If these figures be calculated on the basis of the soil less the 

 sand, we have 



Though the exhaustion is evident, and becomes much more 

 evident if the quantity of actually available materials be considered 

 (see pp. 50, 53, 54, 56, 58), and though the great depth of the soils has 

 protected them from deterioration to anything like the same extent as 

 many others, nevertheless the means for renovating sandy tea soils 

 should distinctly be used here. Mr. Showers, at Cinnamara, informs 

 me that he is building cowsheds, in which an effort is being made to 

 retain the urine for manurial purposes. This is distinctly a step in 

 the right direction. Mustard cake can also, I believe, be obtained in 

 this district in fair quantity. Furthermore green manuring with matt 

 kalai has already proved a decided success at Cinnamara, both in 

 increasing the luxuriance of the bushes and in keeping off green 

 fly, The hullahs here usually possess a rich surface, but the valuable 

 material is not very deep, as the following analyses of hullah soil 

 from Cinnamara testify, and too much reliance should not be placed 

 upon them as sources of manure. 



A suitable treatment would therefore be 



ist year (the year before heavy pruning) Cattle manure 5 tons per acre in spring. 

 2nd year (heavy pruning) mati kalai sown in May, hoed in in June. 

 3rd year Nothing. 

 4th year Nothing. 



5th year 5 cwt. per acre wood ashes and mati kalai sown in May, hoed in 

 in June. 



