30 REPORT OF THE AGRICtLTTlRAL RESEARCH 



months, pending the provision of accommodation at 

 Sabour; the artist staff of the Institute also worked under 

 the direction of the Imperial Entomologist from September 

 to January. The Baroda Entomological Assistant spent 

 a fortnight in Pusa discussing his year's work and the 

 programme for next year. 



Training. — The full course of Entomology was given 

 to students from Madras, Central Provinces, Bengal and 

 the United Provinces. It is to be regretted that no 

 students have been sent for the course commencing on June 

 1st, 1910. A short training, as part of the course in 

 general agriculture was given to a student from the Punjab. 

 The short courses in Eri Silk cultivation have been taken 

 up by 15 students from different parts of India and by 

 boys sent by the United Provinces Agricultural Depart- 

 ment. Irregular training in rearing has been given to a 

 number of rearers from Indigo factories, zemindars, etc., 

 who were taking up the industry. The courses in lac have 

 been taken up by 10 students from Lucknow, Hyderabad, 

 Bettiah, Dacca, Cuttack, Jullundur, Rajkot, Jodhpur and 

 Gaya and three malis were trained for employment in lac- 

 work in Behar. 



Provincial work. — The number of assistants employed 

 in Entomological work in the Provincial Agricultural 

 Departments is now 16 : 5 for teaching, 11 for field work. 

 This number is wholly insufficient to bring the practical 

 work of Entomology before the agricultural classes, but in 

 the absence of Entomologists in the Provincial Depart- 

 ments to direct their work, the number is not being 

 increased. It is something that applied Entomology forms 

 part of the course of training at five i^gricultural Colleges, 

 but it is too much to expect eleven field-assistants to make 

 any progress with showing how crop pests can be checked. 

 As in previous years, the assistance offered in directing 

 and checking the work of these assistants has been utilised 

 by some provinces and the more technical work has been 

 referred to Pusa, leaving the assistants free to do field work 

 entirely. In Madras, the study of the destructive insects 



