April I, 1892.] 
Supplement to the “ Tropical Agriculfurist." 
791 
R. 
c. 
Preliminary Operations and Ploughing 2 
50 
Cross Ploughing 
1 
37i 
Puddling 
0 
87i 
Clearing Dams 
0 
.50 
Preparing Land and Sowing 
1 
121 
Manure 
4 
(K) 
Levelling and Planting Out 
4 
00 
Seed Paildy 
3 
00 
Rea()ing, Threshing and Winnowing J acre 2 
50 
Do do do 
1 acre 3 
50 
Totnl..R2:5 37^ 
Mr. Samarestikere al.^o reports the results of 
Ills cultivation at Kllawaln for the Maha season 
1891, lie states that the whole extent of 
land prepared according to the improved system 
was sown hroadcu.st (but much thinner than the, 
ordinary sowing of the goiyn.s), with 3A bushels 
of goda-nia-vi seed paddy, which gave a return 
of bushels — an average yield of birshels 
per acre. The neighbours obtained Idi bushels 
from 1^ acre, using 3^ bushels of seed, and 2(i 
bushels from 2 acres with the use of 4 bushels of 
se(»d. The total yield of my 2 acres is valued at 
Rdt)-87i, which, after deducting cost of expenditure, 
leaves a profit of R28'e2|. No manure was used in 
this case. The following are the details: 
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2 o 
JiiHtniftor : 
Rroad-cast 
yrijilibmm : 
Broad-oast 
a 
-2 
W 
How r 
seed 
Cost of 
vai 
Crop. 
® 0 
J3 ® 
» 
a 
m 
a 
0 
c 
< 
n 
Cfl 
Profit. 
Ac. 
Bu. 
R. c. Bu. 
Bu. 
U. 
C. 
R. c. 
2 
3i 18 25 45i 
22| 
56 
87i 28 fi2J 
( li Si 
It 87i 15i 
lOj 
19 
374 
9 50 
1 2 
4 
Hi 71)' 2«" 
i.a' 
62 
.50 
15 80 
K. c. 
I’loughing 2 acre.s 2 ")() 
Cross Ploughing 1 hO 
Puddling 0 87i 
Clearing Bam.s 0 ()2v. 
Preparing hand and Sowing 2 50 
Reaping, Thre.shing and Winnowing 3 (K) 
Seed Paddy 3J bu.shels 4 37^ 
Pencing 1 87^ 
Total . . R48 25 
The process of Kitul-toddy drawing is a far 
more intricate one than that of e.xtracting toddy 
from the coconut palm, and the details of the 
process are more or le.=s'ii secret with the jmo- 
fessional todily-drnwer. Though there is a toler- 
ably large number of kitnl palms in and around 
Colombo, few if any of the trees seem to be 
tapped for toddy, and it appears almost im- 
possible to procure a man who would under- 
take to extract toddy from kitiil trees within the 
limits of the town. This has been our ex- 
perience in attemtping to .secure the services of 
a man for a gentleman in Colombo. Kitul 
toddy drawers can, however, be persuaded to 
eoniii into Colombo from along the south road, 
provided their services are engaged for a little 
time by the month. The wages of these men 
are usually reckoned as the value of half the 
amount of toddy extracted by them, or this 
amount of toddy itself, A correspondent writ- 
ing from Sabarngarauwn asks that some of our 
contributors should treat of the subject of kitul 
anil coconut toddy extraction in these columns. 
In the paper on the kitul pailm which is being 
contributed by Mr. T. B. Kehelpanella, the for- 
mer process will be dealt with, and we have 
no doubt but that Mr. Atherton, who has so 
ably written on coconut cultivation, will take 
up the extraction of totidy from the coconut 
palm before be abandons his subject. 
Reference has already been made to a work 
on cattle-keeping lately published in Calcutta, 
and a review of this useful work has already 
api)enred in the L'eylun Ohsercee. The only draw- 
backs in the adoption of the treatment for 
cattle diseases, recommended by the author, 
are that the Knglish remedies are all hommo- 
pathic preparation.s, and that the names of the 
native remedies are givi-n in Hindustani or 
other Indian language, no botanical names for 
trees and jihints being given. To those who 
posst'sses the book, therefore, and to such as in- 
tended to ailojit the treatment recommended by 
its author, some information on the .signitication 
of the Indian terms occurring in the work re- 
ferred to will, wo think, be welcome. Mr. L. 11. 
BhiJie (now of Kandy), who sj>ent many years 
in North India has been kind enough to give 
us this information as suiiplied to him hy 
Mr. Andrews, Assistant Su])erinteudent of the 
Lahore School of Arts, and Mr. Kipling, the 
Superintendent of the .same institution, 
Shimul cotton tree— //owi/a/.r M alahatheicwn 
(the Sinhnle.“<^ Katu Imbul), the silk cotton tree, 
a large handsome tree common in India and 
Burma, the largest and most characteristic 
tree of Ilastern Raj]mtnnn, produces a jelly- 
like gum (nuicharas) from atliseased condition 
of the bark ; also, on the seeds, a fine silky 
cotton-like llbre used for stuffing pillows, and 
for making gun-cotton. 
Bhoosu chaff, broken straw after threshing. 
Khully oil cake. 
Doob grass-- /tnctyfuH, the most nu- 
tritious and useful fodder of India, sometimes 
called llnriali gi-ass, — the couch grass of Aus- 
tralia and America. 
(liirgion, no doubt (iurjun or Kanjin oil, a 
wood oil from Diplerocarjmii turhinatun, used for 
many disea.ses (e. .y., leprosy ) both internally and 
externally, also ns n varnish, for lithographing 
ink, &c. is a solvent of Indiarubber. Acts as a 
substitute for linseed oil, but dries slow aiul 
is thin in body. (T). 7'ur/imaluK is found in Cey- 
lon.) Chirchery would seem tola? Achymnthue 
Afpwa (the Hindustani Lalchicheri), the Sin- 
halese gas-karral-habba. Jokhn, probably Gokhoor 
( I’rihibtfs lanyvginoswf). This is also known as 
T. terrestrk, and occurs in the north of the Island. 
Mdth regard to the sj-stem of weights used in 
the idiove work, the following will be a guide;— 
12 -Masha - 1 Tola ■= 7 dwt. 12 grs. Troy. 
5 Tolas " 1 Chittnck= 1 os. 17idwt. do 
10 Chittacks=l Seer = 2 jib. do 
40 Seers = 1 Maund= 100 lb. do 
