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LAYING-OUT THE PLANTATION, 

 LINING, AND HOLING. 



LET us now assume that the area to be 

 planted has been made thoroughly fit and 

 clean for the next process of staking it off 

 for the holes where the young coco-nut plants 

 are going- to be finally placed. 



By this time a fresh growth of grass and 

 herbage will have made * its appearance, for 

 nothing furthers plant-growth more than dis- 

 turbing the soil. This may be allowed to 

 remain, it will prevent the drying out of the 

 top-soil, only men should go over it with 

 slashers and hew down the long shoots. 



All this will decompose on the spot, and go 

 to form new sources of nutriment, besides 

 acting as a mulch. The ashes where the timber 

 and scrub have been burnt should remain un- 

 disturbed until needed for mixing w T ith the 



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earth for refilling the holes after the seedlings 

 have been planted out. Where big fires have 

 taken place and have burnt the soil of the 

 surface very much, this should be removed 

 or worked up. At the same time care should 

 be taken of this burnt humus, as there is good 

 stuff in it still. 



When getting his running-lines and stakes 

 ready for marking-off the positions of the 



