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[November, 1912. 



Cost of Carting Manure according to Distance of Fields from 



Farm Buildings. 



Distance of fields 

 from farms. 

 Yards. 



0-505 { P er to ° 

 t per cart 



505-1009 { per to " 

 ( per cart 



per ton 



per cart 



1640-2187 { P er ton , 

 1 per cart 



21R7-27R4 f P er ton 

 *±o< ^ per cart 



1009-1640 



2734-3281 1 P er ton . 



I per cart 



3281-3828 -| per toi \ 

 I per cart 



3828-4374 i per ton 

 ■ ■ M '*lPe» cart 



4374-4921 {JS £rt 



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Remarks. 



Cart of 

 24 cwt. 



Bullock 

 carts. 



Bullock 

 carts. 



This will facilitate also the resolution of the problem of establishing 

 outlying buildings for the most distant fields, taking into account the 

 greater value which they would thereby acquire. 



Lastly it is to be noted that the planting of orchards has often proved 

 a profitable way of dealing with the distant fields, whilst in extreme cases 

 forest trees have been used. 



MA N GIF ERA VER TIC ILL A TA . 



Through exchange with Mr. P. J. Wester, Horticulturist to the Bureau 

 of Agriculture, Philippines, Mr. C. Drieberg, Secretary of the Ceylon Agri- 

 cultural Society, received on October 2nd last 3 seeds of a new fruit 

 which is referred to as follows in a letter from Mr, Wester : — 



"Under separate cover I take pleasure in sending you a few seeds of 

 the "Bayono" {Mangijera verticillata). This is a fruit which has just 

 come to the notice of the Bureau and is indigenous to Mindanao. It is 

 considerably larger than the mango, pyrifonn, yellowish-green, smooth ; 

 the flef-h is white and partakes of the flavoui of the peach, apricot, and 

 aoursop, and promises to become a valuable addition to our tropical 

 fruits. The tree seems to prefer a low situation and seems to succeed well 

 even in regions subjected to annual flood?." 



Two of the three seeds planted on the 2nd October germinated in 

 about three weeks and have now (November 4th) reached, a height of 6 

 inches. It is proposed to plant them in the Heneratgoda Gardens* 



