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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[March 2 , 1891 . 
Having manured the comparative uumanured field in October 
1890, I shall not be able to state the iucreasG in the second 
year in this instance. 
The comparison with previous years is as follows:— 
Field No. 1 lA 2 3 4 
1839 
FB 
lb. per acre ...865P 
PB PP P P 
682P 313PJJ 337PB 320PB 
P 
PP 
NP 
1888 do 
...342PB in 4 acres 
223 1G7P 
274 
1887 flo 
...2G7P 
96P 130P 
127P 
Field No. 
5 0 7 
8 9 
Total. 
P P PM 
NP 
1889 lb. per acre,..437PB 344PB 400PB 299NP 512M 400 lb. 
NP P 
P 
1888 do 
..348 M 188PP 203PB 143P 213PB 215 lb. 
1887 
..117 P 13.5P 140P 
112P lOCP 125 lb- 
KAINPALIi. 
Jan. Pcb. 
March. 
April. 
1887... inches .. 
7-08 10-3-5 
3-29 
12'50. 
No. of days ou 
which rain fell 
13 10 
5 
20 
1838, ..inches .. 
0-23 0-25 
2'3t 
5 ’05 
No. of days 
5 2 
12 
13 
1889. ..inches ... 
7'21 082 
5-43 
7-o8 
No. of days 
13 2 
IL 
25 
May. 
1887... inches 3'93 
June. 
8'54 
Jul y . 
4-88 
AuKust. 
5'92 
No. of days on 
which rain fell 15 
28 
17 
15 
1888 .. inches 5'6t 
17T3 
0'79 
4-21 
No. of days ... IG 
27 
9 
17 
1389.. inches 12'01 
4.23 
12'81 
6-87 
No. of clays ... 20 
23 
21 
15 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Deo. 
Total. 
1887... inches 3'84 
17 72 
15’75 
31-.52 
1-28-37 
No of days on 
which raiu f ell 1 5 
23 
21 
28 
212 
1888... inches G’9l 
13 .37 
10-41 
21-95 
88 31 
No of days ... 10 
21 
20 
23 
181 
1889. ..inches. 17’20 
7-71 
11-05 
G08 
99 73 
No. of days... 2(5 
14 
19 
14 
2 o;s 
In this connection, 
wa have to ask plaoters li ing 
the Tropical Agriculturist to correct an error with 
their pen, through a figure getting transposed on 
the first page of the Tropical Agriculturist in April 
1890, — under cost per lb. Bungalows ih:ro is 
given -712 cent, instead of T72. 
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Anothee Vine Disea.se (Gi.ceosporium pestifrrdm, 
0. & M.) — We have recently received from Brisbane 
some Vine shoots and Grapes suffering u ider the 
infliction of a new Vine cUstase, which, if it spreads, 
is likt-ly to be of a very destructive character. The 
shoots, petioles, and peduncles present a sbrivelled 
and miserable appearauce, sprinkled, in some pl.ices 
densely, with small hemispherical knobs, about the 
size of a good-sized pin’s head, and of a rosy-piuk 
colour, Subsequent examiuatiou proved that these 
knobs were amass of hyaline fungirs spores, which 
h id ooze :1 out of oriflcts in the ciuiole, aud hardened 
by exposure to the air into that form. The cells 
beneath the cu'iclo are without any distiuct cou- 
ceptacle or perithecium, aud the spores are produced 
upon short delicate sporoph ’res rising from the 
cusbioD-like base of the cells. The spores, or conidia, 
are cylindrical, straight, and rounded at the ends, from 
11 to 15 micromillemetres long and 3 to -1 broad, hyaline 
and colourless, with rather grauular contents. When 
mature, they iatui in a sort of gedatiuous mass 
through orifices broken in the cuticle, aud soon hard 'n 
into tlio pin-head kii-'h-i, which remind one strongly 
of some of the small forma of Tuberoularia, so cam- 
moil in this country. On the applic-ition of moisture, 
the Fpore-masEos dissolve, aud the spores arc oirried 
awa.y freely wherever the water trioltlos. In some 
res)>ecta this fungus ro.senibles another of the s ime 
genus IGlmosporiutn amiiolophagum), common on Vinos 
in Bnrope and the United States; but it diff rs in 
the colourof the exud( d sporc-masse.H, a' d in the dimeu- 
sioiiH of the spores, which are double the length, and 
broa’ler than in the Biiropoun spocies ; besides which, 
we have no knowledge that tlu ma-'s of spores in 
(ilo; jsporiiim arnpelophagnm oozo out aud form such 
Tub :rcnUtia-like masses. The disoiscd fruit i.s .stunted, 
shrivelled, and exhibit a few of the sporc-inistulos 
Bcatle.red over thmii. U is an uneuvia’olo addition to 
the fungi of Auslralia.— M. G. GookI’!.— OV/' i/eaers’ 
(.'krouicU, 
Native Inventions, — Mysore seems to be -ahead 
in inventions and manufactures. A goldsmith of 
the Bampore village is said to have invented a 
plough that is light and durable and does double 
the work of an ordinary plough. Another man 
Eachappa, a resident of Chickaballapur, is reported 
to be manufacturing sugarcane mills on the 
English model which are being used in the 
Province by the ryots. — Indian Engineer. 
