g else should be allowed to grow. If
the work is commenced rightly and carried on systematically, the work
will not be difficult and no crops will be lost. But on the other hand,
if the work is neglected, the trees will become matted and all the lower
primaries die off. These, if once lost, will not grow again. The tree
under these conditions will only bear a tithe of the crop it would bear
with proper attention, and furthermore it is a most difficult matter to
bring a neglected tree into proper shape and it can only be done at a
loss of one and perhaps two years' time. There are many minor details
connected with the care of the coffee tree which would occupy too much
space to describe here, and which the coffee planter can easily learn as
he carries on the work of coffee planting. Without doubt coffee planting
in this country is destined to become a great industry. We have large
tracts of the finest coffee lands in the world, only waiting to be
cultivated to make prosperous and happy homes. One parting word to the
intending coffee planter, take Davie Crockett's motto, "Be sure you're
right and then go ahead."

ESTIMATE OF COST OF ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A COFFEE PLANTATION OF
75 ACRES, FROM THE FIRST TO THE SEVENTH YEAR.

FIRST YEAR.

Purchase of 100 acres of Government land
at $10.00 per acre $1,000 00

Manager's house and water tank 600 00

Laborers' quarters and water tank 350 00

Clearing 50 acres of land, at $20 per acre 1,000 00

Fencing 300 00

Purchase of 65,000, 1-year old coffee
plants at $5.00 per M 325 00

Lining, holing and planting 50 acres 600 00

Manager's salary, 1 year 1,200 00

Labor of 6 Japanese, 1 year at $15 per
month 1,080 00

Purchase of tools and starting nursery 500 00
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$6,955 00 $6,955 00

SECOND YEAR.

Manager's salary $1,200 00

Labor, 6 Japanese 1,080 00

Extra labor lining, holing and planting
25 acres 300 00

Sundries 500 00
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