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7. Forking. 



8. Close to the tree, must be varied in its application. 



9. Holing the best. Digging gives the quickest results. 

 10. Cutting large holes between four trees. 



Question $rd. What months have you found to be the 

 best for the application of (a) bulky manure, (b) artificial ? 

 In answering the above questions, kindly give the approximate 

 cost of cultivation, including manure, also the elevation and 

 exposure of the fields in question, as well as the age of the 

 Coffee, with any other information, such as the weather report 

 of the blossom seasons, that you think may be useful. 



Answers : 



1. Cost of manure and application, Rs. 45 per acre. 



2. August and September the best for artificial; cost, 

 Rs. 45 to Rs. 50 per acre. Cattle manure applied August 

 and September, and cost Rs. 90 to Rs. 100. 



3. Bulky manure, January; artificial, April, May. Cost 

 of bulky, Rs. 50 to Rs. 60 ; artificial, Rs. 40 to Rs. 50. 



4. Regular manuring immediately after crop. 



5. Cattle manure, January ; artificial manure, April and 

 May. Cost : cattle manure, Rs. 80 per acre ; artificial, 

 Rs. 45. The oldest Coffee is the best, and fields with 

 eastern exposure give nearly all the crops. 



6. Bulk, January and February, and prunings buried. 

 Artificial, June and July. Cost of cultivation, includ- 

 ing manure but not superintendence, crop expenses, 

 Rs. 47 per acre ; artificial manure, cost Rs. 50 ; bulk, 

 Rs. 55. 



7. Cattle manure, June to August ; cost of application, 

 Rs. 25. 



8. Early in season before end of April ; cost of manure, 

 Rs. 60 to Rs. 70; applied, Rs. 12 to Rs. 15. 



9. Bulky manure as soon as possible after blossoming 

 season ; artificial, April to August. Cattle manure, cost 

 applied, Rs. 70 ; artificial, Rs. 48 to 50. Total expen- 

 diture, Rs. 120 per acre. 



