August i, 1889.] 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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ment in Native Agriculture. "VVehave as little sym- 
pathy with those who think that everything Native 
must be wrong or bad —though we are glad to say we 
have not met many who take this view— as with those 
who expect increased knowledge and improved methods 
to be a safeguard against failure from any cause. The 
effects of unseasonable rains and unseasonable drought 
cannot be absolutely guarded against by any device 
of man. The most that the understanding and puny 
efforts of man can do is to minimize the disastrous 
effects of the operations of a Power and of laws which 
he cannot control, and in favourable circumstances 
to make the land yield its increase more bountifully 
than it otherwise would. Mr. Green and his In- 
structors do not pretend that their methods which 
have been proved to be successful can dispense with 
the need of water in cultivating paddy; no more can 
an abundant supply of water ensure large crops where 
intelligent cultivation is wanting. The primary and 
chief object which Agricultural Shows should have in 
view should be to test the advance intelligent cul- 
tivation of grains, roots, garden produce and fruits by 
the pepole and to reward them. A prize for the best 
collection of grain or the greatest variety of fruits will 
not, by itself, further this end, for the simple reason 
that it may be won by money instead of industr y 
Any collector can go round the villages or markets 
and possess himself of what will secure him a prize. 
Those charged with the duty of framing rules and decid- 
ing on rewards cannot bs too strict in requiring that 
the exhibitor should be the bona fide manufacturer, 
or grower, or cultivator. If the best specimens of a 
product are entitled to a reward, not less should the 
largest returns from a specfied area. It is not neces- 
sary to indicate specifically how prizes should be reward- 
ed for different products, but, generally, there should be 
a clear recognition that quantity as well as quality 
deserves a reward, and that competition should, as 
far as possible, be between those similarly circum- 
stanced. Matara which, we believe, was the first of 
the Districts which attempted a Show has, under 
Mr. Baumgartner's intelligent and energetic direction, 
pointed the way in regard to rewarding improvements 
in agriculture, by prescribing a competition between 
cultivators of a similar area. — Local " Examiner." 
Jamaica Log-wood.— The identification of this valu- 
able Jamaica timber has long been a desideratum ; at 
length, through the exertions of Mr. Fawcett, it has 
been determined that the tree is a kind of Jujube, 
Zizyphus chloroxylon, a figure and description of which 
are given in the current number of the Kern Bulletin. 
— Gardeners' Chronicle. 
The Tobacco Pbospects in Deli and Langkat are 
looking up,_ as we are constantly hearing of new 
Estates being opened on the adjoining Island. 
Kwaloe, Bila, Pagoeraman, Padang, and several 
other places have lately attracted the attention 
of experienced planters. — Straits Independent. 
Victoria Eegia.— Mr. Nock, who has been 
inspecting the Experimental Garden at Anuradha- 
pura, has run down to Colombo today in order to 
sow the seed of the Victoria rcgia. The seed 
has_ been received from the Agri-Horticultural 
Society of Madras and is placed in prepared boxes 
in the Queen's House garden. The resulting plants, 
when fit, will be transferred to the tank at the Gov- 
ernor's fountain. This tank, by the way, is not 
yet ready for the reception of water or plants. 
Fig Cultube.— Several planters are asking for 
rnoro information as to mode of cultivation, class 
of soil most suitable, and prices for the cured 
fruit. Inquirers will find most of the information 
they require on referring to the volumes of the 
Tropical Agriculturist as follows :— 1881-82, pp 61 
Kw ; 1882-83, pp 87, 783 ; 1883-81, pp 135, 418 444 ' 
803; 1884-85, pp 5i3 ; 1885-86, pp 672; 1886-87', 
pp 768; 1887-88, pp 68, 134, 661; and 1888-89, 
PP 619. 
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