[Gold, Sport, And Coffee Planting In Mysore by Robert H. Elliot]@TWC D-Link bookGold, Sport, And Coffee Planting In Mysore CHAPTER XII 1/4
CHAPTER XII .-- MANURE. How shade complicates the economical and effective manuring of coffee. Bulk manures as a rule should not be applied to land directly under shade trees, but to more open spaces. Less manure should be applied to coffee directly under shade trees. Manure should be varied on different aspects.
The quantity that should be annually supplied. Bones may be seldom used if lime is regularly applied. A considerable amount of manure required even though the loss from crops is small. A test of land being sufficiently supplied with manure.
The quantity of manure probably required. The quantity of manure that should be put down at a time. Danger from over-manuring, especially in ease of light soils. Ridges should be more heavily manured than hollows.
The time of year when manures should be applied. Advantages of manuring at the end of the monsoon. Bearing that the time of applying manures has on leaf disease. Mr.Marshall Ward's remarks as to this. The various methods of applying manures. In the case of steep land the manure should be buried in trenches.
Farmyard manure.
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