THE 
COLOMBO 
Added as a Supplement Monthly to the " TROPICAL AQRICULTUBIST," 
May :— 
The following pages include the Contents of the Agricultural Magazine for 
Vol. XL] 
MAY, 1900. 
[No. 11. 
A LOCAL WOIK ON CATTLE. 
ATTLE Notes " is the title of a 
booklet by W. A. De SiWa, V.S. 
This is not the first little work 
published by the author who 
has already written more than 
one useful pamphlet on Agricultural subjects. 
The content! are tabulated under the following 
heads : 1, Cattle and Buffaloes ; 2, Description and 
Aging ; 3, Cattle Food ; 4, Cattle Sheds ; 5, Handl- 
ing of Cattle ; 6, Signs of Ill-health ; 7, Nursing 
and Attendence ; 8, Medicinal Materials ; 9, Pre- 
Tention of Disease ; 10, Disease and Treatment ; 
11, Milk Cows. 
Chapter 10, dealing with diseases and their treat- 
ment, will, perhaps, be considered of most value 
by cattle owners, who should be glad to be fur- 
nished with directions and prescriptions in which 
common and easily-obtained drugs are recommen- 
ded. A convenient list of these medicinal agents, 
together with their Sinhalese and Tamil names, is 
supplied on pages 39-42. We regret, however, to 
find that the author writes disparagingly of the 
value of protective inoculation against rinderpest, 
a means which we are confident is bound to play 
an important part in the stamping out of this 
scourge. We are quite at one with the writer when he 
says that " it is a great mistake to repose complete 
reliance in any one naeasure or remedy," and as 
a result neglect all ordinary recognised methods of 
prevention, but when modern scienc* offers us ai| 
admittedly valuable means of controlling the spread 
of epizootic diseases, it would be hardly wise 
on our part not to take advantage of the offer and 
so make the most of erery means at our disposal. 
However, that doctors disagree is proverbial, and 
considering the class for whom " cattle notes " ii 
intended, we think that the author has succeeded 
admirably in explaining himself in simple and 
popular language so as to be easily under«tood 
by all classes of stock-owners. 
RAINFALL TAKEN AT THE SCHOOL* OF 
AGRICULTUEE DURING THE MONTIl 
OF APRIL, 1900. 
sday . . -98 
inesday "21 
•92 
•4 
1-02 
•14 
•28 
1^8 
•88 
1-87 
1-95 
Nil 
•45 
•2 
5-28 
Total. . 1 6-01 
Mean . . •fiS 
(greatest amount of rainfall in any 24 hours 
on th« 1st May, 1900, inches 5 •28. 
Recorded by Mr, J. A. O. RoD^iao, 
1 
Sunday 
Nil 
17 
2 
Monday 
•13 
18 
3 
Tuesday . . 
Nil 
19 
4 
Wednesday 
Nil 
20 
5 
Thursday . . 
Nil 
21 
6 
Friday 
Nil 
22 
7 
Saturday . . 
Nil 
23 
8 
Sunday 
Nil 
24 
9 
Monday 
Nil 
25 
10 
Tuesday 
Nil 
26 
11 
Wednesday 
Nil 
27 
12 
Thursday . . 
Nil 
28 
13 
Friday 
Nil 
29 
14 
Saturday . . 
Nil 
30 
15 
Sunday 
Nil 
1 
16 
Monday 
Nil 
