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cast or in drills ; for although the weeding under the former 

 method is very much more expensive per square yard or 

 perch, yet there will be many more seedlings on that area. 



Weeding seedlings sown in drills 6 inches apart, in beds 

 4 feet wide, will cost 6d. per 50 feet run each time it is 

 done, or 2s. per 50 feet run per annum (i.e. done 4 times). 

 This is equal to 5d. per 1000 seedlings per annum for 

 weeding, and may be taken as a fair price, whether broad- 

 casted or in drills. 



Hoeing and weeding transplants, in lines 8 by 3 inches, will 

 cost for doing three times, is. 3d. per 200 square feet or 50 feet 

 run of 4- foot bed. This is equal to 2s. 2d. per 1000 plants. 



Hoeing and weeding plants twice transplanted into lines 

 14 by 6 inches, will cost for doing twice, 7d. per 200 square 

 feet. This is equal to 35. 8d. per 1000 plants. 



The following table will show at a glance some of the 

 expenses incurred in nursery work per 1000 plants, and per 

 50 feet run of a 4-foot bed, or per 200 square feet : 



The following table will show the net cost on the 

 average of raising nursery stock of various ages after debiting 

 all other charges, such as general maintenance charges, 

 rates, taxes, digging, and manuring the ground, watering, 

 lifting seedlings and transplants, and carting from the 

 nursery to plantations, and an allowance for failures in 

 the nursery (all "calls" discarded), etc.: 



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