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UKPORT OK OFFICE OF FXPKRIMKNT STATIONS. 



Tin- cost per 10(» pounds of li.i ixcstiiij^ and iiiarkotinj'' rotfec was a,s 

 follows: 



i'i.kin;: ^1. 16 



I'lilpiii;,', liiilliii;.', ami diving 60 



Traiisportiiij; hcrrirs from field to factory 10 



Transporting to Pomr inarki't 25 



Total per 100 pounds 2. 11 



After the harvcstiiio- of the old crop tiie whole of the lo acres were 

 carefully weeded and the coti'ee as well as the shade trees provisionally 

 and roiiohly i)ninod, in)inediately after which operation acres num- 

 bered 1, 3, 4, and S were selected for makino- a beginning for the differ- 

 ent improvement experiments. For this purpose each of them was 

 divided into 4 scjuare plats of one-<iuarter of an acre each, making a 

 total of 1() plats, num])ered from 1 to KJ. The first 4 nmiibers being 

 of the original acre No. 1, the second of acre No. 3, and so on. 



The following operations were then undertaken: 



Plat No. 1. Experiments were made Avith legmninoiis plants as fer- 

 tilizer. All vegetation except coffee and shade removed. Coffee, dis- 

 tanced at practically 8 by 8 feet, by removing all trees at less distance. 

 Cowpeas were planted and after they had come up ver}"^ nicely were 

 plowed under. 



Expenment ivith jjktnt distances. 



Plat No. 1 . 

 Plat No. •> . 

 Plat No. :{. 

 Plat Is o. 6. 



Plat No. S. . 

 Plat No. 9.. 

 Plat No. 10. 

 Plat No. 11. 



Spaced. 



yect. 

 7 by 

 <)by 



6 by 



7 by 



Coffee trees. 



Re- 

 moved. 



107 

 215 

 138 

 110 



Remain- 

 ing. 



103 

 207 

 137 

 147 



Making a total of 8 plats, or 2 acres, on which were removed 1,106 and 

 remained 1,039 coffee trees. Plats 4, 5, 7, and 12 were left as check 

 plats in their original state. 



CUTTING COFFEE TREES TO STUMPS. 



On plats Nos. 9 and 10 all existing coffee trees were cut to stumps 

 about 6 inches high, and besides on plat No. 9 all shade trees were 

 removed. Very soon the stump began producing n(nv shoots, in most 

 instances in large quantities. As soon as the shoots had attained a 

 height of a few inches, all of them except two opposite ones were 

 removed from each stump, and since that time the shoots have grown 

 very rapidly, but quicker in No. 9 than in No. 10. 



Besides the above-mentioned experiments, all the trees of the first 

 12 plats were thoroughl}^ cleaned by rubbing with a rough cloth and 

 afterwards painted with lime milk. The general appearance of the 

 trees has improved greatl}'. 



