acres for maize, so as to maintain loo acres continu- 

 ously under that crop. Between each row of coffee 

 for one year 1 would plant beans, using my planter 

 for this, so as to have a double row of beans between 

 each row of coffee. Coffee should be planted 9 feet 

 by (). In my second year then I would have 100 

 acres of niai/x- and 20 acres of coffee and beans. 



A SIX YEARS 

 PROGRAMME. 



Continuing to develop on these lines 1 should have 

 in my third year: — 100 acres of maize, 20 acres of 



2 year old coffee, and 20 acres of one year old coffee 

 and beans; in the fourth ye^r : — 100 acres of maize, 

 20 acres of 3 year old coffee giving a small crop, 20 

 acres of 2 year old, and 20 acres of one year old and 

 beans; in the fifth year: — 100 acres of maize, 20 

 acres of 4 year old coffee, which shoidd give me about 

 4 tons of berries, 20 acres of 3 year old with a small 

 crop, 20 acres of 2 year old, and 10 acres of i year old 

 coffee and beans; and in the sixth year: — 100 acres 

 of maize, 20 acres of 5 years' old coffee giving 7 tons, 

 20 acres of 4 year old yielding 4 tons, 20 acres of 



3 year old with a small crop, and 10 acres of 2 year 

 old. And so on each year. The area imder maize 

 should be steadily maintained, as with the increasing 

 demands for labour food supply larger quantities are 

 recjuired for use on the farm, while the stirplus can 

 alwavs be sold. 



THE POSITION 

 AFTER SIX 

 YEARS. 



I'roni the foregoing it vvill be seen that of the 

 original ;^7oo only slightly over ;£5oo is actually dis- 

 bursed, and that at the end of the sixth year I would 

 be £\,22b 1 6s. od. better off in hard cash than when 

 I started, in addition to which, of course, I would 

 have a very much more valuable proi:)erty. No allow- 

 ance has been made for the cost of living, which on 

 an economically managed farm should not be .great, 

 and should be more than covered by the imexpended 

 balance of capital and the proceeds of sale of third 

 years' pickings of coffee, which I have not inchided 

 in revenue. 



J. BROWNE. 



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