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main road, and so of little use for distribution of seed and demonstration of 

 different cultivations. The vote will be allowed for the present to the Balaugoda 

 Branch for opening up the garden there on the land allowed the Branch by- 

 Mr. S. D. Mahawelatenna. 



Agricultural Shows.— The Kegalla Show has been fixed for October ; the 

 Kurunegala Show for 23rd and 25th August. The report on the Badulla Show by- 

 Mr. J. K. Nock is tabled for information of members. 



Several Local Branches have undertaken to compete for the prize of 

 Rs. 100 (or a gold medal) offered by the Society to the Local Branch making the 

 best exhibit of samples of native products grown in its district at the Colombo 

 Show on the 22nd and 23rd June. 



It is hoped also to have special exhibits of Ceylon timber and forest produce 

 of agricultural implements used in different districts in Ceylon, and a set of the 

 new and improved agricultural implements to which the Madras Central Agri- 

 cultural Committee have invited the attention of their members. 



Orders have been received for sixty of these implements. The Kegalla 

 Branch alone applied for 37 Cawnpore Model Ploughs. The list of these implements 

 is again given below for the information of any members wishing to procure 

 them : — 



Cawnpore Model Plough, wooden. Cost Re. 1*75 

 Cawnpore Model Plough, iron. Cost Rs. 7"25 



Light. Both can be 

 drawn by a pair of ordi- 

 nary bullocks ; leaves no 

 intervals of untitled land 

 between furrows. 



Improved Common Plough. Cost Rs. P06. Nearly as useful as No. 1. Digs 

 land twice as deep as the common, obviating the necessity of a second ploughing. 



" Nolla," for levelling land. Cost Rs. 2-06. 

 " Gorru," seed drill. Cost Rs. 2-50. 

 " Guntaka," weeder. Cost Rs. 3'81. 



" Papita," for covering seeds with earth. Cost Rs. 3 - 81. 

 They are to be obtained direct from the Agricultural Munshi, the Vizianagram 

 Zamindary Revenue Branch, Agricultural Department, Vizianagram, S. India. 



Seed distribution. — The number of applications for seed was very large, 

 and the supply specially imported for the Society is now exhausted. A second lot 

 of seeds will be obtained for the Ceylon Agricultural Society when the Seed Store 

 at the Government Stock Garden is completed. The importation and distribution 

 of seed for the Society have been undertaken by Mr. C. Drieberg, Superintendent 

 of School Gardens. 



Cotton.— The Welimada, Mullaittivu, Anuradhapura, Jaffna, Delft, Kegalla, 

 Matale, and Vavuniya Branches will undertake experiments in cotton cultivation. 



The Superintendent of the Experiment Station at Maha-illuppalama hopes 

 to sow 50 acres with Sea Island cotton in September or October. The Maniagar of 

 The Islands, Jaffna, has been granted the lease of the island of Paruttivu for cotton 

 cultivation. The cotton planted formerly in the land leased to the Hon. Mr. Francis 

 Beven is flourishing, and it is hoped that the land will be taken up again, perhaps 

 this time for a cotton experiment. 



Yams.— The yams sent to the Society from the Jamaica Agricultural Society 

 have unfortunately arrived in a useless condition. 



