430 SPICES CHAP. 
dried night-soil), and fresh night-soil. They gave the 
following results ; — 
Farm-yard manure, 10 tons to the acre . 6,388 lbs. per acre. 
Effluent from septic tanks, 11 waterings 5,544 ,, 
Poudrette, 10 tons .... 5,088 ,, 
Fresh night-soil, 4 dressings . . .3,547 ,, 
Farm-yard manure gave the best results, and it 
does generally seem the most valuable manure for the 
tropics for any form of cultivation, but the effluent is 
superior to the other two. 
Cost of Planting and Curing . — The Director of 
Agriculture in Bengal gives an estimate as follows : — 
For 1 acre. 
R. 
A. 
P. 
6 Ploughings ..... 
2 
4 
0 
3 maunds of seed at 3 rupees 
.* 9 
0 
0 
Planting, 8 men at 4 annas a day 
2 
0 
0 
To earth up four times 
. 4 
0 
0 
Four weedings, 3 men at a time 
. 3 
0 
0 
Repairing the furrows, 4 men 
. 1 
0 
0 
Digging, 6 men .... 
. 1 
8 
0 
Cleaning, 3 men .... 
. 0 
12 
0 
Boiling, 6 men .... 
. 1 
8 
0 
Drying, 8 men . • • 
2 
0 
0 
Bent ...... 
. 4 
0 
0 
Earthen pots ..... 
. 1 
0 
0 
32 
0 
0 
Major Garstin (Duthie, Field and Garden Crops, 
vol. hi. p. 42) estimates cost of 1 acre’s cultivation : — 
Sowing . 
Planting out . 
Seed 
Weeding and hoeing 
Harvesting 
Curing and drying . 
Pent 
Rupees. 
5 
3 
20 
n 
8 
1 
^ Rupees. 
Yield 30 maunds fresh, value ..... 60 
Cured and dried maunds . . . . .75 
