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have been encou ■. ;in-r oi r r* f> to r row th<. ir own food. There 
are .in * e ‘udena •. n her of plot.? where foodstuff ^ 
could be e.as : 1 ;/ but for tiv: nonkeyo '"hich er.+ ♦apioca , 
sweet pot a toe : : ^nr -cm. r»v . oapayar . ?u : ras. etc* t : nd also 
"because o_ the Pa o ill ■ / j write h t lev*. car. 741 in access to 
any crops. Hence so - 01 >t« were .elected in the Cult ana Gardens 
for growing 3 wee t Potato and Tapioca and acr In oourer waa 
re c os l 1 eii de d ’ > c u 1 1 5 v a t e a plot during his i s isu re . 
during this i 4 onth, however, a new echu «e has been 7 or. m.a out 
o() tout, rn addition to the private plots, there are column! 
plots on which every employee of the Gardens , be he a Ji o , Syoki 
or coolie, is obliged to devote two official afternoons a week. 
This scheme hao the advanta. ;e of teaching team- '01 k t-^r a e oration 
goo.i and aiso of making the people realise the dignity of field 
work. Ghen the scheme was inaugurated, ail the Nipponese officers 
(Prof. KU:- I BA, Dr. VATAJVAoS, : r. 0 li : 1 1; A and ..ir. 31 a; > ant to 
dig the ground in the company of the other rneirbers of the stoff. 
r. If -t spends regularly some time every afternoon so as to 
encourage the persons to put their best into the work . 
The . informat i on so far received never is *h«t four of our 
coolies cent to Thailand have 0 ied. As during the dry weather 
different kinds of diseases such as 3 in 11-pox, dy sentry, cholera, 
etc. were formerly known to prevail in 'Thoilmd, and as all 
the four deceased were c onsti tut ionally 3 trong, great anxiety is 
f It by our coolies about the welfare h others; and their anxiety 
Is all the more acute beea ;se moot- of + hen have not received any 
letters from their friends and relatives sent to Thailand. 
V ego t ab 1 e v 1 o t 3 . Both + he Experimental Vegetable Plots ere 
being manured ’with unicipal sludge. An analysis made by an 
office* 1 pf an Okabutai (Sub-Lieut. 1AGAMI) showed that the sludge 
contained h,3$ Nitrogen , which means that the sludge u*y be con- 
sidered as a powerful nitrogenous manure. 
Compos trailing which was discarded for some tine has been 
re -introduced both for its manurisl and mulching value. It also 
serves to dilute the Wunicipel sludge, 
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In/ ore plot it has Dueri found necessary to rig big trenches 
-void the roots of A r e ng a s b c c ha r i f e ra from interfering with 
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til of the annual vegetables . 
•a s 3 i f 1 o ra quad ran; c u laris has been fruiting vei\ proiifically 
thoug it is now nearly 4 years old. This plant is growing in 
some ^..uitse and Eurasian gardens as an ornamental plant or as 
one up; lying the seed with its pulp for making a refreshing drink. 
It is surprising that the use of the fruit as a vegetable was not 
*,no'/ij to these. Some fruits were given both t< ■ Chinese m d 
Gurr slenu with directions to cook them with the result that there 
is s ixie demand for cuttings and seeds of the plant. 
It in found that our Sweet Potato collection do not re: r nan* 
all that we hrve it P&lai or even in Syonrn. Many of the kalfi 
vernacular names such as Kclodek Pays , Keledek Bukit , Kele dek l ast , 
Ke : <; dek Pawa r, etc. express either ecological, mor^hologicr-or 
gas troloir leal characters of *he Sweet Potato, and so a study in 
this direct! n j s very desirable. 
H 1 sc e 1 Igneou s . *n the 11th March, at about midnight, & fire 
broke out in the TSA KIOSK , and eventually burnt the entire wood- 
work. P’s fire ”B3 noticed by our patrolling watchman about 
ld.?0 a. , The rchard Poad Police teti in was irar:x ;i- tely infomed 
•-/id the Police Inspector with some Police Constables were soon on 
t’n-: j ene. haloing our people to deal with the fire. 
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