212 COFFEE I ITS CULTIVATION AND PROFIT, 



pointed out, every answer is the result of separate 

 and individual experience and observation. 



Question ist. What manure gives the best and what the 

 worst results ? 



Answers: 



1. Cattle manure or sombreorum the best, cocoanut 

 poonac the worst. 



2. Best, plain bones or bones and sulphate of 

 ammonia ; worst, cocoanut poonac. 



3. Cattle manure and bone dust or steamed bones the 

 best ; blood and guano the worst. 



4. Bone dust and steamed bones the best ; castor- 

 poonac the worst. 



5. Bones and cattle manure the best. 



6. Cattle manure, bones and poonac and Cross' manure. 



7. Cattle manure, bones and wood ashes the best ; 

 Peruvian guano the worst. 



8. Cattle manure and bones as bulk the best. 



g. Cattle manure and bones the best ; bone meal and 

 cocoanut poonac next best. 



10. Cattle manure best ; lime worst. 



11. Cattle manure the best ; vegetable stuff and lime 

 the worst. 



Question 2nd. What mode of application have you found 

 to answer best ? 



Answers: 



1. For artificial, semi-circular holes above tree; bulk, 

 square holes between every four trees. 



2. Saucer-shaped holes dug with a fork and scraped 

 out with hand. 



3. Soluble manure scratched in on surface ; and regular 

 manuring semicircular hole one foot from tree. 



4. Circular holes for artificial, and square for bulk. 



5. Generally holing, but occasionally digging. 



6. Circular holes. 



