SGRieULTURSL  llQAGAZme, 
COLOMBO. 
Added  as  a Supplement  Monthhj  to  the  “ TROPICAL  AGRIGULTURISTr 
The  following  pages  include  the  Contents  of  the  Agricultural  Magazine 
for  August ; — 
Vol.  VIIL]  AUGUST,  1896. 
[No.  2. 
SEASON  NOTES  FOR  JUNE. 
ESTERN  PROCINCE.— A fnirly  good 
yala  paddy  harvest  is  expected;  in 
some  places  crops  have  been  slightly 
damaged  by  floods.  The  supply  of 
fruit  and  vegetables  reported 
good  except  in  tlie  Negombo  dis- 
trict where  they  are  scarce. 
Cemral  Province.— Paddy  fields  are  being 
ploughed  for  maha  sowing.  Vegetables  reported 
deficient  in  Niiwara  Eliya. 
Northern  Province.— Paddy  lands  are  being 
manured  and  ploughed.  There  is  a fall  in  the  price 
of  tobacco  compared  with  last  year.  Stock.  Cattle 
plague  still  prevailingin  some  parts  of  the  Mullait- 
tivu  district. 
Southern  Province. — The  area  under  paddy 
crop  in  the  Galle  district  smaller  than  in  the  cor- 
responding season  last  year.  Condition  of  crop  satis- 
factory. Fruit  and  vegetables  plentiful,  but  jak 
and  breadfruit  are  scarce.  In  Giruwa  pattu  of  the 
Hambantota  district,  paddy  sown  on  irrigated  land 
))romises  well,  but  that  on  unirrigated  land, 
though  fair  at  present,  will  require  rain.  The 
food  supply  of  the  pattu  at  present  is  reported 
to  be  somewhat  scanty. 
Northern  Province. — Paddy  harvest  has  com- 
menced and  is  fair  except  in  certain  tracts  of  the 
Batticaloa  district  reported  to  be  damaged  by 
blight.  Tobacco  prices  at  Triucomalee  reported  to 
be  better  than  last  year. 
North-We.stern  Province  Puttalam  IJis- 
tnct. — Crop  prospects  fair  except  in  the  Puttalam 
Pattu,  where  nothing  has  been  done  for  want  of 
timely  rain;  pro.spects  of  fine  grain  crops  moderate. 
Chilaw  district  yala  crops  are  thriving. 
North-Central  Province. — Paddy  Crops  be- 
ing reaped  in  certain  places  and  at  others  in  various 
stages  of  growth.  Giiigelly  crop  been  also  be- 
ing reaped.  Ntoc7c.— Cattle  plague  still  prevailing. 
UvA. — Paddy  in  various  stages,  crops  reported 
good.  Fruit  and  vegetables  scarce  throughout 
the  district.  Stock. — Cattle  plague  in  Wiyaluwa, 
RAINFALL  TAKFN  AT  THL  SCHOOL  OF 
AGRICULTURE  DURING  THE  MONTH 
OF  JULY,  1896. 
1 
Wednesday . . 
•02 
19 
Sunday 
■09 
2 
Thursday  . . 
Nil 
20 
Jlonday 
•07 
3 
Friday 
■03 
21 
Tuesday 
Nil 
4 
Saturday 
Nil 
22 
Wednesday  . . 
Nil 
5 
Sunday 
Nil 
23 
Th  iirsday 
Nil 
6 
Monday 
Nil 
24 
Friday  . , 
•30 
7 
Tuesday 
Nil 
25 
Saturday 
■70 
8 
Wednesda}^  . . 
Nil 
26 
Sunday 
5'7 
9 
Thursday  . . 
Nil 
27 
Monday 
Nil 
10 
Friday 
Nil 
28 
Tuesday 
■44 
11 
Saturday 
Nil 
29 
Wednesday  . , 
Nil 
12 
Sunday 
Nil 
30 
Thursday  . . 
Nil 
13 
Monday 
Nil 
31 
Friday 
■12 
14 
Tuesday 
Nil 
1 
Saturday  . , 
•21 
15 
Wedne.sday  . . 
Nil 
16 
Thursday 
Nil 
Total. 
2 '55 
17 
Friday 
Nil 
Mean.  . 
•08 
18 
Saturday 
■02 
Greatest  amoui 
the  25th  Saturday 
of  rainfall  in  any  24  hours  on 
•70  inches. 
lleeordeJ  by  M.  W.  R.  Banuaea. 
