Report of the loTitiiltiiral Researcli 

 Institute and College, Pusa. 



{Including Refort of the Imperial Cotton Specialist.) 



1909-10. 



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INTRODUCTORY. 



TN presenting the report of the past year of the Agriciil- 

 tural Research Institute and College at Piisa, and 

 that of the Imperial Cotton Specialist, I shall confine /vp^ 

 myself to a brief mention of the more important work noT\y 

 undertaken in each section. ^^Kum^ 



Agriculture. — The Permanent Manurial and Rotation 

 experiments and the Permanent Pasture experiments have 

 been continued according to the scheme described in the 

 Proceedings of the Board of Agriculture, 1908. Sufficient 

 time has not elapsed for making deductions from their 

 results. Perhaps amongst the most useful work carried 

 out is that of the preservation of fodder. In a country 

 like India where cattle-food supplies are subject to the 

 vicissitudes of an uncertain climate, this subject is of the 

 highest interest. The production of ensilage on the 

 American principle has been found the most satisfactory 

 method of preservation. Maize was found to give the most 

 nutritious food when thus prepared, but in point of yield 

 per acre sorghum has given more weight and is therefore 

 more economical. An objection to the American system of 

 making ensilage in this country is the expense of con- 

 structing the silo. Experiments, however, are in progress 



