THE 
AGHieOLTUK^L mAGaZIDG, 
COLOMBO. 
Added as a Supplement Monthly to the “ TROPICAL AGRICULTU RISTI 
The following pages include the CTontenbs of the Agricultural Magazine 
for August : — 
Vol IX.] AUGUST, 1897. [No. 2 
SEASON REPORTS FOR JUNE. 
ESTERN Province. — Yala crops 
thriving generally ; rainfall plenti- 
ful; supply of fruits and vege- 
tables good and prices fair, ex- 
cept in parts of the Kalutara dis- 
trict ; a good yala harvest is expected. 
Central Province.— l\i Kandy district yala crop 
nearing matirrity ; in Matale (rainfall 12-36 in.) 
propects of paddy good ; in Niiwara Eliya malm 
cultivation in various stages from sowing to 
harvesting. 
Northern Province.— Juftim district : threshing 
of Kalapokam paddy in Karachchi division, in 
others fields being ploughed and manured. There 
were a few good showers of rain in Jaffna district 
but hardly any in Mannar. 
Southern Province.— Yala paddy in ear and being 
harvested in some parts ; a fair crop expected. 
Rainfall in Galle 6‘98 in. 
Eastern Province. — In Trincomalee the tlireshing 
of the early and late munmari over, yield low 
owing to damage by floods, the damaged crops are 
some 30,000 acres in extent; in Batticaloa pinmari 
being harvested in some parts, in blossom in others. 
Still some cattle murrain in Batticaloa district. 
jV.-W. Province. — Paddy in various stages, pros- 
pects good. The rainfall registered in Puttalam 
town was 317 in. 
Uva Province. — Crop of malan fields harvested, 
yield good; in some places malm crop being har- 
vested : vegetables plentiful and cheap. 
Sabaragamuwa Province. — Paddy prospects 
favourable in Ratnapiua and Kegalla districts. 
Rainfall at Ruanwella 13 22 in. 
RAINFALL TAKEN AT THE SCHOOL OF 
AGRICULTURE DURING THE MONTH 
OF JULY, 1897. 
1 
Thursday . . 
Nil 
18 
Sund'i.y 
Nil 
2 
Friday 
Nil 
19 
Monday 
Nil 
3 
Saturday 
Nil 
20 
Tuesday 
•03 
4 
Sunday 
•83 
21 
Wednesday. . 
14 
5 
Monday 
•96 
22 
Thursday . . 
•15 
6 
Tuesday 
Nil 
23 
Friday 
•14 
7 
Wednesday. . 
•17 
24 
Saturday 
•03 
8 
Thursday . . 
•78 
25 
Sunday 
Nil 
9 
Friday 
•09 
26 
Monday 
Nil 
10 
Saturday 
•28 
27 
Tuesday 
Nil 
11 
Sunday 
•76 
28 
Wednesday . . 
•75 
12 
Monday 
Nil 
29 
Thursday . . 
Nil 
13 
Tuesday 
Nil 
30 
Friday 
•20 
14 
Wednesday. , 
Nil 
31 
Saturday 
Nil 
15 
Thursday . . 
Nil 
1 
Sunday 
•06 
16 
Friday 
Nil 
17 
Saturday . , 
Nil 
Total. 
.5-37 
Mean. 
. ^17 
Greatest amount of rainfall in any 24 hours on 
the 5th Monday inches -96 
Recorded by A. R. Jeremiah. 
THE QUEEN AS AGRICULTURIST. 
The Queen ha.s during her long regin taken a keen 
and close interest in agriculture. Debarred by the 
laws of a limited monarchy from interferiiig in the 
internal affairs of Government, the lamented Con- 
sort of Her Majecty, the late Prince Albert, early 
turned his attention to the promotion of every 
scheme and cause calculated to ameliorate the con- 
dition of the citizens of his adopted land. The 
House of Hanover had always taken an interest in 
agriculture; the Queen’s grandfather. King George 
III., was “Farmer George;” he loved the country 
and country pursuits, and was never better pleased 
than when, free from the cares of State, ho could 
turn aside to examine his flocks and herds and con- 
verse with his stewards and bailiffs. But hereditary 
instinct alone would not have led to the close anil 
