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The Tropical Agriculturist. The Agricultural Journal of Ceylon November 1934

1934

Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Management of the Coconut Research Scheme (Ceylon) 317 Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Management of the Rubber Research Scheme (Ceylon)... [...] The Tropical Agriculturist November 1934 EDITORIAL AGRICULTURAL REPORTS I T is an unfortunate thing that the collation and compilation of the results of experiments relating to the crops of a country are a task of such magnitude to the compiler and printer that the annual agricultural reports of most countries including our own are not often available before the autumn of the following y ear. [...] (7) The greater are the fluctuations in the surrounding conditions (temperature moisture aeration) the slower is the process of rootage; the nearer they are to the optimum the more rapid is this process. [...] In view of the general interest taken in the question of compost manure and the interesting results obtained from investigations undertaken in co-operation with the Medical Department on the night soil—refuse composting process it is considered that the publication of the chemical data obtained would be of value. [...] Suffice it to state that the process consists of the periodical treatment of the heaped refuse with a proportion of night soil diluted with water and the regular turning of the heap especially in the early stages of the pnIcess.
agriculture environment
Pages
85
Published in
Sri Lanka
SARF Document ID
sarf.120021
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ii unknown view
Editorial Agricultural Reports
259-i unknown view
Vegetative Propagation of the Tea Plant—(Contd.)
261-266 T.K. Varazkhelia view
The Cultivation of Tobacco with Particular Reference to Cigarette Tobacco and the Flue-Curing Process
267-276 S.J.F. Dias view
Chemical Studies on Compost Manure
277-293 A.W.R. Joachim, S. Kandiah view
Notes on orchids Cultivated in Ceylon
294-296 Vanda Tessellata, K.J. Sylva view
Soil Organic Matter and Crop Rotation
297-300 unknown view
The Use of Sulphuric Acid as a Coagulant for Rubber Latex
301-301 unknown view
Pruning of Coffee Trees
302-303 unknown view
Extracts from Annual Reports for the Year 1933 Department of Agriculture Uganda Protectorate Works on Robusta Coffee in Uganda
304-307 unknown view
Department of Agriculture Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Tea
308-310 unknown view
Department of Agriculture Nyasaland Protectorate
311-311 unknown view
Wood Preservation Introductory
312-316 unknown view
Coconut Research Scheme(Ceylon)
317-317 unknown view
Rubber Research Scheme(Ceylon)
318-319 unknown view
The Introduction and Development of “Suduheenati” Pure-Line Paddy into Matara District
320-321 unknown view
Frog-Eye or Eye-Spot Diseage of Tobacco
322-324 Malcom Park view
Animal Disease Return for the Month Ended 31 October 1934
325-325 M. Crawford view
Meteorological Report October 1934
326-326 H. Jameson view

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