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SGRi^ULTURftL  msGazinG, 
COLOMBO. 
Added  as  a Sap/dement  Monthly  to  the  “ TROPICAL  AGRIGULTURI8TT 
The  following  pages  include  the  Contents  of  the  Agricultural  Magazine 
for  November  : — 
Vol.  VIIL]  NOVEMBER,  1896.  [No.  5. 
SEASON  REPORT  FOR  SEPTEMBER. 
ESTERN  PROVINCE.— naxve&t- 
ing  of  Yala  crop  going  on  and 
preparation  for  Malm-Harvest  pros- 
Ijects  good.  Fruits  and  vegetables 
scarce  in  Kalutara  and  Negoinbo. 
Vegetable  supply  good  but  fruit 
scarce  in  Colombo  District.  Rainfall  fairly 
plentiful. 
Central  Province.— crop  being  harvested, 
good  or  fair  generally,  but  particularly  good  in 
Matale,  Yala  crop  being  sown  or  in  early  stages 
of  growth.  Prospect  of  dry  grains  good.  Rain- 
fall sufficient  in  most  parts,  good  supply  of  fruits 
and  vegetables  in  Newera  Eliya. 
Northern  Province —The  rain  in  the  North  was 
fairly  well  distributed,  though  very  heavy  in 
some  parts.  Paddy  sowing  commenced  with 
the  rains.  A few  cases  of  murrain  reported 
from  kilakumulai  in  Vavuuiya  District. 
Southern  Province. — Maha  sowing  going  on. 
A good  harvest  was  taken  at  Tissa.  Rain  abun- 
dant. A few  ca.ses  of  cattle  disease. 
Eastern  Province.  Ettala  paddy  crop  in  Batti- 
caloa  being  harvested  and  yield  good.  Munma- 
ri  crop  being  delayed  for  want  ot  rain,  but 
has  progressed  fairly  in  Trincomalee.  Prepara- 
tion for  sowing  Indian  coni  and  fine  grain  in 
Batticaloa,  Tobacco  land  being  manured  for  next 
years  crop  in  Trincomalee. 
N.  W.  Province. — Yala  crop  gathered  or  being 
taken  in,  though  slightly  interfered  with  by  rain 
in  some  parts.  Preparation  for  Maha  crop  in 
progress.  lu  Puttalam  the  rainfall  was  Very 
scanty.  Crop  prospects  good  * in  Kurunegalle 
District.  Murrain  among  cattle. 
Province  of  Maha  harvest  complete; 
crop  good  in  all  parts  excejit  AYellassa 
where  damage  was  done  to  the  paddy  fields. 
Sowing  for  Yala  going  on.  Fruits  and  vege- 
tables scarce. 
N.  C,  Province —Y&\ol  harvest  still  going  on — 
reaping  and  threshing  in  progress.  Tanks  more  or 
less  half  full,  though  some  small  tanks  are  dry. 
Health  of  cattle  bad.  Murrain  in  all  palatas 
except  Tamankaduwa  and  hoof  and  mouth  disease 
general. 
Province  of  Sabaragamuwa. — Yala  crop  being 
taken  in,  harvest  good  in  Regalle,  fair  in  Ratna- 
pura.  Early  Maha  crops  progressing  satisfactorily, 
D,y  grain  prospects  generally  good.  Cattle  free 
from  disease. 
RAINFALL  TAKEN  AT  THE  SCHOOL  OF 
AGRICULTURE  DURING  THE  MONTH 
OF 
OCTOBER 
1896. 
1 
Thursday  . 
302 
19 
Monday  . , 
1-45 
2 
Friday 
•57 
20 
Tuesday  . , 
Nil 
3 
Saturday  . 
1-52 
21 
Wednesday  ,, 
Nil 
4 
Sunday 
■91 
22 
Tiitirsday  ,, 
•65 
5 
Monday 
Nil 
23 
Friday  , , 
Nil 
6 
Tuesday 
. 1-48 
21 
Satuday  , , 
Nil 
7 
lYednesday . 
. -83 
25 
Sunday  . , 
Nil 
8 
Thursday  . 
. Nil 
26 
Monday  , , 
•12 
9 
Friday 
. -13 
27 
Tuesday 
•88 
10 
Saturday 
. '09 
28 
Wednesday  . . 
•80 
11 
Sunday 
. -27 
29 
Thursday  . , 
•55 
12 
Monday 
. 1-11 
30 
Friday 
•03 
13 
Tuesday 
. i-oi 
31 
Saturday  , , 
•60 
14 
Wednesday  . 
. -80 
1 
Sunday 
•57 
15 
Thursday  . 
. 1-59 
16 
Friday 
. "Jo 
Total.  .16-.57 
17 
Saturday 
. Nil 
Mean. , 
•53 
18 
Sunday 
. Nil 
Greatest  amount  of  rainfall  in  any  24  hours-" 
on  the  other  15th  October,  1-96  inches. 
Recorded  by  M.  >Y,  K.  Band  aka, 
