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Grass seeds.— Mr. O. W. Heuman, Irrigation Engineer, Giant's Tank, has 

 kindly presented the Society with the following varieties of grass seeds forwarded 

 to him from England by Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading :— 



Lucerne, Red Pescoe, Poa trivialis. 

 Perennial Rye Grass (Sutton's selected). 

 Itali Rye Grass (Sutton's Giant Evergreen). 

 Bokhara Clover. 



Sainfoin (milled seed), Hungarian. 

 Hungarian Forage Grass. 

 Lupin. 



Mixture of Grasses suitable for binding clay banks which are likely to 

 be washed by occasional very heavy rains. 



These seeds will be distributed among Local Branches or Members of the Society 

 for experiments in different districts. 



Date palms,— The suckers received from Egypt have been sent to Mr. V. 

 Gasipillai, Proctor, Jaffna, and to the Local Branches at Jaffna, Mannar, Mullaittivu> 

 and Puttalam. 



Live stock. — At the last meeting of the Board, on the motion of the late 

 Hon. Mr. H. Wace, c.m.g., the Society voted Rs. 50 towards the cost of a stud bull 

 for the Nuwara Eliya District, the moiety of the cost to be borne by the Nuwara 

 Eliya Branch. 



Castration. — Up to the 6th June 69 demonstrations had been given by the 

 Government Veterinary Surgeon and his staff ; 1,589 cattle were operated upon, 

 brought in by 1,307 owners ; and 94 men were taught the operation. These figures 

 do not include operations given by the men trained. These figures will be procured 

 from the Local Societies. 23 demonstrations were held in the North-Western 

 Province, 21 in North-Central Province, 4 in Central Province, 5 in Northern 

 Province, 4 in Western Province, 1 in Sabaragamuwa (the first in this Province), 

 and 11 in Southern Province. It will be necessary to apply for a further grant to 

 carry on this work ; there are numerous applications still to be taken up. 



How far castration can be made compulsory in at least certain districts 

 deserves the attention of the Live Stock Committee and the Board. 



Publications.— Leaflets on " Tobacco Cultivation," " Transplanting in Paddy 

 Cultivation," and " Bud Rot of the Coconut Palm," by Mr. T. Petch, are with 

 the Government Printer. 



A leaflet entitled " Method of taking Samples," by Mr. Kelway Bamber, 

 is issued to-day. 



The Editor of the " Sihala Samaya " kindly sent 100 copies of two editions 

 of his paper containing the proceedings of the last meeting of the Board in 

 Sinhalese, which have been circulated to Local Societies. 



E. B. DENHAM, 



Tune 11th, 1906. Secretary, Ceylon Agricultural Society. 



