Miscellaneous. 



70 



[July, 1911. 



KALUTARA AGRI-HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SHOW. 



The above show was held on Tuesday 

 the 30fch May, 1911, at the Kalutara 

 Kacbcheri, The show was confined to 

 the Kalutara Totamune only. Consider- 

 ing the unusual dry weather during the 

 year, and this being the first show of its 

 kind in the district, a better show could 

 not have been expected. 



Class I. Fruits. — This class was fairly 

 full and there was good collection of 

 oranges, jak, pineapple, and yapaw. 

 The exhibits of plantain and mangosteen 

 should have been very much better. 



Class II. Yams.— The exhibits in this 

 class were poor in quality as well as in 

 quantity. There were, however, a few 

 good exhibits of cassava and sweet 

 potatoes. 



Class III. Vegetables.— Fairly good ; 

 but competition poor. Kalutara being 

 a district where vegetable cultivation is 

 carried on, the exhibits should have 

 been very much better. 



Class IV. Dairy Products.— Good 

 average samples of milk, &c, were 

 shown. 



Class V. Commercial Products.— 

 This class was very full, and there was 

 good competition. Coconut oil was 

 specially well represented. 



Class VI. Live Stock.— A poor class. 



Class VII. Needle Work.— Not par- 

 ticularly good. 



Class VIII. Industrial Products.— 

 Poor. 



Class IX. Sweetmeats and Pre- 

 serves.— Fair. 



Class X. School Garden Products. 

 — There were three competitors, and 

 Tantirimulla school was awarded the 

 prize. 



L. A. D. Silva, 

 Agricultural Instructor. 



M A.TUGAMA AGRI-HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SHOW. 



The above show was held at the Rest- 

 house grounds on the 27th ultimo, and 

 was opened by Mr. G. F. Plant, the 

 Assistant Government Agent, Kalutara. 

 The shed put up for the occasion was 

 rather too small. 



In spite of the wet weather which 

 continued for two days and kept away 

 many villages, a fairly large collection 

 of exhibits representing all classes was 

 displayed. I was led to understand that 

 this show was better in quality and 



quantity of exhibits than the last show 

 held at Bellana in this Korale. From 

 this it would appear that cultivation is 

 improving in this Korale, 



Section 1. Fruits.— -This was the 

 second besc class in the show. Speci- 

 mens of Mangosteens, Pineapples, Man- 

 goes, Oranges, Pumelos, Papaws, Limes 

 and Kamaraugas were particularly good. 

 Mandarian Oranges, Pomegranate, Ano- 

 na, Jambus, Nam-nams and Plantains 

 were rather poor. 



Class 2. Yams. — In this class Cassava, 

 Sweet Potatoes, Arrowroot, Raja-ala and 

 Gahala made a good show. 



Class 3. Vegetables.— This class was 

 the best both in quality and quantity 

 of exhibits. Melons, Ash Pumpkins, 

 Gourds, Luffas, Kohila, Bandakka, Capsi- 

 cum Chillies and Biling were particularly 

 good. There was a specimen of a large 

 kind of bitter gourd measuring about 

 eighteen inches in length. 



Class k. Dairy Products.— This class, 

 comprising Milk, Curd, Ghee and Eggs 

 was tolerably good. 



Class 5. Commercial Products.— The 

 exhibits in this class were satisfactory. 

 Specimens of Coconut Oil, King Coconut 

 Oil, Honey, Paddy, Pepper, and Coco- 

 nuts were particularly good. 



Class 6. jLive Stock.— A lew pens of 

 native fowls and four native bulls made 

 up this class. 



Classes 7, 8, 9. Needle-work, Indus- 

 trial Products, and Sweetmeats.— 

 These classes were fairly represented. 



Class 10. School Garden.— Meegaha- 

 tenne School carried away the shield for 

 the best garden in the Korale. Eight 

 schools competed for the best collec- 

 tion of school garden produce, and the 

 prize was awarded to Kevitigala School. 

 Bellana and Matugama deserves honour- 

 able mention for the collection dis- 

 played. 



June 5, 1911. N. M. Jayasuriya. 



CAINGINS (CHENAS). 



(From the Philippine Agriculturist and 

 Forester, Vol. [., No. 3, March, 1911.) 

 By general consent, Philippine agri- 

 culture is under a curse. General con- 

 sent is not proof, and in this case a good 

 argument can be made against it. But 

 assuming that the curse is real, there 

 are three candidates for the place — 

 ignorance, lack of draft animals, and the 

 caingin. The caingin is land cleared of 

 woody vegetation and used for crops, 



