14 REPORT OF THE AGRICTJLTTJRAL RESEARCH 



of saltpetre and 3 maimds of bone meal per acre. The 

 results were as under : — 



Mds Seers. 



(1) Manured . . . . • 30 17 per acre. 



(2) Not manured . . . . 26 22 ,, 



(3) Manured 29 5 ,, 



(4) Not manured . . . . 26 4 ,, 



The result is slightly in favour of the manured plots, 

 but the difference is not sufficient to warrant the expendi- 

 ture. The remainder of the crops on the farm were grown 

 mainly for the purpose of fodder for the increasing num- 

 bers of cattle. These crops consist chiefly of maize, sor- 

 gum, arhar (Cajanus indicus), and oats. A large number 

 of varieties of crops in small plots were grown for the use 

 of the Entomologist and Mycologist. The brick-field area, 

 brought under cultivation for the first time, was sown with 

 a mixed crop of rice, sorghum, and moong {Phaseolus 

 mungo), and gave quite satisfactory results. 



5. Permanent Manurial and Rotation Exferiments. — 

 These have been continued according to the scheme 

 described in the Proceedings of the Board of Agriculture, 

 1908. Sufficient time has not elapsed for making deduc- 

 tions from these experiments. 



6. Permanent Pasture Eocferiments. — The series of 

 permanent pasture experiments laid down in the monsoon 

 of 1907, according to the scheme described in the Proceed- 

 ings of the Board of Agriculture held at Pusa in February 

 1D08, has been maintained. The experiments aim at deter- 

 mining the effect of different manurial dressings (1) on the 

 total yield of the herbage and (2) on its quality and 

 botanical composition. So far as yield is concerned, it 

 is much too early as yet to make any deductions, especially 

 as the first two seasons during which the experiments took 

 place were not normal with respect to rainfall. With 

 re.sjard to the quality of the herbage also, sufficient time 

 has not elapsed for radical changes to have taken place. 

 In fact, as the total number of species of grasses and 

 legumes which were originally present was small, it is 



