources of 
supply. The African Oil Palm ( Elaeis Guineensis) 
has attracted much attention lately and there is 
every reason to believe that the oil palm will thrive 
in most soils in this country which are capable of 
holding a fair proportion of moisture, but rich moist 
soil would probably give the best return. It would 
be expected that this crop would generally be suited 
to soils of the coconut type and this is probably 
correct, but remarkably fine specimens have been 
grown on gently undulating land. There are large 
areas in the Peninsula suitable for the cultivation 
of the oil palm and, judging by the number of 
applications received by the Department of Agricul- 
ture for information on the subject, it is likely that 
