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tically the bark of the stem^ and especially round the 

 axilla of the primaries^ with a rough coir-glove, as used 

 for cleaning* bullocks, or still better, with a short wire 

 brush, made in the shape of a nail-brush ; mere hand- 

 rubbing is impracticable to a large extent ; and secondly, 

 white-washing the stems from top to bottom, and the 

 primaries from the axilla one or two inches upwards 

 with lime. The lime will, eventually, when dropping off, 

 serve as manure and repay its cost. Tar is too expensive 

 and apt to kill young trees. To make the lime more 

 adhesive, a gelatinous liquid, obtained by soaking the 

 bark of the wild cinnamon and Culur Mavina or Poon 

 tree in water, may be admixed. 



9. These remedies are, however, only preventive 

 against the spread of the Borer-pest, and do not save a 

 tree already far gone. Any such tree must be eradicated 

 and destroyed. 



10. As the Borer appears, however, generally sporadic 

 on an estate, it would appear sufficient, to treat at first — 

 but without delay — -the healthy trees which are in the 

 neighbourhood of such affected spots, after having care- 

 fully destroyed the Borer trees. 



11. He to whom such treatment appears impracti- 

 cable to a large extent, must make up his mind, either 

 to save with certainty a smaller area, or risk the in- 

 evitable destruction of his whole estate. 



12. From the difficulty we find in overcoming this 

 plague on an extensive acreage of cultivation, we may 

 leara, perhaps, the true mode of coffee culture, and the 

 truth of the maxim : that a hundred acres, well cultivated 

 and carefully superintended, are more profitable than a 

 thousand that cannot bo properly managed." 



{Extracts from a Report by Dr. George Bidie to the Madras 

 Government, dated 16 Oct. 18G7.) 



"I have the honour to report, for the information of 

 Government, that, in the month of September, I visited 

 Coorg, with a view to collect some facts regarding the 

 ravages of the insect called the Borer, which has lately 

 caused such destruction on coffee plantations there, and 

 in the neighbouring districts of Wynaad and Munzerabad. 

 It is now upwards of four years since I last visited Coorg, 

 and the first thing that struck me on the present occasion 

 was the altered appearance of the country. In every 



