Ixxxviii Proceedings of the Asiatic Soc. of Bengal. |N.S., XVII, 
sterile sige as also in Pusa soil. The Sige it drawn from these ex- 
perimen ried y be summarised as follow 
Addition ae nitrates gives the ah increase in the percentage of 
indican i in ny indigo leaf. 
The increase in indican content is much less in all other bebe oc 
viz. the addition of ammonia, sterile plant extract and the inoculatio 
with different nodule organisms. All these treatments, Lawes er, havea a 
tendency to increase the leaf growth, sometimes to such an extent as to 
te) sate for the lower indica 
di 
ition of cowdung and cowdung plus straw gives a poor growth 
of indigo plants as well as low percentage of indican in the leaf in ied 
first cutting, showing that the Ni oe in these cases is not immediatel 
available for assimilation by the 
n the khunt ti oe addition of ead ung plus straw shows remarkable 
increase in leaf growt accompanied by iaw percentage of indican which 
effect is eee to that of the addition of ammonia or inoculation of 
nodule organ 
A note on the variation in the composition of milk of 
individual buffaloes.—By D. L. SaHASRABUDDHE. 
olostrum or the first milk is 8 very rich in all the Seamtel sett 
r 
in ch asi 
norma ee n all the constituents except albumin the milk bacoues 
normal in four days while the albumin takes about six days 40 come down 
to its normal proportion. 
uring the rest of the lactation period the solids not fat are fairly 
nd otesage but fat regularly increases up to the end. Total proteids and 
case in increase Pe sited with the advance of the lactation period but the 
elbuniin: once it becomes normal, remains so to the end. 
A note on the ae sprodvens in heated soils.—By 
DY, Saietiin 
The gen 
o make it less sticky. By ee the soil its poctat nic as well as organic 
i Ss 
L rate tio: ; 
heating. If a Y protozoa are present in the soil they are destroyed. 
Growth of eis bacterial life is encouraged and a beneficial effect is S$ pro- 
duced on the growth of rice seedli ings. 
A study of the chemical ge during the process of the 
Skin: of the Mango fruit.—By V. G. ParwarpHay. 
Harvesting and Rip ning.—When ‘e fruits begin to fall naturally 
from sabe tree which vi silat as ‘‘ Pad”? fruits the picking of mangoes 
for i aoe is er 
e@ proce f artificial ripening is a very simple one consisting 
chiefly of Sen aie the mangoes in a dark place, not much ventilated, 
piled in a hea: A cit as Adhi) in atten layers of | hay and green 
sta mangoes r a period of about eight da 
imperatars that is generated during t the process of = tome in 
Ahe pile (Adin) in mereases regularly as the process continues and goes up to 
about 8 degrees aioe than that of the room in which the pile is tended ed; 
ed from 28°C. to 39°C. The temperature above 36°C. is more or less 
ses. 
c 
which is present in unri pe mangoes is reduced during ripen- 
in usly as much as by 75 sos Vitale leaving about 25 per cent of 
he obghion | in the fully riped man 
