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The Tropical Agriculturist - The Agricultural Journal of Ceylon November 1937

1937

The following were some of the more important subjects which engaged the attention of the Board :— Soil erosion Cattle branding and the restriction of trade in cattle The development of animal husbandry Measures for the stabilization of the price of paddy Black Beetle and Red Weevil pests of coconuts Establishment of Government paddy seed stations The establishment of a bureau of agricultura [...] The Minister has informed the Chairman of the Board that the policy of adopting restrictive measures for the purpose of controlling paddy prices was accepted by his Executive Committee and that instructions have been given for the preparation of the necessary legislation. [...] In short the perforance of the first Board encourages us in the hope that the second Board which holds its inaugural meeting under the presidency of His Excellency the Governor on the 18th November will make a substantial contribution to the pursuit of a vigorous agrcultural policy during the next three years. [...] The one month interval of cutting has the advantages that no part of the grass is rejected by the cattle while the quality of the grass is definitely superior. [...] 10 601/1914) claimed a process for the extraction of oil from the coconut and other nuts consisting of reducing the kernel or flesh of the nuts to small pieces adding water to about the bulk of the flesh and well mixing subjecting the mixture to a process of grating collecting the essential cream of the flesh produced thereby and laying the same on sieves and subjecting it to pressure to prec
agriculture environment
Pages
69
Published in
Sri Lanka
SARF Document ID
sarf.120021
Segment Pages Author Actions
Central Board of Agriculture
255-256 unknown view
Trials with Napier Grass (Pennisetum Purpureum) an Experiment to Determine the Optimum Frequency of Cutting Napier Grass and the Effect of one two and three Applications of Sulphate of Ammonia
257-263 C. N. E. J. de Mel, A. W. R. Joachim view
The Effect of Stage of Maturity and Manuring on the Composition of Napier Grass
264-269 A. W. R. Joachim, D. G. Pandittesekere view
Edible Coconut Oil
270-280 unknown view
The Betel Vine in the Northern Province
281-298 W. R. C. Paul, S. C. Guneratnam, A. V. Chelvanayagam view
Grapefruit
299-300 unknown view
Tropical Fruits and Vegetables. an Account of their Storage and Transport
301-316 unknown view
Correspondence
317-319 unknown view
Review
320-323 unknown view

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