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altogether omitted and superphosphate (2 cwt. per acre) be added 

 with the farmyard manure. The cost roughly would be as 

 follows : 



1 Bheel Soiling ... ... ... say Rs. 30 o 



2 Mustard Seed ... ... ... 28 



(The hoeing in would be paid for by missing a regular hoe.) 



3 Basic Slag 8 cwt, ... ... ... say Rs. 30 o 



4 Matt Kalai seed ... ... ... 20 



6 Cattle Manure, including carting and 



application ... ... ... ,,,,100 



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or a cost of 10 rupees 10 annas per annum for the first seven years, 

 and 6 rupees 8 annas per annum for the second seven years. Even 

 if an increase of tea were kept going of thirty pounds per annum, 

 this expense would be doubly wiped out, for the treatment suggest- 

 ed would certainly not lower the quality. 



The rotation suggested might be extended to ten years on 

 some gardens, as I said above, by the introduction of a year 

 without treatment after the first, fourth, and sixth years, and so the 

 cost would be reduced to 7^ rupees for the first period, and 4^ 

 rupees per acre for the second. I have placed the bheel soiling 

 at 30 rupees per acre, a rather low figure perhaps, but the dressing 

 I suggest, is only a light one. If the material were very good, even 

 a less dressing would suffice, if there was any prospect of a repetition 

 at the end of seven years. 



Another rotation based on entirely different lines, say for a 

 heavy soil might be 



1ST SECTION I st year. Deep trench, the soil between alter- 

 nate rows (see page 21) and put in 

 the trenches 2 tons cattle manure 

 per acre, another three tons being 

 applied on the surface of the plot. 

 2nd year. Grow Matt Kalai over the whole 



plot in May, and hoe in in June. 

 year. Nothing. 



year. Deep trench the other rows, and add 

 jungle in the trenches with Basic 

 Slag 4 cwt. per acre. 



