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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. fAPRiL 2. 1894. 
VAEIOUS AGRICULTURAL NOTES. 
Tea Chops. — We continually hear vague etate- 
ments as to the outturn of tea e&totes and dietricla — 
both in India and Ceylon— but when we eee that the 
N. and S. Bjlbet tea companies with their 20,000 
.BoreB only turn out some 8,000,000 lb. or an 
average of about 5 mds. an acre, we imegine the 
figures are from favored plotp, (or the N. and 8. 
Sylhet Companies are situate in the Dooars and 
Bylb«t, tbe highest yielding districts in India.— 
Nilf)lri News. 
PbOCEEDINGS of the AG H I ■ HORTICDLTUB A I, SOC lETY OF 
Madbai for Ootobtr- December 1893 hM tbe following 
coatents: — Eurjale ferox, AadamttD plftDt-", Plant!) 
from CBloutta, Wire trellip, Beetlf!", Water cbtnuels 
for Nursery, Seeds to Cbepauk, Nitholecn'u Di'-tio- 
nary, Fions Tsiola, Proceediogs for Novf&btr 1893, 
TaKvsaBte (Oyti"u« proliferoe), Cyclone, Rain Gauge, 
Raio-tree growth, Bambusa Hiamt-Dsis, Gardner 
ensaged, Proceedings for December 1893, Pcperoli 
Beed, Tree Seeds, ChryaanthemuniB, Ootnniitlce 
Member, Special Prize, and Financial StKtimcnt. 
" Agbicultubal GazilTte " of New Sou'h Wales 
for Jaunary bt i tbe foUowiug coutenlB :— Useful 
Australiau FUnls, J H Maidco, tbe Black Bean or 
the Moteton Bay ChesDnt, (''castanosperum auf- 
trale,") A Conn. Two Fodder Plai ts iutete^tiug to 
tbe Woolgrower (" Medicago orbicularis and Medicago 
fcntellata,") J H Maiden. Capo Cottou (" Gomphocar- 
puflfrutioosus," R. Br.) J H Maiden. Botanical Notes, 
J H Maiden ; a Native Senna, tbe Coin Qromwell, 
" Gnapbaliura japonicum, Tbunb". Experiments wicli 
PnlseP, G Valder. Notes ou llitigbarking and Sap- 
ping— Bafed on Foresters' Reports — com])iIed and au- 
notuted by J H Maiden. Poultry, S Gray, tbe 
Orpington, Practical Vegetable Growing, directions 
for the month of Febraarv. Orchard Notes for Febru- 
ary, General Notes, tbe Export of Wine?, I'Knter's 
Friend, Rust-resisting Wheala, a new calf-feeder. Ari- 
caltural Societies' Show 1894. 
A School of Forestry to be Attached to the 
School op Agbicultdee. — We bear that a proposal 
has been made by Government for tbe establishment 
of a School of Forestry to be attached to tlie School 
of Agriculture and that nego'iations on the subject 
are goiog on. This is a very good idea indeed ; and 
we believe was first suggested by Mr. Seneviratne at 
the last Prize Distribution at the Agricultural School. 
But it is to be hoped that tbe school will not be 
entirely dependent on the School of Agriculture, and 
that fresh students will be advertised for, instead of 
the admissioBB being confined to those already in tbe 
School of Agriculture, whose range of education does 
cot go high enough for the work. A separate institu> 
liDu like the Technical School will be rcora satisfac 
tory in more ways than one. — Cor., local " Examiner." 
Export of Tea to Russia. — There are not want- 
ing those interested in the progress of British-grown 
tea in new directions who declare that the future 
race will be not so much as to Ceylon and Indians 
against Chinas, as between America and Russia in 
the matter of consumption. I was asking an ex- 
porter the other day in what light he regarded the 
remarkable expansion of exports of Ceylon tea to 
Germany, seeing that all attempts hitherto to find a 
market for a Ceylon trade in that part of the conti- 
nent have completely failed. I was assured that it 
was so ; Germans are more disinclined to the use of 
the fragrant leaf than the French, and that is saying 
'a good deal, but it is the fact that German ladies 
have never taken to the social institution of " after- 
noon tea " as have the leaders of society in Paris. 
