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following being an analysts of the soil on newly opened out teelas 

 of this character at Borsillah. 



Hence this would, and does, produce very luxuriant tea and 

 although rather deficient in Phosphoric Acid and in Potash, and requir- 

 ing manuring at a fairly early date, would do much better than many 

 gardens actually in existence. But, as stated above, most of these 

 teelas are badly washed, as no attempt was made in the early days to 

 preserve the soil, and now they form eyesores in most of the gardens, 

 One could not recommend much expense in connection with them in 

 most cases they would be more profitable to the gardens under 

 trees than under tea, but if they are to be reclaimed the best plan 

 would probably be to sacrifice the summit of the hill, fill up the 

 washed slopes into terraces with soil from the base or the summit, 

 holding this soil up by jungle previously placed on the line of the 

 terraces, plant the slopes with Sau trees and put on all the 

 cattle manure that can be spared. Whether this is worth doing 

 in any particular case can only be decided on the spot, but where 

 the deterioration has not gone too far, it would be distinctly worth 

 while, as the soil in its original condition is admirable for tea. 



Further from the hills the soil, where high enough to grow 

 tea, is much stiffen It even forms plateaux of stiff red soil rising 



