some rotations which might be profitably carried out. As far as 

 manuring is concerned, I do not think that a period of more than 

 seven years should go by on any plot of established tea without at 

 least one application of manure. Ten years might occasionally 

 pass on some lands and some gardens, but this is I fancy quite the 

 limit. Take for instance a garden of 500 acres, soil light and fairly 

 deep, top-dressing soil easily available and cattle manure well kept. 

 Such a garden would be divided into seven sections, of seventy 

 acres each, and a method of dealing with it might be : 



1ST SECTION. ist year. Bheel Soil light dressing not more 



than 4 inches thick when put on. 

 2nd year, Crop of mustard in May and June 

 to be hoed in as green manure. 



-$rd year Nothing in growing season. Basic 

 Slag (8 cwt. per acre) in 

 November. 



<\thyear. Crop of Matt Kalai in May and 

 June to be hoed in as green 

 manure. 



5/// year Nothing. 



6th year. Dressing of 7 tons per acre of 

 Cattle Manure, in March. 



jth year Nothing. 



When the first 70 acres received the bheel soil, the second 

 would be having the second year's treatment, so that every year's 

 would see one section under some kind of treatment coupled with 

 rotation of crop. The total expense outside the garden for the 

 seven years would be thus limited to the 8 cwt. per acre of Basic 

 Slag in the 4th year which would probably not be needed in the next 

 seven year's series on the same plot. Of course endless variations 

 could be introduced. If bheel soil were not available, a dressing of 

 10 cwt. per acre of castor or 12 cwt. per acre of mustard caka would 

 more or less replace it and cost no more, but in most cases rather 

 less. The Basic Slag might be replaced by Lime, or a smaller 

 dressing, say 4 cwt. per acre might be put on and added to each 

 rotation instead of once in 14 years. The cattle manure might 

 be found not to be needed or finally the Basic Slag might be 



