Chapter 9

Description and the history of Coorg.

Conquered and annexed by us in 1834. My first visit to Coorg in 1857. The pioneer planters.

Planting without shade caused the failure of many of the plantations.

After shade was introduced coffee flourished.

European and native plantations. Their number and the probable yield from them. Expenditure per acre.

The kinds of manure used. Experiments by an analytical chemist.

Proportions of manure varied according to the condition of the coffee. The time in which manure should be applied. Applications of burnt earth.

Widespread results arising from the expenditure on plantations in Coorg.

Rates of wages, and system of procuring labourers. Leaf disease and Borer.

Remedies experimented on as regards leaf disease and Borer.

Primary cause of the existence of so much Borer. The terms on which Government lands are sold for planting.

Reasons why certain of the reserved State forests should be given out for planting.

Cinchona and Ceara rubber planting tried and abandoned. Coffee seed introduced from Brazil, and other countries, without any apparent advantage. Liberian coffee tried experimentally.

The capital spent on labour and the consequential results of this on agriculture. My visit to Coorg in 1891.

The route from Mysore. The coffee works at Hunsur. Interesting adventure with a panther.

To Mr. Rose's estate near Polibetta. Description of Bamboo district.

Life in the Bamboo district. The club, church, and co-operative store.

Visits to plantations. Left for Mercara.

The Retreat. Mr. Meynell's house. Its kitchen arrangements, etc.

Mr. Mann's coffee garden at Mercara. The large profits from it. To the Hallery estate six miles from Mercara.

Visits to several estates. To the Coovercolley estate. Mr. Mangles's.

Left Coovercolley for Manjarabad in Mysore.

General observations on coffee planting in Coorg. Its flourishing condition. More attention should be paid to shade.

Defects as regards shade. More attention to it would lessen Borer.

Manures used on the best kept up estates.

The profits that may be expected from good, well-managed estates. The great want of a Game Preservation Act.