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and the adontion of better dry farm met- hods. such as more intensive cultivation for the purpos2 of conserving sot mois- ture, as is the practice in the semi arid portions of the western United Suates. It is the beliaf of the writer thal the long continued cane production has to a more or less degree deplered the sail fer tility, and that this might be vestored throuzh adoption of the ahove methads. With a moan annual rainfail of 46 Inehes, whieh the Istand bas, general farming without irrigatinp, if properiv handied, should be reasonably saccesstul. VALUE OF IRBIGATICG, 99 From Labie Hit is seen that the averaze vield of eane without irrigation is about 15 tons per acre harvested, Jt is the statement of the manager ot the 1.2a Grange Sugar Factory that the area har vested eaeh year is 757% of the area in cualtivation: that the yield per acre harvested is 10 to 12 tons per acre with- olt irrigation, and that with irrigation it would be from two to three times this amount; that the value of cane is §4.50 p 't ton wirh sugar at its average value { 5 conts per pound; and that it costs | £3.00 per ton to raise cane. It isthe | s atement of the manager of the West | India Sugar Factory that 7038 of the | arca in sugar cuitivation is harvested ! each vear; that the average yieid per aere harvested is 12 tons per acre with- cut irrigation and that with irriga- tion it would be about 35 tons; that the average value of cuane is $5.00 per ton: and that it would cost $2.00 per ton to raise it under the heavy vield of irrigation. It is the estmate of Chief Engineer R. A. Gonzalez of the Isabela project in Porto Rico that the increased yield due to irrigation on that project will be 18 tons per acre; that it is worth €4.50 per ton, and that it will cost S3O (0 per cere or $1.67 per ton to raise it, The vield at Porto Rieco without irrigation is | said to be somewhat greater than at 3t, | Croix, so the increinent of yield due to | irrigation sheould be corresporndingly | greater at St. Croix. ‘ 33. From the above it is concluded to ficure the increased yield at St. Croix dne to irrigation at 20 tons per acre and that the net value of this is §3 00 per ton. or $60.00 per acre. By capitalizing this at 109 the resulting value of irriga- | tion is $600,00 per acre for the area har- vested, or, on the basis that 709, es the area in cultivation is harvested, the value would be $420.00 per zere in cultivation. 34- lln the case of the Jolly Hiil and River projeets, which would water only the iands of the La Grange and West In- dia Sugar Companies, respectively, and which companies are in the sugar manu- tacturing business as well as in the busi- ness of raising cane, and as their invest- ments are now made in sugar plants whieh stand idle the greater portion of the year, it is said by the managers of these companies thatit weuld be logical o) diZzare the value of irrigation in terms S LI x A YIE of sugar produetion rather than in cane procduetion. The ~omputation of the value ot iriigation under this assumption would be as follows: Ten per eont of the weig.at o cane is sugar, or 200 lbs. of sugar toa teh of ene: AF the aver age Wnlbe of supar of Br per ilb. the ovose sulue of a ton of gane 13 SIIOOO I it costs S2OO per ton 1o paiee it. and say an- othar $2.00 to masufacture the sugar, the net value of a son of cane expressed ir terms of the value of sugnr vould be 86.00, or the value of irrigation would be just doubie that stated above, or $840,00 per acre for the area in cultivation. This arcument would not applv 1o the Salt River project except in so far as it would water the lands of the West [ndia Sugar Company. For the planters engaged only in cane production the value ol irr- gation would be nu greater than the cap- italized net value of the increased cane production. (To be continued.) TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. Paris, June 9th. - The Uruguavan Soc- cer Football Team today won the ivm- pic iitle, defeating the Swiss Team 1n a fast and furious battle, whieh wus bii- terly contested {from