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soil as possible. No more hoeing should be done 
until May, as no jungle will show in this district 
until then, Many gardens are hoed 5 or 6 times 
in the cold weather, this does no good and is a 
positive waste of money. Many other Planters 
hoe deeply, during the cold weather, and go over 
the land in Mareh, breaking up all clods, the real 
reason in many cases, why this is done, is that the 
agents have ordered the manager to hoe the gar- 
den a fixed amount of times, and this is an easy 
way outof it, The best thing to do is to wait 
until the Ist Flush is off, and then run over the 
garden lightly hoeing and tullying the bushes up 
well. Hoe again lightly in June and not again 
(except on very flat pieces) until September or 
October when a light hoeing gives a fillip to the 
last flushes. Many managers now fork entirely. 
Forking is no doubt better than hoeing, as the 
soil is not pulled down so much, but it takes 
more labour, and is naturally more expensive. A 
coolie should start at the top of a hill and work 
steadily down, placing all the soil above him and 
drive his fork in all round each bush, and gently 
