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Sugar cane: Projected yields per acre reaped, by territories


 Tons of cane per acre
 Territory
 1965 1970 1975


 Antigua 20.00 20.00 20.00

 Barbados 35.00 37.00 40.00
 British Guiana 40.00 40.00 40.00
 Jamaica 25.00 30.00 35.00
 St. Kitts 35.00 37.50 40.00
 Trinidad and Tobago 30.00 32.50 35.00


N. B. For reasons for basic assumptions see Text.


Assumptions: Antigua:

 Barbados:


 British Guiana:


 Jamaica:

 St. Kitts:
 Trinidad and Tobago:


Yields beyond 20.00 tons to the acre very unlikely.
Calculated at 20.00 t. p. a. throughout (maximum).
Substantial increases expected. Estimated at
35 t. p. a. in 1965 increasing by .50 t. p. a. per
annum up to 1975.
Double crop each year. Increases expected.
Yields expected to approach 40 t. p. a. Estimated
at 40.00 t. p. a. throughout (maximum).
Low yields in 1950's. Estimated at 25 t. p. a. in
1965, creeping to 35 t.p.a. in 1975.
As Barbados.
Available figures refer to Estate cultivation only.
On the basis of lower yields for peasants, overall
estimates placed at 30 t. p. a. in 1965 creeping
to 35 t.p. a. in 1975.


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