TSIE 
COLOMBO. 
Added cifi a Siipplement Monthly to the “ TROPICAL AGRICULTURISIL 
The following pages include the Contents of the Agricultural Magazine 
for October : — 
Vol. IX.] OCTOBER, 1897. [No. 4. 
SEASON REPORTS. 
ESTlUtN Province. — Paddy. Yala 
harvest has begun; the excessive 
rains have to some extent damaged 
the crop. 
Central Province.— 'PhMy. Ahila crop being 
harvested in Kandy and Matale district. Rain- 
fall registered at Matale 10 77 in. 
Northern Province.— Vs\.My. Ploughing and 
manuring going on in Jaffna for next yeir’s 
Kalapokam. Rainfall at Jaffna 5 41 in. Threshing 
of Kalaiiokara going on in Mannar as well as 
manuring of fields and tobacco gardens. 
Southern Pron/wce.— Paddy. Yala harvest over’ 
and yield fair; good crop under Walawe channels^ 
Preparations for Maha cultivation begun. 
Eastern Province. — Paddy. Piiimari culti- 
vation over 8,030 acres in good condition and 
ear. Murrain in some parts of Batticaloa South- 
N orth- Western Province. — Paddy. Prospects of 
Yala crop good. Murrain in the Three Korales_ 
Rainfall at Puttalam 2'11 in. 
Province of Uca — Paddy. Maha harvest still 
going on. Health of cattle good. 
Province of Sabaragamuwa. — Paddy. Yala har- 
vest in progress; prospects good. No cattle 
murrain reported. 
North-Central Province — Paddy. Crop matur- 
ing and being reaped, prospects good on the 
whole. Rainfall at Anuradbapura 1'83 in. 
RAINFALL TAKEN AT THE SCHOOL OF 
AGRICULTURE DURING THE MONTH 
OF SEPTEMBER, 1897. 
1 
Wednesday . . 
Nil 
17 
Friday 
Nil 
2 
Thursday . . 
•42 
18 
Saturdav 
•75 
3 
Friday 
•50 
19 
Sunday 
•95 
4 
Saturday 
•07 
20 
■Monday 
Nil 
5 
Sunday 
•19 
21 
Tiie.'^d-iy 
Nil 
6 
jMonday 
•05 
22 
Wedne.-^day . . 
Nil 
7 
Tuesday 
•3) 
2--3 
Thursday 
•11 
8 
IVednesday . . 
■09 
24 
Friday 
Nil 
9 
Thursday . . 
•13 
25 
Saturday 
Nil 
10 
Friday 
Nil 
26 
Sunday 
•14 
1 1 
Saturday . . 
•80 
27 
Monday 
•43 
12 
Sunday 
‘8*3 
28 
Tuesday 
Nil 
13 
Monday 
Nil 
29 
IVednesdav. . 
•11 
14 
Tuesday 
Nil 
30 
Thursday . . 
Nil 
1-5 
Wedne.-iday, . 
•12 
1 
Friday 
•30 
16 
Thursday . . 
Nil 
Total . 
.6-32 
Mean. 
. -21 
Greatest amount of rainfall in any ‘24 hours on 
the 19th, Sunday, ’95 inches 
Recorded by A. R. Jeremiah. 
TREATMENT OP SUCKERS ON CACAO IN 
CEYLON AND THE B EST INDIES. 
We are accustomed in text-books whether treat- 
ing of agriciiit are or any other industrial pursuit 
to find certain hard and fast rules laid down 
for the guidance of the student, — rules, no doubt, 
founded on correct principles ; but it would be 
the height of absurdity tor the young agri- 
culturist to stick by his te.xt-book rules and re- 
gulations, and, irrespective of any modifying 
