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success without spending this amount. His method was as follows : 

 A hole 2 feet deep and 18 inches wide is dug and the soil removed 

 The bottom is then filled with jungle soil and a 2-year old plant with 

 a very large block of earth attached is put in hard, pressed down hard 

 round it, the remainder of the hole filled with cattle manure and the 

 whole well compacted by treading down. Then straw is put round 

 the plant to prevent the direct rays of the sun striking the plant's 

 own soil. One year after planting (3 years from seed) the new bush 

 is pruned at 6 inches from the ground (not more), and in order to 

 avoid injury from plucking when not ready to pluck, it is generally 

 arranged, if possible, that the plot should be heavy pruned as a 

 whole when these infillings are cut down. The method has been a 

 splendid success, and I can recommend none better, The only 

 point is that jungle soil is not always obtainable, but a substitute 

 could well be made during the previous season by making a com- 

 post with soil and cattle manure on the plot itself. To do this the 

 cattle manure should be taken on to a vacant place, if possible under 

 shade, on the plot to be treated, and made into a layer 4 inches thick, 

 and then covered with 6 inches of ordinary garden soil ; on top of this 

 another 4 inches of manure should be placed and then soil as before 

 alternating layers thus until enough has been produced for the 

 purpose. This will unite into a rich black mass by the following cold 

 weather, and may be used instead of jungle soil with equal confi- 

 dence of success. 



SUMMARY re CATTLE MANURE. 



As a whole then cattle manure is capable of being used far 

 more than it has been, and, properly collected and preserved, should 

 form on most Assam gardens the nucleus of the manure required. 

 It is valuable for all kinds of land, but especially for those with 

 stiff soil, and for the extremely light sands. It should be applied 

 in the spring and immediately hoed in. For filling in vacancies it 

 is almost indispensable. 



GREEN MANURING, 



Only second in importance to cattle manure, and probably 

 likely to take enormous extension in the future, is green manuring 

 or the growing of green crops among the tea, to be hoed in entirely 

 so that by their decay in the soil, the land may be improved and 

 food added to the soil. It is long since they were first recommend- 

 ed, but in spite of very successful experiments their use has not 



