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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTtlRIST. 
[Aug. 1, 1903. 
It is then you can give your green manure : 
leaves, well-broken up cocoa shells etc., 
but mix all well with the soil and powdered 
dolomite lime and (hen put in trenches, one 
foot deep and mamoti wide holes, especially 
on steep land. It does not do to bury the mix- 
ture as recomended by Experimental Garden 
Manager, for cheapness, lasting or benefit 
as I have proved to my own satisfaction. 
Mr Talbot, in his London speech on ISth 
March last, said :— Burying tea primings is 
tillage andp;iveR root growth. Green manuring 
is very gnoA for tViP low-conntry. He foimn it 
verj' afooil, but the system is in i^s iufrincy. 
I tiave always used green ra;inu'"e from 
1858 to date — with the greatest success, on 
Gavatenne, Ranawa, fleiedewelle, Marakona 
as well as on all my own estates in coffee 
days. I also let weeds grow among coffee 
and cacao and afterwards gathered them, 
mixed the same with soil and lime and'applied 
the mixture to certain poor plants or trees 
to bring them up to match the other trees. 
Some planters do not take sufficient in- 
terest in their charges. Others are hampered 
by the Proprietor, V. A. or Colombo 
Agent, — Yours faithfully, 
JOSEPH HOLLOW AY. 
PATENT SOLUBLE TEA EXTRACT. 
London E.C., June 19. 
Sir, — I send you a notice of Mr. Bamber's 
Patent which, though very general and 
somewhat vague, may be of interest to your 
readers who if they wish the full details, can 
obtain a copy of the Patent N77i4 of 19(i3.— 
Yours truly, 
OLD CEYLON. 
(Extract from the " Journal of the Society of 
Chemical Industry) : — 
' PRODUCTION OF A PURR S^LUBLR TEA EXTRACT. 
[J. Ko^jer, Lonfloii, and M, K. Bamber, Ceylon, 
English Patent 7744, April 2, 1902 ] 
Tea leaves are extracted with boiling water and 
the hot extract subjected to centrifugal action. 
Tlie clear solution drawn from the centre of the 
drum is cooled to about 33 =^ F, and again passed 
through a centrifugtii separator. The solution is 
then evaporated and mixed with the dried 
separated matters to form a powder. — VV. P. S., 
May 15, 1903. 
MANURES IN CEYLON. 
June 30. 
Dear Sir, — We beg to draw your atten- 
tion to the annexed pamphlet which con- 
tains besides other matter full information : — 
1. — A.bout Manures, Manuring, Soils, Analysis, 
etc. 
2. — Coirmatting, Mats, Tea leaf bags, etc. 
3. — The service by the I G mail steamers to 
Europe, r'hitia. Japan, Ansiralia and Africa.- 
— We are, dear Sir. vours faithfully. 
per pro FRICUDRNBiiRG & Co. 
H. FREUDBNBbJRa. 
[The pamphlet is a very full and well 
illustrated one covering some 33 pages and 
with A great claal of useful information. The 
illustrations of the Mills, Manures" Stores, 
Laboratory, Crushing Works, Main Engine, 
Boiler Houses, Oil Mills, and Bone Steam- 
ing Works are very clear and very 
attractive. Full instructions are given 
as to taking samples of soil and 
as to the value of a variety of manures, 
the analysis of which is given in detail. We 
also learn a good deal about auxiliary 
manures and there are tables showing the 
result of expf^riments on certain upronntry 
estates. We have also analysis of coconut 
and rpcommendatious as to tlie niHuuve for 
the favourite palm We sh;ill pv(ih;ibly 
refer to this useful guide t<> m.!nuie<5 on 
future occasion^. Meantime we can recom- 
mend it to all our planter readers — Ed. T.A.\ 
PRIZE ESSAYS ON PRUNING OP TEA 
IN CEYLON. 
Kandy, July 2. 
Dear Sir, — I herein enclose for the in- 
formation of those interested a list of Noms 
de-Plume of Essayists on Pruuiug of Tea in 
Ceylon received in connection with the 
prizes offered through the Planters' Associa- 
tion of Ceylon.— Yours faithfully, 
A. PHILIP. 
Secretary Planteis' Association of Ceylon. 
List of ' Nom3-de-Plume ' cp Essayists on Pruning 
er Tea in Ceylon. — 1 Exilia Hiberuicns,' 2 'Amelias,' 
3 'B.W.T.', 4 'Planter' F. R. H. S., 5 'Spernit Hamnm,' 
(i ' Rustic,' 7 The Rational Treatment of Tea Bushes 
Pruuiug and Manuring;' 8 A Beginner,' 9 'Harle- 
quin,' 10 Agricola,' 11 ' Agricola' (II), 12 'Agricola,' 
(III), 13 'Agricola III.Rd' 14 •Cultivator,'15'Aaldreekie,' 
16 ' Superfluous branches we lop away, that bearing 
boughs may live ' King Richard II, Act III, Scene 
IV, 17 ?,' 18 ' Vel Arte Vel Marte,' 19 'Knife.' 
20 ' Proprietor 986,' 21 Decko,' 22 ' Creeper,' 23 'J. 
E. T.', 24 ' Doodle,' 25 Aberbrothocus,' 26 Labour 
is 'Pleasure,' 27 'Byde' 28 'Cut and Come again,' 
29 ' Libertas,' 3'i ' Vigilans sed Aeqnus,' 31 'Solihull,' 
32 ' One Who Knows,' 33 ' Ut Veniant Omnes,' 
34 ' Devoniensis,' 35 'AWhoraelaw.' 36 ' Nil Desper- 
andum,' 37 ' Concordia Parvae Res Crescunt,' 38 'Re- 
surgam,' 3J .lot or Tittle's,' 40 "The Man in Greea,' 
41 Caraelia Thea.' 
CACAO IN SAMOA. 
Wattegama, July 2, 1903. 
Dear Sir, — I noticed in your issue of Ist 
instant an extract of a letter to the Editor 
of the Field from Mr L Stuart, who wishes 
to know more about this paradise for cacao 
planters in Samoa. 1. therefore, send you a 
letter I received from my friend Mr H. S. 
of Samoa proving it not such a paradise. 
They had the fungus on the bark, and the 
small pods were dying off on the trees just 
the same as in Ceylon ; but trees grown 
from seed I supplied my friend with, 
Forrestero and Hybrid, were free and doing 
so well that he was selling those pods at a 
high price. Mr H S being an old friend I 
have sent him directions and advice how 
to keep cacao in good healtir and get good 
crops, gained from experiments made by 
nie which have proved successful under my 
supervision as per my letter to you of 16th 
June and published by you on 18th June 
last, -Yours faithfully. 
JOSEPH HOl^LOWAY. 
