AGRICULTURAL mAGAZlilC, 
COLOMBO. 
Added as a Siipplement Monthly to the ^'TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST." 
The following pages include the Contents of the Ar/riculticral Magazina 
for August : — 
Vol. X.] 
SEPTEMBER, 1898. 
[No. 3. 
SEASON EEPORTS FOR JULY. 
ESTERjS Province— P&d(\.Y- Yala 
crops in ear. Preparation for 
Malm cultivation has commenced 
in some places. Rainfall ample. 
Prospects of crops good in the 
Colombo and Negombo districts, 
but not so in the Kalutara districts. 
Central Province. — Paddy. Yala cultivation in 
progress. Rainfall in Matale, 5-36 in. Crop pros- 
pects good. Health of cattle good. 
Northern Province. — Puddy. Threshing of Kala- 
pokam and preparation of fields in progress. 
Rainfall in Jaffna, nil. Health of cattle good, 
but want of pasture felt- 
Southern Province. — Paddy. Crops being reaped, 
prospects fair. Rainfall in Galle, 8-24 in., in 
Hambantota weather very dry and cattle suffered 
for -want of grass and water. 
Eastern Province. — Paddy. Pinmari crop har- 
vested. Xo rain, excessive heat and tanks dry in 
. Batticaloa. IS'o cattle disease reported. 
- North-Western Province. — Paddy. Crops suffer- 
ing for want of rain which was practically 
absent during the mouth. Health of cattle fair, 
though some cattle plague still prevails. 
Province of Uva. — Paddy: Ma ha crops reaped, 
yield not very good. The weevil has done much 
damage to stored grain. Cattle murrain still 
prevails. 
Province of Sab^rayamuwa. Paddy. Crop pros- 
pects good, except where drought is felt. Rain- 
fall at Ruanwella, 1412 in. Cattle murrain 
.prevailing. 
North- Central Provi7ice.—'Pa,ddy. Crops iu 
various stages, but the want of irrigation water 
is felt in many parts. Rainfall at Anuradha- 
pura 1'04 in, 
RAINFALL TAKEN AT THE SCHOOL OP 
AGRICULTURE DURING THE MONTH 
OF JULY, 1898. 
Friday 
Saturday 
Sunday 
Monday 
Tuesday 
6 Wednesday 
7 Thursday 
8 Friday 
9 Saturday 
10 Sunday 
11 Monday 
12 Tuesday 
13 Wednesday 
14 Thursday 
15 Friday 
16 Saturday 
Nil 
Nil 
Nil 
'02 
Nil 
•92 
•03 
•64 
1^48 
•04 
ISil 
Nil 
Nil 
Nil 
Nil 
Nil 
17 Sunday 
18 Monday 
19 Tuesday 
20 Wednesday. 
21 Thursday . 
22 Friday 
23 Saturday . 
24 Sunday 
25 Monday 
26 Tuesday 
27 Wednesday. 
28 Thursday . 
29 Friday 
30 Saturday , 
31 Suuday 
1 Moudfiy 
Nil 
Nil 
•16 
•02 
•57 
Nil 
Nil 
Nil 
•08 
1-35 
•76 
Nil 
Nil 
Nil 
Nil 
Nil 
Total,. 607 
Greatest amount of rainfall in any 24 hours on 
the 9th instant, 1'48 inches. 
Mean rainfall for the mouth •lO inches. 
Recorded by D. L. DiAS. 
SELECTION AND CH.^NGE OF SEED, 
In his final report on Indian Soils, Dr. Leather 
refers to Dr, Voelckers remark that the Indian 
cultivator is very ignorant in regard to selection 
and change of seed, and says how desirable it is that 
the ryot should be helped by introducing to him 
new varieties of crop and new crops altogether, 
