MANURE. 



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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 equi- 

 valent) one maund to 20 trees is a moderate dose, one maund 

 to 15 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 72), and say the manure is procurable at three annas a 

 maund.* 



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. 



* It is brought and placed between the lines, in one garden in the Chit- 

 tagong district, for one to two annas a maund ! 



