Cl Crop Experiments
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As a move towards the develop ment of new export crops, and the improvement in strains of existing crops, a 44-acre section of land was taken over by the Rarotonga Depart ment of Agriculture some time ago.
Ginger, canning beans, and coffee are some of the export crops now being tried out. In the category of existing crops are new strains of tomatoes, kumaras and taro.
Varieties of pasture grasses suitable for dairy-cows are also being tested.
Cows at present do very badly in the Cook Islands—probably because they are usually strains introduced from New Zealand and unused to tropical climate and feeding con ditions.