XIV INTRODUCTION.» 
Pace 18.—In the 20th line, after ‘level it’ insert :— 
‘Pulverize &c., and then lay out in beds.’ Nurseries 
from seedlings are not so good as from seed; as the 
roots of the seedlings are liableto be bent when being 
planted in the beds, and the plants are seldom as 
healthy as those raised from seed. It is a waste of seed 
and nursery room to sow broad-cast. It is now rarely 
done. The price of plants has risen to from R6 to 
R750 per 1,000. Village stumps should never be 
used, as they make unhealthy trees. 
Pace 23.—It is very expensive to put on coolies to 
break off suckers, and as a rule when done in this 
way it is done too seldom, and the trees are weakened, 
and look untidy. The usual and cheapest way is to 
make the weeders break the suckers off monthly as 
they weed. 
Pace 24,—In the 9th line, make it—‘the top will 
sometimes die’ &c. Attheend of thesame paragraph, 
add :—‘ Always cut off one of the top pairs of primaries 
to prevent any splitting of the stem.’ In the 14th 
line from the bottom change ‘necessary’ into ‘un- 
necessary. ’ 
Pace 28.—Hand-weeding is the rule now on most 
estates in the young districts. By this, wash is 
avoided, and the feeding rootlets of the coffee are 
not disturbed. When weeding is done by hand, it 
is more carefully and neatly done; the weeds are 
gathered off the ground and buried. The usual rate 
is Rl per acre, but it is sometimes as low as 75c. and 
even 50c. per acre on high estates. 
Pace 3l.—The sixteenth line from the bottom, after 
‘sawed’ add ‘slopingly. ’ 
Pace 34.—To the second paragraph add this note :— 
‘When coffee trees are bearing well and are likely to 
suffer from leaf disease, handling should be omitted.’ 
Pace 33.—Pruning is now muzh lighter than in 
olden days. A heavily pruned tree is quickly at- 
tacked with leaf disease. On account of short crops, 
from leaf disease and bad seasons, planters are glad 
to have as much wood as possible on their trees. 
They know there is little risk of overbearing, and they 
get better average crops than when comparatively 
heavy pruning is carried out. 
