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The Tropical Agriculturist. The Agricultural Journal of Ceylon April 1938

1938

No iron nails are used in the costruction of sweat boxes on account of the possibility of corrosion by the acetic acid produced in fermentation and of the danger of staining the beans. [...] As a result of the subjection of the wet beans to a 3to 4hour period in the sweat box most of the pulp disintegrates and drains off in the form of sweatings which contain among other things a mixture of the products of alcoholic and acetic"194 acid fermentation mentioned above. [...] In Ceylon planters regard the sweating process merely as a convenient means of ridding the bean of its pulp and the process of drying is considered the only part of the technique that is of any consequence. [...] One of the functions of the sweating process is said to be the removal of the astringency and bitteness of the bean. [...] Normally the paddy crop is aerated through the agencies of the dissolved oxygen of the irrigation water and the activities of the microrganic population and algae of the soil (1).
agriculture environment
Pages
76
Published in
Sri Lanka
SARF Document ID
sarf.120021
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ii unknown view
Rubber
189-190 unknown view
The Fermentation and Curing of Cacao in Ceylon
191-199 M. Fernando view
Studies on Ceylon Soils XI.—Some Paddy Soils of The Island
200-211 A. W. R. Joachim, S. Kandiah view
The Cultivation of Cajan us Cajan and The Methods of Preparing Marketable Dhal
212-221 P.M. Gaywala view
The Romance of Quinine
222-225 J.C. Haigh view
The Use of Beneficial Insects to Control Crop Pests
226-229 J.C. Hutson view
Bee-Keeping
230-i L.H. Zylva view
Bee-Keeping Extracting and Ripening Honey
235-237 A.W. Kannangara view
Bee-keeping The Modern Hive
238-239 A.W. Kannangara view
Soil Organic Matter and Tropical Agriculture
240-246 unknown view
The Giant Snail Achatina Fulica (Fer)
247-254 unknown view
Review
255-256 unknown view
Animal Disease Return for the Month Ended March 1938
257-257 unknown view
Meteorological Report March 1938
258-258 unknown view

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