AGRieuLTURAL uimmm, 
COLOMBO. 
Added as a Supplement Mo nthlij to the ^'TROPICAL AGRICU LT U RIST." 
The fo]lo-\\iDg pages include the Coutents of tLe Agricultural Majazine 
for October : — 
Vol. X."l OCTOBEE, 1898. [No. 4. 
SEASON REPORTS FOR AUGUST. 
ESTERISI Froviace.—PixMy. Yala 
harvest time, Maha lields begin- 
ning to be cultivated. Rainfall 
light. Crop prosiiects good or 
fair. Cattle suffered to some ex- 
tent from murrain, but the disease 
has disappeared. 
Central Province— PaAdy- Yala crops ripening 
or being reaped. Maha cultivation commenced. 
Rainfall deficient, '84 in. in Matale, noneinNuwara 
Eliya. Health of cattle good, e.vcept for sore 
foot and mouth disease 
Northern Prouince.— Paddy. Fields in prepar- 
ation. Rainfall 4 52 in. in Jaffna, none in Mannar. 
Health of cattle good, 
Southern Province. — Paddy. Yahi harvest on, 
crops fuir. Rainfall 1*47 in. in Galle, in 
Humbaiitota cattle are dying for want of water. 
Eastern Province, — Paddy. Harvest time, crops 
fair. Rainfall, '93 in. in Jjatticaloa, 3'08 in, in 
Triucomalee. No reports of cattle disease. 
North- Western Province, — Paddy. Yala harvest 
time, crops backward for want of rain. A good 
deal of cattle plague prevailed, and animals 
suffered for want of food and water. 
North-Central Provitice. — Paddy. Maha crops 
reaped, Yala in various stages. Rainfall rej^is- 
tered in Aauradhapura, "65 in. Health of cattle 
good. 
Province of TJva. — Paddy. Malia harvest iu 
progress, crops not i;ood. Heakli of cattle good, 
though there is still some murrain prevaiiuig. 
Sab'rragamuwa Province. — Paddy. lala har- 
vest, crops only fairly good owing to want of 
sufficient rain. Cattle disease in both Ratnapura 
and Kegalle districts, bat is on the decrease. 
Rainfall at Ambaiipitiya 114 in., at Euanwella, 
3-92 in. 
RAINFALL TAKEN AT THE SCHOOL 0? 
AGRICULTURE DURING THE MONTH 
OF AUGUST, 1898. 
1 
Monday 
Nil 
17 
Wednesday. . 
Nil 
2 
Tiioiday 
Nil 
18 
Tliursday 
•06 
'6 
Wednesday . . 
Nil 
19 
Friday 
Nil 
4 
Thursday 
Nil 
20 
S iturday 
Nil 
Friday 
Ml 
21 
Sunday 
Nil 
« 
Saturday 
Nil 
22 
Monday 
•09 
7 
Sunday 
Nil 
23 
Tuesday 
•27 
8 
Monday 
Nil 
24 
Wednesday. , 
.vjil 
9 
Tuesday 
. Nil 
25 
Thursday .. 
Nil 
10 
Wednesday . 
Nil 
26 
F.-id-iy 
Nil 
11 
Thursday 
. Nil 
27 
Saturdaj' , , 
•43 
12 
Friday 
. Nil 
28 
Sunday 
Nil 
13 
Saturday 
. Nil 
29 
Mond.'iy 
•05 
14 
Sunday 
. Nil 
30 
Tuesday 
Nil 
15 
Monday 
. Nil 
31 
Wednesday, , 
•07 
16 
Tuesday 
. Nil 
1 
Thursday . 
•15 
Total.. 112 
Greatest amount of rainfall in any 24 liouro ou 
the 27th instant, ^43 inches. 
Me.m rainfall for the month 03 inches. 
Recorded by A. M. Aua.«at. 
