, 1891-06-20

think, will be enough to convince you that
there are numerous questions affecting the
production of sugar and the utilization of
sugar in this neutrality-suspicious. which be.
long to the domain of politics. Although L
nave pot an opportunity OF seeing so mucn
OF Barbados as some Of the other islands
yet [ assure YOU that there are internal
questions affecting the cultivation and
manipulation of sugar which you would
do we'll to study. (Hear, hear.) There is
no place in the world where Sugl cane is
better cultivated than in Barbados (Cheers.)
What you want to find out is what kind OF
manure is suited to the special soil ana
climate. To discover that it will not do to
carry out experiments in one field only.
For instance DOdds is situated in what l
am told is a planting district. There are
other parts of the island that arc called
ratOOning districts? there are parts where
possibly there might be a greater or lesser
rain fall? there are other parts where the
soil may be entirely different from the soil
at DoddS. All these circumstances must
be taken into consideration SO that the eX-
periments at DOddS, satisfactory as they
are, are not sufficient to justify you in ar
irving at any hard and fast conclusion with
regard to the use of particular manureS
in particular areas. | know there is II pro-
wv DNAOAO bAO NONSA Ahh AO ~ AWH w.
other Botanical Station. So far as the pur-
chasing of an estate for the purpose OF
trying experiments goes, | am not here to
advise or suggest any thing as to what you
should do. All I wish 10 say to you on the
matter this afternoon is this: that these
experimental stations are now being OrSa-
Missed In every civiliSed country in the world.
heretofore there were Il few OF them scat
tered all over the world believe the to-
tai number was something like four OF five:
but at the present day there are | suppose
more than 100, established in different parts
Of the world. There are, [ believe, about
81 in the United States alone. These BO-
tanlcal Stations are organised and support
ed by the Government for the improve
ment of the agricultural industries Of tho
country. Therefore. if you are to keep
pace in regard to the pro luctIon OF Sug n,
that is to say, the yield of sugar per acre
if you are to keep pace in this direction
with other countries, it is necessary for yOIl
to take up the question in Il thoroughly eff
fective manner. And the results so fr o.
tanned here at the experimental station ut
Dodds, entirely justify you i'll taxing further
action. (Cheers) l assure you that those
results have not only been the means of
suggesting as they have lOne here, that
there should be further trials, but they hlvo
been tho means of suggesting the establish
ment of experimental fields and stations in
various other countries. Ibelieve thatin Maui
ritius they have taken up the question most
thoroughly. In Java, which is the largest
Su%gar-grOwing country in the lSt Indies,
they have already nearly twelve of these
stations established III different parts of
the island. One of the most interesting
results connected with DoddS, and one
that has made Dodds known all over tho
world, is the fact that Seeding sugar
cane was found there some time ago and
the fact that sugar cane is capable of being
produced from seed. (CheerS.) | think 1T
is we'll hat l should state something to you
with regard to this subject, and explain to
you the exact point with regard to it. AS you
know, the sugar cane never was produced
from seed for % considerable time except
ina very accidental way. The flower Of
the cane is the same as that of the
grass. Sugar care is nothing more than ID
solid stem grass like the bamboo, which is
a hollow stem grass. The figures which /
have drawn on this blackboard represent
the cane arrow, or p%aniele asst is known
to botanists. with it's thousands of flowers,
(Mr. Morris) then by means of diagrams
drawn on a blackboard, gave a full, inter-
esiing and instructive description of the in
fiorescence of the sugar cane, and the ger
mination and growth of the cane seed,
nointino ont that owing to the fact that the