COFFEE CULTIVATION AND MANURING. 135 
oya, as in other old districts I could name, but which 
politeness bids me leave to be guessed at by my 
readers. I believe that planting under shade would 
answer very well at low elevations.” 
A planter, of sixteen years’ standing, gave very 
suitable suggestions tor young planters :— 
‘‘Early last year, I had an old set of lines to 
pull down on a spot where I wished to erect per- 
manent ones. And not very far off, I had a very 
seedy knoll of. coffee, quite an eye-sore in fact. 
So I tried what I frequently did before in other dis- 
tricts. Put all my women and children on: pulled 
down the old lines; and spread the débris on the 
surface of the ground where this aforesaid shuck 
coffee was. The result is, I am now handling the 
same coffee, and so luxuriant is that patch of shuck 
coffee that my men cannot handle more than 80 to 
85 trees a day: and I believe it will bear (without 
suffering) over 10 cwts an acre. The patch I men- 
tion is on steep land and not over well-drained. I 
have tried the same in several districts; both high 
and low and always with the same result. I need 
scarcely add, I believe most thoroughly in ‘surface 
manuring’ and drains (in preference to any) com- 
bined with hand weeding: and I have tried manuring 
im almost every shape.” 
A planter of twenty-five years’ experience in favour 
of holes two feet deep on steep land, shewed that 
although two feet as regards the trees above, the 
holes would be much less with reference to the trees 
below. He also attacked most vigorously the system 
of dibbling instead of holing before planting coffee, 
and believes the former most unsafe. Another planter 
favours us with the following extract referring to the 
use of SALT AND Lime as manures :— 
““Extract from Gardener's Assistant :—Common salt 
has been long employed as a manure; and in moder- 
ate quantity, and on certain soils and situations, its 
use has been attended with very beneficial effects. 
It is well known that salt, when used in large quanti- 
ties, proves destructive to vegetation; accordingly 
strong solutions of salt are frequently employed for 
the purpose of destroying weeds. Land situated near 
the sea, and which is exposed to sea breezes, always 
contain a quantity of salt. In islands and countries 
situated near the sea, salt is always of less value as 
a fertilizer than elsewhere. Salt is generally used as 
a top-dressing (5 to 10 bushels per acre) and sown 
by hand in which way its more even distribution is 
msured; it may also be advantageously mixed with 
earth and lime, or with soot or other manures.” 
‘‘Lime is very advantageously employed in form- 
