103 



ear, -Grow Mustard over the whole plot in 

 May, and hoe in in June. 



6th year Nothing. 



7//z year, Grow Matt Kalat as in the 2nd year. 



In the next rotation of seven years, the section would be deep 

 trenched in the corresponding years across the former lines of trench- 

 ing between the other rows. The cost of such a system would be 



Rs, A. 



1 Deep Trenching, say ... 8 o 



2 Cattle Manure, 5 tons, say ... ... 7 o 



3 Mail Kalai seed, say ... ...20 



4 Deep Trenching, say ... ... 8 o 



5 Carrying Jungle, say ... ... 5 o 



6 Basic Slag, 4 cwt,, say ... .-15 o 



7 Mustard seed, say ... ... 2 8 



8 Mati Kalai seed, say ... ...20 



TOTAL ... 49 8 



or a cost of 7 rupees I anna per acre per annum, and all except that 

 or Basic Slag, and the various seeds would be paid for labour, which 

 would in any case have to be employed. Oilcake can always replace 

 cattle manure, at the rate of 2 cwt. of the former to one ton of the 

 latter, but with a stiff soil the improvement of condition with the 

 cattle dung renders it preferable. 



I am confident that rotations of this character, the above 

 being only offered as suggestions in which the cost of the 

 operations would vary in every district, will have to be regular 

 things in the future. They, to a certain extent, prevent the 

 land getting so one-sidedly exhausted as it would by growing tea 

 constantly, and above all, would, I believe, retain the quality of the 

 tea. For this last reason specially, I have introduced a phosphatic 

 manure in each example given. The whole, however, in each in- 

 stance, should be based on an analysis of the garden soil, the value of 

 any artificial manures bought should be checked by analysis, and a 

 most rigorous control instituted in every part of the system. 



