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the plants gradually ex |(Osed to sunsliitu! td Ii.ikIi'u tlirm dli'. i'.y iln'iime 

 the plants are (i or '"^ inches high, the shading may be gradually dispensed 

 with. 



The more robust of the plants may 1)(' removed from the seed-btd and 

 planted out when they are about a fnot high, the best time for this opei-ation 

 beinsr when the wet season has eonnncnced. 



It is very desirable to avoid \\ indy days for planting, and the roots ot the 

 young plants should be carefully covered when they are being cariierl t'lom 

 the seed-bed to the site of the intended plantation. 



Coffee Pulper. 



Cofi'ee trees are laid out much in the same mantici as when planting an 

 orchard. in Ceylon o ft. x "> ft. or •") ft. x (i ft. and (i ft. x 6 ft. are the 

 distances adopted ; but 7 ft. x 7 ft., and excn S ft. \ S ft. ha\e been recom- 

 mended for planting in this State. 



As the young trees increase in height, ihe time will arrive when it will 

 become neces.sary to jterform the operation called " tojiping. ' This is cuttini;' 

 back I he main stem at the height it is intended it sliall form the future main 

 truids. NN'liere manual labour is cheap and plentiful, about ."> ft. fi'om the 

 ground is (•onsidered a good average height in cut the shoot, but in this 

 country where the soil will in most cases lie cleaned and tilled by means of a 

 horse cultivator, it is perhaps aflvisab'e to provide for the trunk being some- 

 what higher. The tree should not be cut until the brown bark is showing, 

 for if cut while yet green, it will die back. 



As expansion takes place in the gi'owih of the young tice, it will become 

 liable to be swayed l)y the wind, and the moviment of the tree at the foot 



