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CULTIVATION AND MANUFACTURE OF TEA. 



If enough manure is not procurable for this (the best plan) 

 the most must be done with what can be got, as follows : If 

 the plants are full grown, and there is say 4 feet between the 

 lines, dig a trench down the centre and lay in the manure. 

 The plants will then be manured on two sides. If the plants 

 are young lay the manure near them on two sides, if 

 possible, but failing that even on one side. The principle 

 is to lay the manure at the distance the feeding rootlets are, 

 and the older the plant the greater distance these are from 

 its stem. 



As to the quantity of cattle manure. Say for plants four 

 years old and upwards (if younger, less will be an equivalent) 

 one maund to 20 trees is a moderate dose, one maund to 1 5 

 trees a good dose, and one maund to 10 trees highly liberal 

 manuring, and as much as the plants can take up. 



Say in round numbers each acre contains 2,500 plants 

 (4 by 4 a usual distance gives 2,722 plants, as shown at 

 page 71), and say the manure is procurable at three annas a 

 maund. 1 



The following table shows the expense of each degree of 

 manuring, viz., 10, 15, and 20 trees per maund. 



Table showing the possible cost and result of manuring with 

 cattle-manure. 



1 It is brought, and placed between the lines, in one garden in the Chittagong 

 district, for one to two annas a maund ! 



