Weeding, 



Weeding must be attended to constantly as the weeds grow 

 up. The chief care of the planter must be: never to allow 

 any weeds to grow up on his cacao estates. They are, too, 

 a pest to the young trees; these especially must be at all 

 times kept entirely free from them. The state of the ground 

 will readily show whether the estate must be weeded in August 

 and September. On sandy soil, weed between the trees, but 

 let the weeds stand round the stems. On clay ground, on the 

 contrary, weed round the stems, aud leave the weeds between 

 the stems. In the first case the abundant dew effects an aspersing 

 process, and in the second a filtring and percolating process. The 

 genial rains in the month of November ought never to find weeds 

 on the estate. The pruning, clearing, weeding, and the removing 

 of the suckers, should all be done before that time, in order that 

 the tree, and the tree alone, may derive the advantage of the rains. 



