2O4 COFFEE : ITS CULTIVATION AND PROFIT. 



cost, and leave a large profit besides." Sweepings 

 from stables, roads, bazaars, sheepfolds, chicken- 

 runs, should all find their way to the heap where 

 " line " sweepings and night soil are collected. 

 This poudrette consists of village ashes and the 

 excrementitious matters collected daily from the 

 village latrines. Care was taken to have ashes- 

 thrown over the mounds. After remaining in 

 heaps thus formed for six or eight months, the 

 manure became thoroughly deodorized and fit for 

 use. In this state coolies make no objection what- 

 ever to work with it ; and the character of the 

 manure is so thoroughly changed that few persons 

 could, from its appearance, determine the nature 

 of its original ingredient. It will be more avail- 

 able under some circumstances than others, but 

 should never be neglected. 



Though not a usual source of manure, bat 

 guano is sometimes to be had, and nothing could 

 be better in its way. The great Indian fruit bats, 

 who sally forth at sunset in regiments and bat- 

 talions, spend the hours of daylight in clefts in 

 rocks and hanging to the roofs of caverns. The 

 droppings, accumulated for centuries, below them 

 are sometimes two or three feet thick, and then well 

 worth removing and using as an artificial stimulant. 



Among other substances there is castor oil cake, 

 especially rich in nitrogen ; it is, therefore, a 

 powerful fertilizer. Its action is slow, but when 

 mixed with cattle manure it becomes a great deal 



