A Rice Subbtitutb. 
Frvpab^tios of tbb Gbooitd, 
la vUgio Boil, the followliiK o^thod U 
*fiaiiallj adopted. Far tbe first year^ thu 
land ia apancd up and well cbaDgkoHed to 
about m depth of 10 or 15 ceBtimetrda 
(10 ceatifxietrea almoat i iaoUea) nbeo 
Tioe or any oihw oereftl ia aocra, the 
harvest of wbiob should compensate for the 
<Oit of the new cleariog ; moreover, the 
arable aoLl will be m-^de movable white a 
rectifioatioD the aab^oil take* placf. 
For the seoond year, tbe chaattkolUD^ or 
ploughing shoatd be carried to a depth of 
aboQt 20 or 25 Qentimeires whbh ia ample 
lor the tapioca roota. To oais tbp eabaoil 
leaves mach to be detiired, it ivoaid be 
aawiie to go beyond tbe firi^t Uyer, tor 
reaaooj which apeak for cbeinaelves. 
Every laUog root shoald be extirpated 
from where ooe iotenda to grow tapioca, as 
thia weed affeota the crop (o a great ex- 
tent. For the third year and af erwardt 
maDuring ia ^aaential. Tap! oc'i grows very 
well all over MaUva from fflnd at aea^levtfl 
to mouQtatna 2,500 ft h igh; it is planted at 
any time during the jear, nevertheleaa as 
the yoang plant rtqairea moisiare in the 
'Gret few weeks , pref^renoe is ftiven to the 
beginoiog or th e end of tbe raloy leasoo. 
Tapiooa aboaid not be grown in 
moist or awampr hnda which are not 
' syatematically draiaed ; i [ the draioiog is 
imposdble, or too coatly, the land sboald 
be devuted to a more app ropriate arop, 
MSTHODS OP FLAHTiiaa, 
Tapiooa is propagated by means 
fit anckers or by shore stauop pieoee 
•of 4 or 5 inches to lengtb, the latter 