“ Coconuts and Tea.” — We learn from an 
experienced tea as well as coffee planter that 
“ coconuts and tea ” cultivation conjoined is 
becoming a favourite style of lowoountry plantation 
with several old hands. In some districts of the 
Western Province, both products are cultivated 
together, and we know of one plantation at least in 
Heaaratsoda district, where tea is cropping exceed- 
ingly well and coconuts flourishing under this ar- 
rangement. In some parts of the country between 
Hanwella and Moratuwa the same style of 
cultivation is likely to be freely followed. 
Arte, SIAN Weli.s and Ieriu.ation. — O n leaving 
Colombo Mr. MacBride rntde his way to Tutioorin auJ 
thence to some of the large S. I. Irrigation Works, 
such as the Godavery Irrigation Works, which he 
iuspeoted; he also examined and made inquiries con- 
oerniug a number of artefian wells; while, later on, in 
the cold districts he was e lablel to see borings carried 
on with the very latest appliances, which are said to he 
of the most perfect ohiracter. Of course, Mr. Mac- 
bride will have now to inquire into the general con- 
ditions of the Northern Province and we suppose he 
will pay a visit to Jaffna at an early date to see if 
such wells are practicable there. If he finds that they 
are, the ics ght that he obtained into the boring for 
coal at the Ilatirguuge and other mines will prove of 
service. — Cor. 
“Cocaine in Dentistry" is the name of a paper 
read at the 5th annual meeting of the German 
Association of American dentists by Dr. Blersch, 
Mannheim, a copy of which is sent to us by Messrs. 
C.F. Boehringer & Sohue, Waldhof near Mannheim. 
It runs as follows : — 
Employed with proper knowledge and care iu 
minimal doses of 0.190 to 0.385 grain, cocaine is un- 
questionably one of the safest of drugs, and has the 
further advantage of being so cheap, that we can 
give the poorest patients the benefit of it, since even 
if we receive no payment at all, 0.385 grain of cocaine 
costs only about a halfpenny. The favourable opinion 
of the Prague professors concerning Boehringer’s 
Hydcoohlorate of Cocaine I can fully confirm. 
Is Adulteration Universal ?— Speaking from an 
experience of fifteen or twenty years, one medical 
man, at any rate, is able to say that he has not 
found his fellow-men of the business class half 
so black as they have been painted. Wines, which 
are so commonly ordered for sick persons, are 
seldom or never the poisons th^y are said to be, 
u.ilesB they are purchased at poisou prices. The 
poor, who cannot afford to pay for good wines and 
spirits, should leave such things entirely alone if 
they cannot procure them from charitable friends. 
All olJ-eslablislied wine merchant admitted to the 
writer quite recently that poisonous wines and 
spirits are undoubtedly manufactured ; but then they 
are minufactured because there is a demand for 
them on the part of people who cannot afford to 
pay for hona fide wines and spirits. Those persons 
who can pay for genuine articles are just as sure 
of getting them honest and good as they are of 
getting honest and capable medical practice when 
they can offer reasmable fees for it. Exactly the 
same may be said of teas, ooffaes, cocoas, 
beef, juices, infants’ and invalids’ foods, and their 
makers. All these things can be, and are 
obtained of the highest order of excellence by people 
who are able and willing to pay for them accord- 
ing to their market value. — Hospital. 
