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[September, 1912. 



awards, consisting of silver medals and money prizes, and a silver shield 

 for the best school garden in the division, were given away by Mr. Plant, 

 the Assistant Go eminent Agent, in the presence of the Secretary, Cey- 

 lon Agricultural Society, and a large number of visitors. At this show, 

 as at other village shows in the district, money prizes were distributed 

 among villagers (both men and women) for keeping their home gardens 

 neat and clean. At the close of the show the Assistant Government Agent 

 announced that in future he would have two different sections, one for 

 villagers only and the other for headmen, so that the former will not 

 have to compete with the latter. There were ten classes of exhibits, and 

 there was general improvement on the previous shows. 



" Among fruits, pines (Kew and Mauritius), mangoes, oianges, pomelo, 

 papaws, limes, namnams, jambu and kaju were well represented, as well 

 asjaks of remarkably large size. Plantain and mangosteen were con- 

 spicuous by their absence. Under yams, sweet potatoes attracted much 

 attention for their wonderful growth ; cassava, inuala, arrowroot and 

 gahala were good. The vegetable class was not very satisfactory as a 

 whole but the exhibits of capsicums, bandakkas, brinjals kohila and 

 tomatoes were good. Dairy produce was poor ; eggs were well represented. 

 The commercial products made up the best class in the show. Products of 

 the coconut palm, including 29 tine samples of oil, were shown, and nut- 

 meg, pepper, betel, jaggery, ginger, vinegar, paddy and rice were well 

 represented. 



"All sections of Live Stock were represented, but the eompettion was 

 poor. Lace and needlework made a strikingly good class. A fancy 

 curtain made of the kekilla fern (CUeichenia linearis) by Mr. L. Jas. Perera 

 of Wadduwa was much admired. Industrial Exhibits.- Kalutara baskets, 

 betel bags, carved coconut shell work, fancy furniture and mats were 

 well represented. There were several exhibits of pickles and jams. 



" Mahanama Buddhist School won the silver shield for the second 

 time for the best all-round garden in the division. Tantirimulla came 

 second." 



The following is the report of Agricultural Instructor Karunanayake 

 on the Bellana Show held in May last: — 



"The aunual market show for Pasdun Korale East and West 

 organized by Mudaliyar Samarasinghe was held at Bellana on May 

 18, under the patronage of the Assistant Government Agent, Kalutara. 

 In spite of the inclement state of the weather there was a good gathering 

 of visitors. 



" Fruits constituted the best class in the show. Pine specimens of 

 pineapple, oranges, mandarins, jak, limes, papaw were exhibited. Sapo- 

 dilla and plantains were rather poor. Yams, including sweet potatoes, 

 arrowroot, cassava and gahala made a good show. The vegetables were 

 rather poor, there being no exhibits of snake gourd, bitter gourd, pump- 

 kin, tomato, chiefly owing to the heavy rains that preceded the show. 

 Capsicum, cuillie and brinjal were well represented. Plantains were 

 rather poor. Dairy produce, consisting of milk, ghee and curd, were 

 good, but the eggs were disappointing. Among commercial products 

 some good specimens of coconuts, copi a and oil were exhibited. Plum- 

 baero, cotton and honey were also shown. Live stock, specially fowls, 

 were better than last year. The nuedleivork section was well represented, 

 and included excellent samples of lace and embroidery. The industrial 



