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where from 10 to 15 or 20 feet between each plant will be cue 
the minimum distance when thinning out is intende th 
maximum when it is found advisable to grow iterate crops 
such as ground = (Arachis hypogaea), etc., at least until the 
trees can be ta . In any case sufficient room should be given 
vation is mixed, e tree is particularly noted for the attacks of 
a ogee Se (Glyphodes ocellata) which at times strip off every 
leaf. Karly and careful pruning of the lower branches would 
tend to secure straight ted 
Tapping was originaly peiora by the natives by means of a 
central groove } an inch or so wide with side grooves about the 
same width 15 ^in: or so apart running around the tree at an 
angle of about 45°, the a being v done an ordina 
8 a.m. and not more than once in every 13 lunar months. Special 
permits are issued by the Provincial Forestry Officer under whose 
authority and direction the operations are carried out. In the 
system advised a channel is cut from the base to the authorised 
herring-bone 
whole tree in four years instead of two. In either case sufficient 
time must elapse to admit of one set of cuts healing before another 
