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ascribed most of the failures in plantation work, with which the 

 United Provinces forest areas are dotted. It has been proved in 

 the plains (Etawah), in the Tarai (Gorakhpur, Kheri > etc.), in the 

 Bhabar (Haldwani, Eamnagar) and in the higher hills (Chakrata, 

 Naini Tal), tha-t failure without rains weeding is almost inevitable 

 and success with rains tending under normal conditions is almost 

 certain. On the other hand with chir pine plantations on bare 

 hillsides near Almora, and sissu on light gravelly soils with mild 

 weed growth in Eamnagar, success has been obtained without 

 rains weeding, and again in the Bhabar where labour and supervi- 

 sion in the rains are very difficult, various alternative schemes, e.g., 

 early sowing and planting with irrigation, have met with success. 

 But generally speaking nothing can replace or give the same 

 results as rains tending. "* 



In Bengal the authors of the Forest Record write : 

 ' The amount of tending necessary depends on the rate of. 

 growth of the species and on whether the intervening spaces are 

 occupied by well cleaned field crops or by jungle. Under 

 a good field crop practically no special tending of the forest 

 plants is necessary except the loosening of the soil about their 

 roots, at any rate in the case of fast growing species, provided 

 that two years' cultivation can be arranged for. In the case of 

 sal grown with field crops, some forking or weeding may he 

 necessary and climber cutting will have to be done in the third 

 year. If the area is not under field crops jungle must be kept 

 sickled back well away from the plants,, two weedings will be 

 necessary during the first rains, one in the second and one in the 

 third. In the case of sal even more weeding will be necessary. 



" Weeding and cleaning is best done at the beginning and the 

 end of the rains. If only one cleaning is to be given it should be 

 at the end of the rains. It is a good plan when making this final 

 cleaning to spread three or four inches of cut jungle over the forked 

 up ' thali ' as a mulch and to cover this with a thin layer of earth. 



The Foretl "Packet Book, 1921. 



