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weeded, and any vacancies which may occur in the lines made up. 
In July the ground is again weeded and the plants are thinned 
out. In October a further cleaning of the ground and loosening of 
the surface soil takes place. Nothing more is done until March, 
when the ground is again loosened. At this time the plants are 
finally thinned, the stronger ones being left about three feet 
apart each way. Those taken out are used to fill up any gaps 
caused by death through damp or frost during winter. In Maya 
final cleaning is given, and during the next two months a strict watch 
is kept in view of a possible attack by caterpillars. The harvest 
takes place during August and September. When the time 
and tied up into staves or bundles ready for sale. A bundle of 
heads varies considerably in price, the poorer ones being as low as 
35s. and the best ones as high as 24/. Some factories use about 
three bundles a month, and Mr. North estimates the annual value of 
the heads used in this country at about 15,0001. 
or comparison with the method of cultivation adopted in England 
the following extracts bearing upon the cultivation in France and 
the United States are taken from the above-mentioned articles. In 
nz grown to a small extent in Clackamas County, Oregon. The 
cost of growing is there given as twopence a pound for dried heads 
