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looking and exhibited in bottles not 

 properly cleaned, showing want of care 

 in preparation. 



Section IV. Class B.— Poulty and 

 Domestic An imals. 



Entries were few and nothing calls 

 for special mention. 



Cattle were not shown owing to the 

 prevalence of cattle disease. 



In Class C, Ponies, four were shown. 

 Those awarded 1st and 2nd prizes were 

 quite nice ponies. It is a pity entries 

 were not larger. 



Report by 0. Drieberg. 



In submitting the following notes on 

 the exhibits judged by me at the Galle 

 Show, I should wish to state that there 

 was considerable room for improvement 

 (1) in the compilation of the catalogue, 

 and (2) in the arrangement of the 

 exhibits. Had the draft catalogue been 

 forwarded to the Secretary of the 

 Ceylon Agricultural Society, as required 

 by the rules for the conduct of Agri- 

 cultural Shows, and application been 

 made for assistance in the arrangement 

 of exhibits, this would not have been the 

 case. I may here mention -another irre- 

 gularity in connection with the Galle 

 and other recent Shows, viz., that appli- 

 cation for the services of expert judges 

 was made direct to the judges and not 

 through the Society, which pays their 

 expenses. 



As regards the catalogue, I would draw 

 attention to the grouping of Flowering 

 and Foliage Plants under one section, and 

 the omission in most cases to state the 

 number or quantity of exhibits required 

 to be shown. As regards arrangement 

 it is essential for purposes of judging 

 that all exhibits of one kind should be 

 placed together in spaces previously 

 marked out (as accurately as possible) 

 for them, so that the exhibits may be 

 put into their proper places as they 

 come into the shed. In the case of 

 fruits and vegetables, the exhibit of 

 each exhibitor should also be kept quite 

 distinct, and for this purpose it is 

 advised that the common flat bamboo 

 basket employed for carrying fruits and 

 vegetables be used. Branch Societies 

 would do well to apply for the services 

 of an Agricultural Instructor, trained to 

 such work, to assist in the arrangement 

 of exhibits. 



Section III. Class C. 

 {A.) Vegetables. 

 English vegetables made a poor show 

 but native vegetables were fairly well 



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represented, among the best exhibits 

 being sweet potatoes, which are largely 

 cultivated in the district. 



Special Prize jor School Gardens. 

 There were seven entries for this com- 

 petition. The thiee best displays were 

 from Angunakolapilessa (Hambantota 

 district), Kimbiya (Galle district), and 

 Mandaduwa (Tangalle district), The 

 first was awarded the Ceylon Agricul- 

 tural Society's silver medal, and the two 

 latter were recommended for extra 

 prizes of Rs. 10 each. 



Class D. (Dairy Produce.) 

 The competition was poor, but there 

 were a fair number of entries under 

 buffalo and cow ghee of which some very 

 fine specimens were shown, 



KEGALLA SHOW, 1909, 



Report by C. Drieberg, 



The most noticeable feature about this 

 Show was the excellent arrangement on 

 the grounds and in the sheds. The 

 exhibits were correctly placed and 

 properly exposed, and provision was 

 made for necessary assistance to the 

 judges. 



In the vegetable section the collection 

 of chillies — garden and chena— was very 

 striking, though all the exhibits (except 

 English vegetables) were well repre- 

 sented. 



The show of fruits was remarkable con- 

 sidering the time of the year, and the 

 three most important classes — mangoes, 

 oranges, and pineapples— were very well 

 filled. Some good "rupee" mangoes 

 were shown, and there were parti- 

 cular fine specimens of the " Colombo " 

 mango of Jaffna (the prototype of 

 the "Jaffna" mango of Colombo) which 

 went to prove that the soil and climate 

 of the North are essential for the develop- 

 ment of the finest flavour of this fruit. 

 The excellence of the oranges made the 

 task of the judges a most difficult one. 



The special collections of ripe fruits 

 were all good, and needed very careful 

 judging before a decision as to the 

 award could have been arrived at. 



School Garden exhibits were housed in 

 a special shed and elicited interested 

 enquiries from His Excellency the 

 Governor. The exhibits sent in by 

 Hettimulla and Weeragalla were most 

 creditable- 



"Grains and other products" (class 

 XII) were all well represented. The 

 collections of paddy and fine grains were 

 nicely got up, and betel leaves of pheno- 