begcinning to end and in which the Souih Americans {fousht down unexpectedly sturdy opposition vhile a crowd of more ithan 60,000 per- sons, whien filled the Colombers stasii- um to capacity, cheered franticaily, Tha score was 3 1o 0. St. Johns N. F. June 9th— At nocon to- day the Hickman Ministry formaliy re- sicned ard His Ixceillerey the Gov- ernor valled on Mr. W: §. Mon- roe to form a Government. The new n:inistry,.as sworn in this afternoon, con- sists of Walter S. Monroe, Prime Minis- ter of Education. Jonn R. Bennett, Col- onial Secretary. W. J. Higgins, Jusitic Sir Johi Grosbie, Finarce end Customs. W. J. Woodforf, Posts and Telegraphs. Tte other membersof the Cabiget wie Alfred B. Morine, M. S. Sallivan, Rieh- ard Ciamm., A Gordor Brade and Joseph J. Lorg. With the exception of Mr. Mo- rine all these ministers were el.eied for various disiriets. Mr. Morine does not hold & seac in either house, but will be avpointed to the Legisiative Council. Heads of cepartments, whoare not mem- beis of the Cabinet, are Wiiliam J. Walsh Agnriculture and Mires, Captain William Windsor, Marine and lisheries and C. K. Russeil, Public Work:. The proclamaticn fo* the bve clections made pecessary in the case of department neads was issued this evening. The standing of the part- ies in the local assen:bi’ 1s Monroe Pur- ty twenty-five. Hickman Party tep and ote Independant, making up the total mwenbership of thirtysix seats. VWashingten, June 9th—The U ited States Government will close itz books for this Fiscal Year on June 30th with a surpius of betweean $350, 009,000 and {tu 00,000, Director Lord of the Badget Bu reau today informad President Coolidge Edmonston Alta, Jnne 9th—Edmonton and surrounding disirict are threatened with a plague of caterpillars. Alread, catapillars have appearadin millions 1. some parts of the distriet and have sivip ped the trees bave of Ibeir leaves. ['hey covered railway tracks and esused the engine wheelss to siip, stopping the trains temporarily. The pests even in vade the houses and make hife uncomfor- table for the dwellers. FFarmers say i caterpillars have not attacked the croj: vet London, June luth.—(United Press| Loondon’s sirike of power house en ployees, which tied up the City sub wavs, showed some slight abatemon: today, although for:y four stations were still eclosed. Thousands returning t. work after the three day Whitsuntide Holiday were obliged to walk. Bangkok, Stam June loth—The Poriu guese aviators arrived yesterday .from: anzoon, enrou ¢ irom Portugal tola Cal. Hone Kong, June 10th. -The Ameri can arimy acound the worid fliers left this morning tor Haphong, French Indo China. London, June 10th. —The Auglo-Italian experts today completed their work of defining a new Jutsaland frontier. A convention embodying the agreement will shortly be sirned by the two Gou ernments. Jutsaland formerly was part of German West Africa uponn which Italy had certain elaims 9y virture of hor participation in the Great War, Tokio, June 10th-Three of the men who on Saturday night held a demonstra- tion at the Imperiy| Hotel, breaking up the dance as a protest against the Amer ican Exelusion Act, were s=n'encer three doavsin jail and two others fin.d ten yen each Lhey were charged wi. disturbing the peaen, (eve!land Qhio, June 10:h—S2pater Robert Latollette nas ¢ denged the ja pubiican Nationa! ecanvent:on to condemn and repudiate X-A torney General Dau- oherty and ex Seeretary of the loterior, Albert [Fall. Furthermore, he ealls upon the Convention for a bailot approvin. those Repablicans whovo 2d for the re- cent Tax Reduction Bill, asks a Republi- can pledge not to support the Mellon Tax Programme and demands applause tor those Republicans instrumental in carry ing on the retent prob Bof alleged gov ernment irrezularitizs. London, June 11th No subway tralns were in oppsraiion in London durin:. the rush hour between 8 a. m, and 94. m, today, due to overloading vower sta- tions, where a few loyal workers are not on strtke. The waikout of svine 8.0 u) powerhouse employvees, calied ip defiance of organized labour leaders showed no cigns of abating-