Miscellaneous. 



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[August, 1910. 



DUMBARA AGRl-HORTiCULTURAL 

 SHOW: 

 22nd and 23rd July, 1910. 



The second Agri-Horticultural Show 

 under the auspices of the Dunibara 

 Branch Society took place at Teldeniya 

 on the 22nd and 23rd instant, and was as 

 far as the exhibits went a great success. 

 Heavy rain prevailed from the 21st till 

 the close of the Show, and thus not only 

 prevented some from bringing exhibits, 

 but many from being present. The Show 

 was opened by the Hon. Mr. R. B. Hellings, 

 Government Agent, CP., who in reply to 

 an address of welcome read by Dunuwille 

 Dissave and again after the distribution 

 of prizes spoke very encouragingly. 



The Teldeniya school room— with the 

 kind permission of the Director of 

 Public Instruction— and three tempo- 

 rary sheds put up in the school premises 

 were utilised as show buildings. 



There were no exhibits in Glass I. and 

 II. (flowering plants in pots, ferns, and 

 foliage). Class III. (cut flowers) was 

 well represented. Some of the exhibits 

 under this class can favourably be com- 

 pared with the best in any upcountry 

 Show. Mudaliyar Rasanayagam's collec- 

 tion of roses was very good. 



Class IV. (Fruits) was not good for 

 Dumbara. The number of exhibits should 

 have been much greater. Mangoes and 

 oranges showed up well. Plantains and 

 pines were poor. There were no manda- 

 rines, rambutans, and tamarind. 



Class V. (Vegetables) was the best as 

 well as the most filled up section of the 

 Show. The collections of both native 

 and foreign vegetables were very good. 

 Mr. P. B. Ratnayake's collection of 

 native vegetables was, perhaps, the 

 feature of the Show and won the gold 

 medal presented by Advocate Raja- 

 ratnam. Mr. Nugawele came second with 

 350 varieties. Cabbage, lettuce, spin- 

 ach, bandakkas, gourds (except bottle 

 gourds) and red pumpkins were parti- 

 cularly good. Teldeniya, competing: 

 with three other schools, won a prize of 

 Rs. 10 for the best collection of vege- 

 tables grown in school gardens. Medi- 

 wake B.V.S. came a good second. The 

 prize for the best school garden was 

 awarded to the latter school. For Mr. 

 J, P. Lewis' silver medal for the best 

 collection of lime beans there were 

 four competitors, each with a large 

 collection — which indicated that the 

 cultivation of lima beans is being taken 

 up in the district. 



The exhibits under Class VI. (Com- 

 mercial produce) were good. There was 

 the keenest competition for the gold 



medal presented by the Ceylon Agri- 

 cultural Society for the best sample of 

 tobacco. Competing with estates, Mr. T. 

 B. Ratwatte won a medal for dried cocoa 

 (6 lbs.). There was a good display of 

 both smoked and unsmoked rubber. 

 Coconuts, pepper, cardamoms, and cinna- 

 mon quills were good, but arecaunts, 

 vanilla and nutmegs were poor. Cotton 

 and kapok showed up well. Sea Island 

 cotton, so successfully grown at Madu- 

 gode, was exhibited and was awarded 

 a medal. 



Exhibits under grains and cereals 

 were very poor for Dumbara. The Medi- 

 wake teacher exhibited half a bushel 

 of golden Carolina paddy cultivated by 

 him in his village. 



Class VIII. (Oils and Oil-nuts).— There 

 were several very good exhibits of oils, 

 but the oil-nuts were not equally good. 



Class IX. (Prepared products). — There 

 was very keen competition, and all the 

 items were well filled. 



Class X, — There were no exhibits of 

 minerals. Arts and manufactures were 

 well represented. There were several 

 specimens of cloth woven in Dumbara. 



Dairy Produce and Poultry were 

 poor. Exhibits under cattle, sheep, and 

 buffaloes were not at all good for an 

 agricultural district. 



The Committee of the Dumbara Agri- 

 cultural Society has to be congratulated 

 on their second successful Show. The 

 success of this Society is mainly due to 

 Dunuwille Dissave, President; Parana- 

 goma Ratemahatmaya, Vice-President, 

 and to the indefatigable Secretary, 

 Mudaliyar Rasa nay agam. 



Walter Molbgode, 



Agricultural Instructor. 



July 30th, 1910. 



PERADENIYA EXPERIMENT 

 STATION. 



Minutes of a meeting of the Committee 

 of Agricultural Experiments held at the 

 Experiment Station, Peradeniya, on 21s' 

 July, 1910. 



The following members were present :— 

 Dr. Willis, Chairman, the Entomologist 

 the Mycologist, the Government Chemist, 

 the Hon'ble Mr. Edgar Turner, Mr. 

 R. Anderson, and the Secretary. 



The Secretary read the Progress Report 

 since the previous meeting. 



The subject of leasing Henaratgoda 

 Gardens was discussed, and it was decided 



