2 PROSPECTUS OP THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



matter of development of agricultural training and research. A compre- 

 hensive scheme for the promotion of agricultural education throughout 

 India, has accordingly been drawn up, as the result of which it is hoped 

 that every important province will soon be provided with a fully equipped 

 college where students will for three years receive practical and scientific 

 education in agriculture. The position which the Pusa College is intend- 

 ed to occupy in relation to this general scheme is that of a higher teach- 

 ing institution. Its main object is to enable students who have passed 

 with distinction through a course of a provincial college, by means of a 

 post-graduate course in one of the specialised branches of agricultural 

 science, to qualify for the higher branches of agricultural work, 



2. THE PUSA ESTATE. 



The estate consists of 1,300 acres, of which 400 are arable, 400 are 

 pasture ; nearly all the field crops of the plains can be grown there. The 

 farm buildings are up-to-date, and herds of breeding and milch cattle 

 are maintained. There are complete arrangements for the manufacture 

 of indigo and the curing of tobacco. Poultry breeding is being carried 

 on ; there is a large and well-laid- out orchard and botanical garden. 

 Every facility for the practical teaching of agriculture and agricultural 

 subjects has been provided. The students' laboratories are extensive, 

 well lighted and equipped ; there is a library for the use of students. 

 The students' hostel is complete, and there is ample accommodation for 

 70 students. Waini, on the Bengal and North-Western Kailway, is 

 the nearest railway station. It is six miles from the college by a good 

 road. There is a telegraph and post office within the estate. 



3. CONSTITUTION AND STUDIES. 



1. CONTROL. — The Col'ege is under the general supervision of the 

 Inspector- General of Agriculture in India and is under the direct control 

 of the Director of the Research Institute and Principal of the College. 



2. STAFF.— T\\Q superior staff of the College consists of — 



1. The Principal. 



2. The Imperial Agricultural Chemist. 



3. The Imperial Mycologist. 



4. The Imperial Entomologist. 



5. The Imperial Economic Botanist. 



6. The Imperial Agriculturist * 



• The post of Imperial i\gnculiuiist has Lcen temporarily atsoibtd in the pest of 

 Director and Principal. 



