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The Tropical Agriculturist. The Agricultural Journal of Ceylon July 1935

1935

Of course this figure depends on the care with which the choice of the mother trees has been carried out and of the limits which have been put to these mother trees; the more severe the selection has been the better the quality of the offspring will be. [...] Vollema thinks that in view of the yields of the various classes of seedlings and clones in large commercial plantings we May expect that the yields of the commercial plantings established with seedlings of the new crossings will be at least as hih as of our clones. [...] The interval allowed will depend on such considerations as the quantity and nature of green matter turned in the rainfall at the time the land is ploughed up and the amount of sunshine the land receives. [...] The number and frequency of cultivations will depend on the rainfall the state of the soil and presence of weeds. [...] (POONA) (ASSISTANT IN AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY) IN this paper typical profiles of the light sandy soils of the coconut districts of the Island and the red and yellowisred soils of the dry and semi-humid zones will be described.
agriculture environment
Pages
70
Published in
Sri Lanka
SARF Document ID
sarf.120021
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-vi unknown view
Editorial
1-2 unknown view
Improved Rubber Seeds
3-9 P.J.S. Cramer view
The Cultivation and Curing of Cigarette Tobacco
10-20 Emil Livera view
Studies on Ceylon Soils IV.—the Light Sandy Soils and the Red Dry Zone and Semi-Humid Soils
21-29 A.W.R. Joachim, D.G. Pandittesekere view
Notes on Orchids Cultivated in Ceylon Dendrobium Dalhousieanum Wall
30-30 K.J. Sylva view
Some South Indian Village Studies
31-38 unknown view
Relation of Grass Cover to Erosion Control
39-45 unknown view
Climate in Relation to Insect Populations
46-49 unknown view
Observations on Rat Damage to Coconuts
50-59 unknown view
Deficient Soil Means Deficient Pasture
60-60 unknown view
Rubber Research Scheme(Ceylon)
61-62 unknown view
Animal Disease Return for the Month Ended 30 June 1935
63-63 unknown view
Meteorological Report June 1935
64-64 unknown view

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