Edible Produclst 



(June 1907. 



Ceylon Paddy in Demerara. 



Georgetown, Demerara, 13th. March, 1907. 

 Sir, — In compliance with a request by the Colonial Secretary of Ceylon, I am 

 directed by the Governor to transmit to you herewith a copy of a Return prepared 

 by the Board of Agriculture of this Colony, showing the crops yielded by certain 

 varieties of Seed Paddy furnished by the Government of Ceylon in 1905. — I have the 

 honour to be Sir, 



Your obedient Servant, 

 E. W. D. BAYLEY, 



The Secretary, Board of Agriculture, Ceylon. 



Georgetown, Demerara, 11th March, 1907. 

 The following Return of Crops yielded by varieties of rice imported from 

 Ceylon by the Board of Agriculture, is published for general information. 



OSCAR WEBER, 

 Secretary, Board of Agriculture. 



RETURN OP CROPS YIELDED BY VARIETIES OF RICE RECEIVED FROM 



CEYLON IN 1905. 



No. 



No Manure, 



Superphosp 

 Per 



late 4 Cwt, 

 Acre, 



Colour of 

 Grain, 



Ceylon Name of Paddy, 



Paddy-lbs, 

 per Acre 



Straw — lbs. 

 per Acre 



Paddy— lbs, 

 per Acre, 



Straw — lbs, 

 per Acre, 



No. 1 ... 



3,600 



17,400 



3,700 



20,400 



Black. 



Polayal 



„ 2 ... 



2,700 



3,000 



Pale Yellow 



BibiliEl 



„ 3 ... 



3,300 



11,700 







Black 



Galkada El 



„ 4 ... 



2,800 



7,300 







Pale Yellow 



Rat El alias Sunda El 



,. 5 ... 



3,850 



12,300 







do 



Meepat El 



„ 6 ... 



3,350 



8,650 



3.700 



9,000 



do 



Li El 



„ 7 ,.. 



2,400 



11,200 



2,400 



9,700 



do 



Kalu Nugapat El 



„ 8 ... 



3,850 



12,800 



do 



Sude Nugapat El 



„ 9 ... 



2.900 



11,300 







do 



Koseta El 



„ 10 ... 



3,200 



9,700 







Dark Brown 



Kiri El 



„ 11 ... 



4,100 



16,700 







do 



Rat El 



„ 12 ... 



4,100 



13,100 



3,700 



14,800 



Pale Yellow 



Rat Kunda El 



„ 13 ... 



3,850 



15,600 



3,950 



16.800 



Light B'wn 



El wi 



„ 14 ... 



Shewed n 



o signs of 



bearing 





„ 15 .. 



4,150 



13,400 



4,350 



13,400 



Dark Brown 



El wi Panniti 



„ 16 ... 



5,100 



11,500 



5,500 



11,200 



Black 



Yawalu 



„ 17 ... 



4.900 



14,300 



4,900 



10,500 



do 



Polayal 



„ 18 ... 



4,100 



13,600 



4,000 



12,000 



do 



Murunga wi 



„ 19 .. 



3,000 



9,000 



2,700 



7,000 



Dark Brown 



Kalu Hinati 



» 20 .. 



2,800 



12,000 



4,500 



15,000 



do 



Rata wi 



„ 21 .. 



Shewed n 



o signs of 



bearing 





Hondarawala 



i 22 



3,900 



16,500 



3,500 



12.900 



Pale Yellow 



Kottiyaran 



Maturity was reached in five months. 



The ordinary "Creole" rice of the colony yielded 5,100 lbs. of paddy and 

 25,000 lbs. of straw per acre without manure. Black grained rices generally are 

 regarded locally with disfavour. Samples were submitted to Messrs. Wieting & 

 Richter by whom they were milled and who report unfavourably of them as being 

 soit-grained rices and as auch spoil quickly in this climate, Numbers 16 and 17 had 

 to be passed through the huller several times before the husk was completely 

 removed. 



Number 8 was of a pink colour after being milled and had to be passed 

 through the mill twice before this defect was remedied, 



None of these rices can be regarded as advisable substitutesfor the local 

 Variety. • . • . ' ■ 



E. W. E. ENGLISH, 



J8th February, 190?; Acting Director of Science and Agriculture 



