Abstract
MOST books published in English on agriculture in the tropics seem to assume that the greater part of the tropical zone has a high and constant rainfall, and that the so-called ‘planting crops’ form the chief agricultural enterprises in the hotter parts of the world. The result is to give a very unreal picture of tropical agriculture. The present book is no exception to this rule. It has been written as a textbook of general principles to be taught to students in Malaya. For this purpose it is, on the whole, very well suited, for the conditions with which it chiefly deals are those found in this typical wet tropical area. On the other hand, the portions dealing with the far more frequently occurring dry tropical conditions are very perfunctory, and it is doubtful whether the book should be recommended to a student whose future interest is likely to lie in such areas.
Principles of Tropical Agriculture.
By Dr. H. A. Tempany G. E. Mann. Pp. 328 + xxiii. (Kuala Lumpur: The Incorporated Society of Planters, Malaya, 1930.
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M., H. Agriculture. Nature 128, 954 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128954d0
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