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ks i o abolish this practice. I do not think that 
either corn or peas do any injury to a young 
field—but provisions decidedly tend to exhaust 
the soil and keep back the yohng plant. 
Young Helds require immense care, in conse¬ 
quence of the ranknes* of the weeds which 
spri g up in ail new soils. It therefore becomes 
necessary to clean them at least four times per 
annum; and.at each cleaning, it is requisite to 
supply all the plants which have not taken, in 
order to insure a perfect and regular field. A 
small eye is the first sympton of vegetation 
which attracts the observation, then a bud, a cou¬ 
ple of leaves, and joints and leaves follow in 
the course of nature’s operations 
The young tree shoots out its lateral branches 
at each joint, which follow in regular succession, 
till the tree arrives at the height of four feet 
six inches. It is at this period when science is 
first called into action, by the topping of the 
tree, which is performed by cutting off the six 
inches with a knife, so as to form a tree of 
four feet. This operation has a wonderful effect 
on vegetation, the branches in their turn, begin 
to throw out buds, which in time become the 
limbs termed collaterals; and, in the course of 
eighteen months, the tree will have arrived at 
its full bearing point, forming a spectacle of 
amazing beauty and order, and presenting a re¬ 
markable pea-green hue. 
In late years, since virgin lands, adapted to 
the growth of the Coffee Tree, have become so 
'distant from the works, trials have been made 
on plantations, to establish fields on thrown up 
hands and old negro grounds. 
JJif uch success has attended the latter attempt-. 
