ilv iscellaneous. 



546 



[December, 1911. 



RUBBER— PARA. 

 Monthly Averages for the Various 

 Acres. 

 Plot 79. 



ITINERARY IN VIYALUVA 

 (UVA PROVINCE). 



Average in Average in 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



Plot 82 A. 

 Average for 12 months, 

 viz., August, 1910, to 

 July, 1911 ... 58614 



Plot 82 B. 



Average for 12 months, 588 - 94 



Plot 82 C. 

 June ... 29 02 



July ... 61-5 



August ... 5000 



September ... 61-62 



grammes. 



ounces. 



34 '29 



1-21 



23-86 



•84 



10-97 



•38 



.39-21 



1-38 



31-75 



1-12 



91-9 



3-26 



231-98 



8-19 



20-78 

 20-88 



1- 02 



2- 18 



1- 77 



2- 18 



Plot 80 A. & B. 

 Using the Bamber pricker only re- 

 sulted in a very large percentage of 

 scrap in the proportion 3 to 1, owing to 

 small excresences on the bark. 



-proposed manuring Ex- 



leave uu- 



Young Cocoa- 

 periments. 



Manures. —Apply 1912 and 

 touched 1913 and 1914. 



9 half-acre plots, | acre surface 



manured. 

 1. Ten tons cattle manure as mulch. 

 2- Ten tons cattle manure forked in. 



3. 200 lbs. basic slag buried in trench 



with leaves. 



4. 200 lbs. basic slag broadcast and 



lightly disc harrowed (scra tched 

 in). 



5. 200 lbs. ammonium sulphate broad- 



cast and disc harrowed. 



6. 200 lbs. basic slag and 100 lbs. 



potassium sulphate broadcast 

 and disc harrowed. 



7. 200 lbs. basic slag, 100 lbs. Potassium 



sulpnate and 400 lbs. Castor 

 cake. 



8. 3 cwt. of bone dust. 



9. Unmanured. 



Each plot consists of two rows' of trees 

 betiveen which the various manures are 

 to be applied. 



(Report by the Agricultural Instructor 

 of the Central Circuits.) 

 I have the honour to report that I 

 have, with the kind assistance of Mr. 

 Bibile Ratemahatmaya, carried out a 

 useful programme ot work in Viyaluva. 



2. I started work in Viyaluva with 

 a ploughing demonstration at Timbiri- 

 gaspitiya got up by the Ratemahatmaya, 

 who was present with his headmen and 

 paddy cultivators at the demonstration. 

 The plough used was the Empire— lately 

 introduced by Messrs. Hunter & Co. 

 Those who witnessed the demonstration 

 agreed with the Ratemahatmaya that 

 the plough worked well. The Ratemahat- 

 maya has ordered more ploughs and is 

 lending them out to villagers. 



3. I held meetings or conferences at 

 Soranatota, Tennepauguva, and Bera- 

 mada, and went fully into the subject of 

 Agricultural Improvement. At present 

 the only cultivations carried on by the 

 villagers are paddy and cbena, and 

 these on the primitive methods, without 

 any consideration of improved and 

 modern methods. This Ratemahatmaya, 

 who takes the greatest interest in all 

 matters of agriculture and the general 

 improvement of the division, has not 

 only adopted improved methods of 

 paddy cultivation, but has initiated 

 rotation of crops in chena lands. It is 

 now for the villagers to take them up. 

 They have the opportunity to see for 

 themselves the good results of such ex- 

 periments. Mr. Bibile is carrying on a 

 foui>crop rotation in a chena close to 

 his residence. 



4. There has been a great tendency 

 in Viyaluva to sow more seeds than 

 actually necessary for a paddy field, and 

 no transplanting is carried on. Mr. 

 Bibile has this year set an example by 

 sowing as much seed as is necessary, 

 and I understand that the cultivators 

 who had anticipated failure, are now 

 beginning to realize that hitherto there 

 has been a great wastage of seed paddy. 

 There has also been a practice to culti- 

 vate paddy lands out of season, but the 

 present irrigation rules do not permit 

 this. I have taken every opportunity to 

 speak to the people on the possibilities 

 of improving paddy cultivation, and I 

 think that, with the example set by thtj 

 Ratemahatmaya. there is good prospeco 

 of improvement. 



5 The methods of chena cultivation 

 in Viyaluva is not satisfactory. Kurak- 

 kan is the only dry grain largely cultiv- 

 ated. Very little of other grains or 



