74 POTATO CULTURE AT NUWARA ELIYA. 
crop, the yield would be from 40 to 50 cwt.* The 
quantity generally planted on an acre is 8 cwt.t. 
The following is about the cost of clearing and plant- 
ing, &c. :— 
Isr Crop. 
Forest. £8. di 
To clear, fence, and turn up fe Lo 2D Orie 
10 cwt. manure if guano... = it LOBOS 
8 cwt. seed at 45s. ... ie ca wi 8. Oa 
Drillmg and planting ... a aan ih J 2N Meee 
Moulding and grubbing Ape oS MOS 
Taking out le bi St, 2) a0 
4 
Total...£53 10 0 
Patana. 
‘To fence and turn up Be Se ve 1500 
12 ewt. manure guano ibe 203 bon Le 
8 cwt. seed... Ae vee ab oie te pian U) 
Drilling and planting ... ae sy cs Be O80 
Moulding and grubbingt ... ss oo TD EG 
Taking out co . io 500 2 0 0 
Total ..£50 12 0 
2ND CROP. 
Porest or Patana. 
‘Yo turn up the land... aes eee OO 
10 cwt. manure guano aan Zab tO OMnO 
8 cwt. seed vas ae He wel ido) i) ete Uy 
Drilling and planting ... Ba see oa OS) 
Moulding and grubbing ee Hn ot) LORS 
Taking out ioe Bod oan oe Pan eae 
Total...£35 10 0 
If cattle manure is used, about £1 ought to be 
taken off the foregoing estimates. That is in case the 
ynanure is close to the garden and a native the owner. 
The prices of potatoes range from 15s. ae Be ewt. 
N.B.—The drills are cut about 8 inches deep and 
about same width. Guano is generally put to the 
potatoes when they come up and before a shower of 
rain and the mould drawn to them at once. 
* Sometimes the whole crop fails, and the produce 
in cwts. is not equal to the quantity planted. And 
again we hear of some people who get enormous crops 
—I have only heard of two such, say of 60 or 65 ewts. 
+ A~ European will not use so many cwts. to the 
acre: about 7 cwts. would do unless the seed was 
very large. 
[The reason patana costs more than forest land for 
grubbing is that there are more grubs in it. 
