Archive image from page 278 of Cyclopedia of farm crops (1922). Cyclopedia of farm crops cyclopediaoffarm00bail Year: 1922 COFFEE COFFEE 241 poorly, because of their porous nature and the steep topography of most of the country which so quickly and completely drains away the water. The clay soils are more retentive of moisture and retain their fertility longer. As a rule, the coffee lands are naturally well Fig. 345. CoSee, showing the way in which the berries are borne. r'C6) drained, but occasional small and comparatively level areas occur, which need artificial drainage. In constructin
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Archive image from page 278 of Cyclopedia of farm crops (1922). Cyclopedia of farm crops cyclopediaoffarm00bail Year: 1922 COFFEE COFFEE 241 poorly, because of their porous nature and the steep topography of most of the country which so quickly and completely drains away the water. The clay soils are more retentive of moisture and retain their fertility longer. As a rule, the coffee lands are naturally well Fig. 345. CoSee, showing the way in which the berries are borne. r'C6) drained, but occasional small and comparatively level areas occur, which need artificial drainage. In constructing drains, care should be exercised so to place them as to cause the minimum amount of erosion. Other things equal, virgin forest land will give best results, because of its greater fertility. Its fertility and freeness from no.xious weeds, thus reducing the subsequent cost of weeding the plan- tation, will often more than counterbalance the extra cost of clearing the land and the disadvan- tages of poor location, with reference to transpor- tation, frequently attendant on the taking up of new land. Preparing the land.— If time permits, the land should be cleared as thoroughly as possible, and all the waste material burned. Some persons rec- ommend not burning over the land, in order to save ferns which are invariably found in forest lands. It is presumed that the ferns keep the ground moist, prevent weedf from growing, protect the young coffee trees from insects and do not interfere with the growth of the coffee. Frequently the trees that are cut are allowed to rot on the land, the branches being trimmed so as not to interfere with the planting; or the underbrush may be cleared away and the trees girdled. The latter practice, however, is not to be commended, as it later is dangerous to the workers and to the coffee trees. Still another practice is to clear the underbrush and allow the trees to stand, planting the coffee directly under the forest trees, the trees being removed