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The Tropical Agriculturist. The Agricultural Journal of Ceylon Septermber 1935

1935

The door of the furnace is shewn at the base of the front wall and the door to the barn about three feet from the ground level. [...] CURING Curing consists in the manipulation of the temperature and humidity of the barn when filled with leaf so that the yellowish-green colour of the leaf when harvested is gradually changed into a canary yellow colour and the moisture content of the leaf is considerably reduced. [...] The opening of the ventilators serves to regulate the moisture content of the barn and the appearance of "spongeing" or an indication on the hygrometer of a high moisture content in the barn should be a signal for opening the ventilators*.rider than is described above. [...] The raising of the temperature from 110° to 140' and the complete drying of the web of the leaf take from 22 to 24 hours."141 After the web of the leaf has been completely dried raise the temperature to 1650 at the rate of 5° every two hours. [...] The degree and rate of growth appear however to be conditioned by the consistency and the disposition of the stone and gravel constituents in the and C horizons.
agriculture environment
Pages
69
Published in
Sri Lanka
SARF Document ID
sarf.120021
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ii unknown view
Editorial
133-134 unknown view
The Cultivation and Curing of Cigarette Tobacco
135-145 Emil Livera view
Studies on Ceylon Soils
146-156 A.W.R. Joachim, D.G. Pandittesekere view
Control Methods Used Against Locusts and Grasshoppers
157-162 unknown view
The Cultivation of Rice in Ceylon
163-173 unknown view
Locusts and a Rational Anti-Locust Policy
174-178 unknwon view
Water Hyacinth
179-180 unknown view
Review
181-184 unknown view
Coconut Research Scheme (Ceylon)
185-188 unknown view
Rubber Research Scheme (Ceylon)
189-190 unknown view
The Painted Bagrada Bug (Bagrada Picta)
191-193 J.C. Hutson view
Animal Disease Return for the Month Ended 31 August 1935
194-194 M. Wijayanayaka view
Meteorological Report August 1935
195-195 H. Jameson view

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