Aug. 1, 1900. THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 87 
selection from seedling kinds, for Dr. Watts says : 
■' Tiia sweet ones were allowed to grov/ whils 
soiir and worthless were cut down find used as fire- 
wood." Mr. Mfuies report.? further of the cul'-ivated 
sorts of Mangos, he Siyn : " I hsive calkcted opwards 
of 500, and from these "have aele'ited lOO good ones, 
sn-l these have been grown on model plantations 
A numerous list rf varieties with Indian names is 
given, among Which appears the "Peters" and 
" iiflld.a." The " Atooz " is the so ciiUed Bombay 
Man^'O, of this it is said : '• It is really not a Bombay 
;fruit at all.' The Bombay Mango of the upcountry 
'cardc-Lis is said to be " Durbhangah Bombay." Of 
the Gopalbogh it is said " A Malda sort." This is the 
celebrated Malda kind said to be equal to the "Afooz." 
Tha " Afooz " is classed with the " M;>Id-i " and all 
»re cf the so called Bombay type. It is to this class 
that the Mangos belong — called in the Trinidad gar- 
den "Peters." '-Peach" and " Malda." The'^Gcn- 
raya Blald:;. " is spoken of as one of the finest 
Mangos of India. A' second class of Mangos is called 
Keibuzza Jtangos, called Kerbuzzai or Melons from 
the musk scent they possess. Of these it is stated 
there ars three good kinds. The third cliiss of 
Mangos are called Budayas or true Malda's and of 
these several varieties are mentioned. Two other 
classes are not«d but the produce is of no importance. 
It will thus be seen that the nomenelnture of 
mangi-'S is somewhat indefinite, even in India, and 
considering the numerous seminal varieties v/hich ha. e 
sprung up since the introduction of the tree to the 
West Indies, it is not to be wondered at that differ- 
ences of name should arise in the Western tropics. 
Our work in Bulleiin giving tijures of the vaii-aiies 
will help to correct the nomenclature in no little 
dc'gr.-e, as has already been seen. 
Tisass — A section was devoted t'j the growth of 
of the native Abutilon Ajienplocif'oUum. The produce 
WAS sent to England and reported on as being worth 
'£1G per ton. The facility with which this fibre 
'fe.'vn be prepared by hand, points; it out as a 
suitable article for cultivation wherts cheap labour can 
be had. 
Tha yield w.is as follows: — 1 — Per acre. Etiw 
amaterial 108 tons; 2— Percentage of dry fibre ob- 
(iuinable from raw material 42 6 per cent ; 3 — Yield 
j^.er acre, dry fibre 9 25cwt ; 4 — Value per acre £7 8 0. 
., Si.;al, Hkup. — The plant producing Sisal Kemp 
'J;Ayave rii/idavar. sisatana) grows very fast in Trinidad 
and produces fibre of the finest quality. I do not 
consider however that it is likely to hs largely pl.iuted, 
while Cacao and Sugarcane can hi Id their own. A 
nursery reserve is always maintained and plants can 
be had at all times. 
Yam-. {Diuscortd of s^.'S-)— The cultivation of yam 
hi»3 been continued, and the 1899 trial gave following 
return ; — . . 
Variety. Average yield per plant, 
Eed yam 11 plants gave 7 lb, per plant 
'Seedling 11 „ 9-27 
- White yam 50 ' „ 17 58 
St. Lucia 16 „ 25' 18 
Cnsh-cu!?h Gil „ 6 07 
Ntgro yam 19 ,, 17 57 
Ytilow yim 5 ,, lOUO ,1 
Chinese yam 10 ,, 19 bO 
The " St. Lucia " yam is a large and coarse white 
kii d of veiY good flavour. The '• Negro yam " is the 
best white yam of the set, and the Yellow yam " 
; is the best of the othf-r kinds. The lied yam is a 
' variety of the ordinary white, and is of good flavour. 
SUGAI!. — .Mr. John Turner, Attorney for' the 
ytriiit.s Sii;;ar Plantint- Co. Ltd., has recent ly 
\ieen iirospeeting Batu Palmt in Joliore, with a 
view to oUlaining a concession of 500 acre.s of land 
theie, foe the purjiose of sugar planting. The 
. Company, is niaki}ig giant .strides, in the direction 
",ci,f CXI ending its sphere of lahoui- and bdsiues.s. — 
p.erak Pioneer, June 20th, 
A FARMER'S EVERYDAY LIFE. 
{By Cosmopolite.) 
No. VIII. 
The latter part of the month of May is 
devoted, almost entirely, by farmers to get- 
ting the ground ready for 
THE TURNIP CROP, •j-..<j,-ioV' 
and in sowing the seed, what with ploughing 
and grubbing the ground, collecting the 
growth, setting up the clrills, and then 
manuring, covering and sowing the seed, 
this may he considered the most important 
and most laborious work in connection with 
the cropping of the land. According to the 
rules of good husbandry the allowance of 
manure to the acre is estimated at 12 loads 
of cattle and 5 cwts. of artificial, but as I 
have already stated, not being a believer in 
the latter class of manure, 1, in preference; 
put 25 loads of cattle or other bulky manure 
to the acre, and find that although entailing 
a much greater amount of carting and 
labour in general, the result is always ;u very- 
much better crop. The idea of using artificial 
manure at all is in order to bring the plants 
rapidly up to the hoe, and for this purpose 
quick-acting fertilizers, such as superp'hos- 
{(hate, nitrate of soda or ])otash are used, 
but as a matter of fact if the land is in good 
heart, no such assistance is required, and I 
find my turnip plants ready for hoeing, 
without any help from artiliciaP;, quite as 
soon as those of my neighbours; and not 
having been forced at all, they run less risk 
of setting and are in no danger from canker 
or finger and toe disease. When I first came 
to this farm the turnip break was so diseased 
that about 20 loads of ro >ts to the acre was 
all the crop I got, but 40 to loads is now 
my average, and disease is unknown. I may 
say, therefore, witiiout undue boasting, that 
my system has proved 1 oth satisfactory and 
profitable. Ic is not my desire in these arti- 
cles to lay down the law to any one who 
intends to adopt farming as a pursuit ; [ 
merely wish to give instances in my own 
experience which appear to me to have 
worked out more successfully tlian would 
have been the case, had I followed the rule 
of thumbstyk-! of procedure, so conmion 
amongst agriculturists. Who am I that I 
should dognnitize on a subject that has been 
before the piiblic ever since Adam delved in 
the garden of Eden, and for the first time 
set his early ash-leaf kidney potatoes, or 
whatever his specially favorite vegetable was. 
If I wished to give a reason to my readers 
as to why they should believe in the system 
of farming which I have adopted in opposi- 
tio)i to the customs of followers in the old 
beaten track, I might hint at my own age 
and the many years I have devoted to farm- 
ing, but I know that that would be considered 
but a feeble reason and I might bring upon 
myself the accusation of being my own brass 
l)and, for in this age of free education and 
enlightenment, we do not hold the aged in 
respect because of the experience they have 
gained, but because it is mostly the old men 
that have all the money. But to return to 
my muttons— and for want of a better, le 
