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the expense. If the deep hoeing is done in 
October and November, it will be done much 
more cheaply, as the ground has not got hard. 
But if this is found impossible, it is a good plan, 
to make the women with children do most of the 
hoeing, as they will dawdle a great deal if put 
to pruning, and only delay the other coolies. 
Whereas, if they are put to the hoe, they have a 
fixed amount of work to do, which they must 
do or get fined. Hoe forks do well for hard 
soilas the prongs get into the soil better than 
the blade of the hoe will, the only objection 
being that the prongs will often break off if 
they hit upon stones beneath the surface. In 
hoeing in the rains the blades of all the grass 
jungle should be covered up, as if portions of 
the grass are left above the surface it will begin 
to grow again at once. In kandweeding pull all 
the jungle up by the roots, (do not break it off) 
and lay the jungle down between the lines of 
bushes, In sickling cut all jungle right down to 
the ground and hand weed round the bushes. ‘The 
only way to eradicate sun grass is deep hoeing, 