By far the larger portion of the so-called shipments 
of Ceylon tea to Germany, say nine-tenths in 
reality, are in transit to Russia; so that we must 
add the exports to the latter country to the figures 
-for' Germany, less one-tenth of the latter, in order 
to obtain the correct results of oar tea trade with 
the country of the Czar. If this be done, it will be 
seen how largely this portion of your trade has 
expanded within the last few years, thanks tc Mr. 
I^ogivue.-rljjndop Cor., local ".Times." 
I 
On cuiiino thbocoo a teak i/:o in tbe saw 
m!' =1 at Her Majesty's Dockyard at Sheernese, a 
hollow place was discovered in tbe centre, in which 
was a bird's nest, coctaioing four eggs. Tbe log 
formed part of a consignment of timber delivred 
at the dockyard eome months ainoe from India. — 
M. Mail. 
PsoGBEfs IN thb Webt Ihdies.— SajB a correfpon- 
dent of Commerce sb a proof of progress in Baiall 
West Indian islands : — 
There are clubs, and pleasant society, and we 
have telephonic communication with nearly every 
estate in Antigua aud St. Kitts. Every planter can 
speak from bis estate to tbe town, and also to every 
other planter. There are still a fpw conservative 
persons who will not accent tbe innovation, but they 
will not huld out long. We have 296 miles of wires 
in Antigua, and about half that in St. Kitts, and 
tbe rent is only £i 10s per annum. 
Thb PfitVATE Coffee Cbop i.n Java for \H9ii 
is estimated at 523,940 pionls, against 159,40H 
piools in 189:^, and 402,196 pioals in 1692. The 
Government crop is estimated at 311,140 pieule, 
which was e.vpected to be larger, but generally 
the outturn is under the estimate. Tbe first 
estimate of the 1893 crop was for the Oovern- 
ment 144,496 piouls, and the outturn 69,093 
piouls. The above figuree show that tbe Gov- 
ernment ooffte cultivation is eoDstauily decreasing 
in importance, and is exceeded by the private 
cultivation. Tbe crop promis's to be early this 
year, and the first arrivals may be expected in April 
next.— L. and C- Exprens, Feb. 16. 
A Giant Tbee. — The Southern Hemisphere, as 
well as our own, appears to have bad an ex- 
traordinary fruit season, if the following item, 
which we glean from a Cape journal devoted to 
agriculture, can he taken as a oriterion. At a 
farm two hours from Oudtstroom, called 
Yergelegen, there is an Orat:ge-tree S8 feet high, 
tbe circumference of tbe lower tr inches being 
about 100 feet. After a i;rea( many bad been 
taken off, the remaining Oranges were picked, 
and upon being counted were found to number 
9,0u0. A few years ago the same tree yielded 
11,600. The largest Orange trees are supposed to 
be those in Asia Minor, near the site of ancient 
Tralles, at Aidin Gnzel Hissar ; but they do not 
approach this Cape prodigy. — Gardeners' Chronicle. 
The Tea Seed Season — says The Planter — 
is now in full swing in Cachar, and managers 
are taking delivery from tbe various seed-growing 
concerns. Up to date the seed has turned out 
very well, the percentage of bad seed being very low. 
The seed from the well-known Cogsipur estate 
has been very good indeed ; alto that from Alyne. 
The Manipur and T:imnu seed is expected down 
shortly, and should turn out well. Intending 
purchasers hai better be sharp in registering their 
orders. Tbe Tamnn seed is about the best on 
tbe market for all flat and bheel gardens. In 
buying seed from Tamnu or Manipur purchasers 
should take into acoonnt the long distance it has 
to travel, and the consequent loss in weight. 
One maund of seed from these districts is about 
equal to one and a half maund s of seed freshly 
plucked aud locally. Last year, I saw some of 
this seed from Tamnu which turned out 90 per 
cent, good on arrival in Cachar. This seed 
should bs immersed in slightly tepid water for 
two hours, immediately it reaohesits destination, 
and then put in germinating beds. With all tbe 
new extensions and new gardens, there is likely 
to be a great soa^oit^ of good seed this Beasoo. 
