INTRODUCTION. ‘XIII 
(Corrections and Notes by two other planters 
of experience.) 
Pace 1.—At foot of page for £1 read R10, and 
for 303 read R15. [and so on throughout the Manual. | 
Pace 2.—In the second line for £15 and £10 read 
R120 and R150; in the fourth line for £2 to £3 
read R20 to R100. 
Pace 5.—The cost of felling and clearing has been 
reduced, For heavy forest in the higher districts from 
R18 to R20 is now given, and in the low-country 
from R12 to R15. In almost all cases the contract- 
or has now to supply his own tools. In the middle 
of the page for £2 to £2 10s real R15 to R25. 
Pace 8.—Land being heavily timbered is by no 
means a sure indication of its being good, as witness 
the heavy jungles in many parts of Ambagamuwa and 
Yakdessa, where the soil is poor. In these jungles 
the Doon and other trees are often very large. 
Pace 9.—Coffee is now grown in dry districts up 
to 5,500 and even 6,900 feet. 
Pacer 12.—Much smaller pegs are used now than 
formerly, and a man’s task is usually 1,000 pegs per 
day. ut 
Pace 13.—Add :—In lining, I would suggest there 
ought to be a base line made first to facilitate work.’ 
Pace 15.—It has been found that coffee under 
shade does not bear as wellas coffee planted in the 
open, and, except occasionally in a very low district, 
shade clearings are now seldom planted. 
Pace 1i7.—In filling the holes, care should be taken 
that no stones and roots are put in, and the earth 
should be firmly tramped down, so that there may 
be no dangtr of the plant sinking into a hollow, when 
it would probably die from damp. Nursery beds 
should not be dug more than 6 or 8 inches deep, as 
the growth of the taproot should be discouraged. 
With a long tap root planting is more difficult, and 
there is always a danger of the taproot being doubled 
ap. The seed should not be planted more than half 
an inch deep ; indeed it should merely be covered with 
soil, Close planting is to be avoided, asthe plants will 
be weakly, 3 inches by 2 is sufficiently close, ard 
you will there’ y get strong vigorous plants. 
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