THE 
AGRICULTURAL mAGAZine, 
COLOMBO. 
Added as a Supplement Monthly to the " TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST:' 
The following pages include the Contents of the Agricultural Magaxim 
for February : — 
Vol X. 
FEBRUARY, 1899. 
[No. 8. 
SEASON REPOETS FOE DECEMBER, 1898. 
ESTERN Province.— ?>xCLdj. Maha 
crop you.ig. Rainfall ample. 
Central Province. — Paddy. Malsa 
crop in bud and blossom. Rainfall 
ample, 7 '57 in. at Matale. 
Northern Province. — Paddy in ear in the 
Jaffna district, where the rainfall was heavy and 
registered 12 20 in. 
Southern Province. — Paddy. Malia crops thriv- 
ing and good yields expected. Rainfall 5 ■7.3 in, in 
Galle. 
Eastern Province- — Paddy. The Munmari crop 
harvest is expectel to be very good. Rainfall in 
Batticaloa dl-44 in., in Trincomalee 23-82 in. 
North-Western Province. — Paddy. Crop pros- 
pects good. Rainfall satisfactory, 9'62 in. at Piit- 
talam. 
North-Central Province. — Paddy. JIaha cul- 
tivation commenced. Rainfall 10-30 at Anuradha- 
pura. 
Province of Sabasaganmwa. — Paddy, Maha har- 
vest approachiag, and prospects good. 
[It is satisfactory to note that the Island is 
almDst free from cattle i)lague. It is apparently 
absent in those parts where it always occur?, aud 
18 said to be dying out of the Rataapura district.] 
RAINFALL TAKEN AT THE SCHOOL OP 
AGRICULTURE DURING THE MONTH 
OP DECEJIBER, 1898- 
1 
Thursday 
. 1-.54 
18 
Sunday 
Nil 
2 
Friday 
. -21 
19 
Monday 
■03 
3 
Saturday 
. Nil 
20 
Tuesday . . 
■65 
4 
Sunday 
. Nil 
21 
Wednesday. . 
Nil 
5 
Monday 
. 1-22 
22 
Thursday . . 
•13 
6 
Tuesday 
. Nil 
23 
Friday 
Nil 
7 
Wednesday . 
. Nil 
24 
Saturday . . 
•02 
8 
Thursday 
. Nil 
25 
Sunday 
•07 
9 
Friday 
. -17 
26 
Mond;iy 
Nil 
10 
Saturday 
. Nil 
27 
Tuesday 
•03 
11 
Sunday 
. Nil 
28 
Wednesday. . 
•03 
12 
Monday 
. Nil 
29 
Thursday . . 
•25 
13 
Tuesday 
. Nil 
30 
Friday 
•76 
14 
Wednesday . 
. Nil 
31 
Saturday . . 
•50 
1-5 
Thursday 
. Nil 
1 
Sunday 
•28 
16 
Friday 
. Nil 
17 
Saturday 
. Nil 
Total. 
.4'35 
Greatest amount of rainfall in any 24 hours 
on the 5th inst. 1-22 inches. 
Mean rainfall for the month '14 in. 
Recorded by Mr. J. Rodeigo. 
THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW VARIETIES 
OP SEEDS. 
We have often dra^-n attention to the import- 
ant work that can be done in introilucing ne-nr 
varieties of seeds into Ceylon, a^ well a? fro;n one 
district to another, as the page^ of the Magazine 
■will testify. Indeed, the distribution of seed is 
one of the rao$t im])ortant means of agricultural 
improvement, and the perusal of reports received 
from the Uniteil States, Australia aud India issued 
by the .\^ricultural Departments of tliese countrie.^ 
will show how much attention is given to thi^ 
