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The Tropical Agriculturist. The Agricultural Journal of Ceylon January 1939

1939

The standard of education of the majority of peasant agrculturists in the Tropical Empire is such that the important publicity medium of the printed word cannot be employed to advantage and for the benefit of those who are unable to read other means of making known the results of the scientific investgations of Departments of Agriculture must be found. [...] The quick-growing roots of cover crops entirely monopolize: the water content in the first three inches of the surface soil and thus effectively prevent the advance of the slow growing lateral roots of the newly planted young trees into the 'covered space beyond the drip of the crowns. [...] In order to ascertain the distribution of the fibrous roots Rogers and Vyvyan (7) of East Mailing employed the method of removing the soil of the whole root area in definite blocks and determined the amount of the fibre in each block. [...] The five soils studied were the black heavy loams of Tunukkai similar to the black cotton soils of India ; the white calcareous loams of Delft Island of marked similarity to the chalk soils of England ; the deep red loams of the Habantota district and the allied reddish brown loams of the Tagalla district ; and the light sandy loams of parts of the Eastern Province. [...] SUMMARY In this paper the profile and analytical data of five less extesively occurring but characteristic soil types of the dry zone-T - the black heavy loams of Tunukkai similar to the black cotton soils of India the light grey calcareous loams of Delft Island similar to the chalk soils of Britain the brick-red and brown deep loams of the dry south-eastern parts of the Island and the li
agriculture environment
Pages
84
Published in
Sri Lanka
SARF Document ID
sarf.120021
Segment Pages Author Actions
Index
i-vii unknown view
Agricultural Propaganda
1-2 unknown view
A Study of The Methods of Cultivation of Fruit Trees With Special Reference to Citrus
3-15 Sohrab Gandhi view
Studies on Ceylon Soils-Some Characteristic But Less Extensive Soils of The Dry Zone
16-22 A.W. Joachim, S. Kandiah view
The Effect of Manuring on The Incidence of Chilli Leaf-Curl
23-27 W.R.C. Paul, M. Fernando view
Chilli Leaf-Curl Experiments I—Preliminary Infection Tests
28-30 A.L. Johnpulle view
The Supply of Vegetable Seeds From Departmental Sources
31-31 unknown view
Distribution of Poultry in The Villages. An Expression of Gratitude
32-32 unknown view
Regulations Regarding the Import of Fresh Fruit into Ceylon
32-33 unknown view
Bee-Keeping Notes
34-35 unknown view
Soil Conservation-Erosion on Cultivated Land
36-47 unknown view
The Preservation of Citrus Fruit Juices
48-57 unknown view
The Production of Artificial Manure on The Farm
58-60 unknown view
The Sour Cream Method of Making Clarified Butter (Ghee)
61-61 unknown view
Burying of Plant Refuse in Relation to Control of The Rhinoceros Beetle and Lepidiota
62-62 H.W. Bertrand view
Draft Minutes of the Forty-Fifth Meeting of the Rubber Research Board Held in The Chamber of Commerce Building Colombo at 10 A.M. on Thursday October 27 1938
63-65 unknown view
Review
66-67 unknown view
Animal Disease Return for the Month Ended December 31 1938
68-68 M. Crowford view
Meteorological Report December 1938
69-69 H. Jameson view

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