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WHAT IS THOUGHT OF 
THE "TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST." 
A Kentleman resiplent in the Central Province, who bas as good, opppitaniliea of ksdWilig la 
of bsaefit to Planters as anyone wa know,' sent aa the following expiioit teatimony to tbb valitQ 'df'this " T.JL." :— 
" Since its commenoement, I have regularly aeen and perused the Tropical Agrie'ultUrUt. Thtte tta be 
but one opinion tba.t .its scope and object are highly important, and that it enpplies a distinct d«itiflerfttl|IB, 
which it is to the interest of every estate proprietor, to have available in the bungalow for thA dse of his {mwia 
^e?i«nj, or aaperiutenden'^. As' a magaziae it provides varied and instructive fre^h literatoij^ at itit«rr»li| 
dfprived, as moat in Ceylon are, of easy access to libraries; and aa years go by it will gr{)wingly beeoaie ' Th« 
Ceylon Encyclopsadia' with reference to agricultural operations. 'Viewing estate pro|ierty as practically a 
permanent investment to any proprietor, the trifling charge of R12 per annum— ji rupee a month— is certalnlj of 
uo account, provided the separate numbers are kept and bound toigether j^early as a book of-tefarene« 
for the benefit of the manager and his snocessors. In that light, as the property of an estate to be handed 
^verjustas much as its office furniture, few proprietors would probably refuse to' Authorise its being taken 
and filed regularly (if the periodical was brought under their notice), mora etlpeoially as on looking OTet the 
moat recent volume one cannot fail to see hew much valuable information on ' Tea ' has been coilatedi In 
the belief that ' Tea ' has restored prosperity to Ceylon, and that'plantation property is a good inveitment 
for capitalists, such should not omit the office and connected equipment so advisable on n.11 ' pucka ' eitates, 
ft part of which should be the Tropical Agriculturist. I find I have gone on writing, but, as lamgatting 
the numbers for the past year ready to be bound, the volume is before me." 
The 'Value of the " T.A^. '' to Ceylon Estate Ownees. — A planting correspondent wrote some time 
ago : — " I think proprietors should supply every tea estate with the T.A. The information in it with regard to 
everything in connection with tea, &c. is invaluable : it would pay its value over and over again. Owners of 
estates should not leave it to hard-up superintendents to take it in." 
A CoEREspoNDjiNT WHITES : — " I venture to say the volumes of the Tropical Agriculturist will be %i 
a premium a few years hence; it is 'a book which is bound to rise in valne aa timie rolls on, And 
subscribers will probably, if they so choose, be able to sell at a handsome profit, besides having had 
the benefit of using the information in the meantime." 
Fbom a Propeietoe : — " I wonder how many planters know what they lose in not Bubsoribing to 
yoar wonderful publiciation ? The cost is absolutely nothing, compared to the convenience of having in at 
bound book all that ia interesting and necessary in the literature of their calling. Information cnlled ttovx 
a thousand sources,' price lists of all produce sold locally, and home advertisements not seen elsewhere, 
and a hundred other things necessary for them to see and to know. The T.A. is, in faot, a convenient 
file of useful information daily arising and permanently preserved." 
Sra 'W. T. Thistleton Dyer, f.r.b., f.l.s., c.m.g., op Kew Gaudens :— " Sir .Toseph Hooker and myself 
always look out for the successive numbers of the T.A. with eagerness, and I keep a file in my office 
for refertnce. It is impossible to speak too highly of the utility of such a publication and of the way 
It ii managed." 
Sib Geoeoe King, late of the Calcutta Goveenment Museum: — "I know your Tropical Agriculturist 
well, having carefully secured every number since the beginning, You have succeeded in making it a wonderfully 
osefnl magazine of information for planters." ^ 
SoEfi BON- Major Bidje, p.l.s., op tub Government Central Museum, Madras : — I find the Tropical 
4frieuUuri$t a moat intereatiog and useful publication. It fiads a place on tb't table of oar Fnblic liibrary 
knd i* moob prized." 
