Oct. 1906.] 339 Miscellaneous. 



Cattle and Poultry Classes. 

 Cattle Section. — Very few cattle were shown. The coast bulls made the 

 best class. The exhibits of native cattle were poor. Altogether a rather disappoint- 

 ing section. 



Poultry Section.- -Was a fairly good section. The birds were conveyed to 

 the show in larger cases, and proper pens were provided at the show. 



(Sgd.) G. W. STCJRGESS, 



Government Veterinary Surgeon. 



Colombo, 10th September, 1906. 



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The Kegalle AgrUHorticultural Show. 



Sections I, II, III, and IV. 



I have the honour to report as follows on Sections I, II, III, and IV at the 

 Agri-Horticultural Show held at Kegalle on the 21st and 22nd instant. 



Generally speaking the show, as regards purely native products seemed 

 to be a very satisfactory one, and in my opinion approached what such village shows 

 should be. Order and method pervaded the general arrangements to an extent 

 not usually seen. 



Section I. (Plants in Pots).— All classes under this head were competed for, 

 except Roses and Geraniums. Perns in pots and Chrysanthemums in flower were 

 quite good. 



Section II. (Cut Flowers).— There was a large display of these chiefly native 

 flowers. A rather novel (but not quite clear in meaning) class termed " Malwattiya " 

 drew a large number of competitors. 



Section III. (Vegetables). — There was a good general collection representing 

 every class in this section- Yams of good quality (and others as monstrosities) were 

 much in evidence, the prize going to an excellent collection of 29 edible kinds shown 

 by Ratemahatmaya Boyagoda. A nice exhibit of vegetables was that shown by 

 Hettimulla School Garden. 



Section IV. (Fruits).— There was strong competition in plantains, oranges, 

 papaws, and limes, but pineapples were poor, these being now out of season. Had 

 the prizes offered in this section been less limited, a greater variety of fruit would 

 doubtless have been brought together. 



H. F. MACMILLAN, 



Curator, Peradeniya Gardens. 



28th September, 1906. 



Dairy Produce and Cattle. 

 Sir,— With reference to your letter No. 3974 of the 25-26 September, 1906, 

 I have the honour to inform you that in the Dairy Produce Section the Exhibition 

 of ghee and eggs was good, the remainder of the sub-classes very poor. What 

 poultry were shown were very fair, but poor in numbers and not properly cleaned 

 and prepared for exhibition. The Cattle Section was a good one, especially for 

 native bulls. There might have been much more competition if owners would enter 

 their cattle. I am, etc., 



G. W. STURGESS, 

 Government Veterinary Stirgeon. 



Colombo, 28th Sept., 1906. 



