. The Press and the plow . nonvm for fertihtv. China has no scientific agriculture, though the Celestials are chiefly farmers, and she supports noknown agricultural papers. India, with its two races, presents many points of interest and manv problems to be solved. Ofthe native population, about 65 per cent, are agriculturists in a small wav. The English planters, whoraise tea, cofi^ee, cinchona, pepper, etc., are, of coarse, up in modern methods, and a considerableliterature is published in their interests. Indian Planting and Gardening, a weeklv with 5,000 circulation,seems to be the leader i


. The Press and the plow . nonvm for fertihtv. China has no scientific agriculture, though the Celestials are chiefly farmers, and she supports noknown agricultural papers. India, with its two races, presents many points of interest and manv problems to be solved. Ofthe native population, about 65 per cent, are agriculturists in a small wav. The English planters, whoraise tea, cofi^ee, cinchona, pepper, etc., are, of coarse, up in modern methods, and a considerableliterature is published in their interests. Indian Planting and Gardening, a weeklv with 5,000 circulation,seems to be the leader in the field. The Tropical Agriculturist at Colomba, Ceylon, is the chief journal for that island, and enjovs considerable circulationin India. Ot papers printed in the vernacularthere are one or two, but the natives are sounprogressi\e and illiterate that their circula-tion is nominal. Siam, Burmah, and Farther India gen-erally raise little but rice, and have noagricultural journals. It is a characteristic of the vigor and. \V<ntnji ill llir fiihh^ in Xnr/iirr/i Enrojit.


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