56 TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN TROPICAL AGRICULTURE 



Sowing seeds and roots in the field at stake and in 

 rows; rubber, cocoa, kola, coffee, cotton, jute, corn, 

 ginger, etc. 



Planting out plants at measured distances, such as 

 cocoa, rubber, tobacco, lemon grass. 



Tapping rubber trees. Preparation of rubber, lemon 

 grass oil, cinnamon, annatto, fibres. Practical treatment 

 of insect and fungoid diseases, such as " Sankonuabe " 

 borers, caterpillars, etc. ; cocoa die-back, pod disease, 

 root diseases, etc. ; collecting and burning all dead wood, 

 diseased and empty cocoa pods. 



Preparation of kerosene emulsion, Bordeaux mixture, 

 together with the use of sprayers and syringes. 



Students deriving the greatest apparent benefit from 

 the above syllabus are those who have received tuition in 

 Nature teaching at the Government Training Institution 

 for Teachers. The text-book most suitable for the work 

 has been found to be Watts's "Nature Teaching." 



The final source of educational teaching is by agricul- 

 tural shows, which have proved very popular, but which it 

 has not yet been found practicable to hold more than once 

 annually. 



