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the soil with about 200 maunds of farmyard manure per acre 

 and raising the beds 6 inches above the surrounding soil, seed 

 should be sown 6 to 9 inches apart, and 2 inches deep, and 

 only i inch apart from one another along the furrows or lines. 

 The lines should then be covered lightly and mats or palm 

 branches thrown over the seed-beds. Watering should be 

 done early in the morning or after sunset. 



717, A bushel of seed will give 10,000 plants, sufficient 

 for covering 10 acres. When the plants have 2 to 4 leaves 

 they should be carefully transplanted, in damp cloudy 

 weather, from the seed-bed to the nursery and placed 9 

 to 12 inches apart. Then the grounds of the plantation are 

 "lined out" for the reception of the plants. A rope is 

 furnished with bits of scarlet rag at the distance fixed upon 

 between the plants which is usually 7 ft. It is stretched 

 across the plot and stakes are inserted at each rag. The 

 rope is then moved forward a stage at a time, gauged 

 by measuring rods 7 ft. long. Or, a base-line is laid 

 down straight up and down the slope, and a cross-line set 

 off exactly at right angles. On this line stakes are driven 

 into the ground at the distance determined upon for 

 the position of the plants. To each stake a rope is fixed 

 and stretched parallel with the base-line and as straight as 

 possible. Small stakes are provided along these lines. A 

 rope held across them at succeeding stages of equal width 

 as guided by measuring poles 7 ft. long, and the small stakes 

 are put in where the movable rope crosses the fixed ones, 

 each stake indicating the site for a plant. The sowing and 

 transplanting are done in the rainy season. The seedlings 

 are planted out when a year old, and sometimes when 2 years 

 old, in their permanent places in the plantation. 7 feet each 

 way is the usual distance apart at which they are planted, 

 about 1,000 plants going to the acre. Holes are first made 

 where the stakes are planted and then the seedlings removed, 

 a ball of earth being taken up with each seedling, and the 



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