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matter, and would be benefitted by any cattle manure that may 

 be available more than by anything else. In default of this, 

 as recommended elsewhere under similar conditions, oilcake should 

 be used, followed by green manuring crops. 



Between the Rangagora road and the railway the country is 

 extremely variable in character. Much of it consists of grass land 

 which has produced some of the best tea gardens in the province ; 

 the soil of other parts is heavier in character and bears forest, itself 

 altering in appearance with great frequency. One of the many 

 gardens on this heavier forest land is Woodbine, the analyses of whose 

 soil and subsoil follow. The land where these samples were collect- 

 ed had been under tea for 7 to 8 years and was yielding 6 maunds 

 of tea per acre. 



These figures show most clearly that, in so far as chemical 

 constituents are concerned, compared with some of the splendid 

 virgin soils in some neighbouring gardens, the only deficiency is 

 in the organic matter and the nitrogen, and both these can best 

 be supplied by the bulky organic manures like cattle manure. 

 Were the whole local supply of this material saved and used, there 

 would be for as good many years to come little if any need of any 

 other material, on the condition that the roots can be made to 

 penetrate the subsoil yellow clay, and this can to a large extent be 

 brought about by thorough subsoil drainage and heavy cultivation. 

 There is a great tendency with such a clay subsoil for the roots to 



