Abstract

The friends of Mr. K. Chinnaswami Pillai, Dip. Agric., will be glad to read the following account of him which we have taken from the Report of the Ceylon Agricultural society for 1914-15:- "Mr. K. Chinnaswami Pillai who was seconded for duty as Foreman of the Dry Zone Experiment Station, Anuradhapura, reverted to his substantive post as Agricultural Instructor, Batti- caloa, on 1st February 1915. Mr. Chinnaswami Pillai's training and experience in South India enabled him to put in some excellent work in the laying down of a series of dry-land crops at the Experiment Station, and should stand him in good stead in the district in which he is now serving where the climatic condi- tions approximate closely to those of South India. Already his knowledge and advice as to agricultural practice have come to be appreciated and sought after, and some interesting schemes affect- ing crops and cattle are likely to be launched with his assistance."

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