August, 1911.] 



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Miscellaneous. 



Rubber. — Para. The vertical method 

 of tapping still continues to yield well. 



In Plot 78 tapped with the Bowman- 

 Northway No. 2 knife and pricker, a 

 large percentage of the trees have deve- 

 loped most accentuated lumps. 



Tapoing has been discontinued on all 

 trees finished on one side. 



The opposite quarters and one-third 

 methods are still in operation, and a 

 basal herring bone has been started in 

 Plot 82, row C. 



Manihots. Tapping has been resumed 

 on the Manihot varieties after a long 

 period of wintering. 



Coconuts. — The manurial experiments 

 are being carried on and some extrac- 

 tions of oil have been made in conjunc- 

 tion with them. The manures, however, 

 have not been sown for a sufficient 

 length of time to allow of any deduc- 

 tions being drawn. 



The young coconuts at Getambe have 

 been supplied. 



Green Manures.— The acre of Tephro- 

 ftia Candida in the young coconuts is 

 being attacked by Dactylopius virgatus, 

 which is itself being preyed upon by 

 the larvae of a ladybird beetle. 



The following < plots 1/100 th of an acre 

 have been cut since the last meeting : — 



Leucaena glauca ... ... 132 lbs. 



Indjgofera hirsuta ... .. 105 



Cajanus indicus . . ... 74 ,, 



Oil Grasses. — It has now been found 

 possible to plant out about a quarter 

 of an acre of Cymbopogon Martini from 

 the Original plants obtained by Mr. 

 Jowitc about eighteen months ago. 

 A further supply of Polyneuros has also 

 been obtained from the Uva Patau as. 

 Distillations have been made from— 

 Cymbopogon Martni 



do polyneuros 

 do coufertitolius 

 do conflexuosus 

 Andropogon citratus 

 Lena Batu Pengiri 

 Maha Pengiri (Ceylon) 

 do do (Java) 



Soil Wash Plots.— The losses since 

 March 16th are as follows : — 



Desmodium .. 213 Albizzia .. ... 74S 



Mixed Crotalarias. . 784 Crotalaria incana ...2,577 



Dadap .. 1,700 Deep Forking ...4,296 



Bare soil . . 2,330 Crotalaria across slope . 499 



Ipomea ... 495 



Fruits.— All the fruits with the excep- 

 tion of Mangosteems are thriving in the 

 new plots. 



Some of the plantains have been 

 manured experimentally. 



The results to date of manuring pine 

 apples have indicated that a potash salt 

 insures early fruiting, whereas any 

 nitrogenous application appears to form 

 luxurious leaf growth. 



Neither farmyard manure nor super- 

 phosphate seems to make any appreci- 

 able difference. 



General. — The present labour turn- 

 out is 20-30 % short, due chiefly to fever, 

 which is especially prevalent amongst 

 Sinhalese. 



The boundary fence is more than half 

 completed. 



CEYLON AGRICUTURAL SOCIETY. 



Progress Report LV. 



Membership. 

 The following joined the Society since 

 the General Meeting held on June 20, 

 1911 :— J. Littlejohn, H. O. Beven, G. S. 

 Schneider, Stuart R. Cope, J. Brown, 

 M.Valoopillai, N.D. Abeye Gunawardene, 

 H. S. Stevens, D. Fairweather, J. B. 

 Dickie, J. Hedde, H. E. E. Koch, E. 

 A. Freeth (Superintendent, Stokesland 

 Group), John Tilly (Jur.), E. H. Beling, 

 Norman G. Westland, Henry Mason, 

 E. S Jorgenson. 



Staff- 

 It has been found necessary to engage 

 two junior hands to assist in the type- 

 writing and filing work, which is now 

 quite beyond the capacity of the Head 

 Clerk and his assistant. Sanction has 

 also been obtained to employ additional 

 Agricultural Instructors on probation. 



Mr. N. M. Jayasuriya has succeeded 

 Mr- S. R. Breckenridge, resigned. 



Mr.S.Chelliah (Agricultural Instructor, 

 Northern Province) and Mr, C. K. Satha- 

 sh am (Agricultural Instructor, Eastern 

 Province) were given an opportunity of 

 visiting some of the school gardens in 

 the Western and Central Provinces so as 

 to acquaint themselves with the methods 

 of work, as these officers will be in charge 

 of the gardens in their respective 

 divisions. 



Inspection Tours, 

 My own itinerary extended to Kegalla, 

 Kurunegala, Negombo, Kandy, Dum- 

 bara, Kalutara, Veyangoda, Rambuk- 

 kana, Weuda, Galagedara, Balaka- 

 duwa, Panadure, Horana, Anguru- 

 watota, Padukka, and the neighbour- 

 hood. 



Mr. N. Wickremaratnehas been devot- 

 ing his time chiefly to work in the 

 Kegalla District. He also visited Hakiri- 



