2 REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



fruit industry of that province, in addition to their own 

 duties. 



The following summary gives very briefly the organisa- 

 tion of the staff, and the main lines of work of each section 

 during the year. 



3. Agriculture. — Mr. A. McKerral, Assistant Inspector 

 General of Agriculture, was lent to take charge of the farm 

 up to the 17th November, 1910, w^hen Mr. G. Sherrard, 

 Assistant Agriculturist, took over all except the work in 

 connection with cattle and poultry breeding, which re- 

 m^ained under Mr. McKerral until February, 1911. Mr. 

 Sherrard held charge up to the 16th June, 1911, when he 

 was appointed Professor of Agriculture, Bengal Agricul- 

 tural College, Sabour, and Mr. A. C. Dobbs, Assistant In- 

 spector General of Agriculture, was lent to take charge, 

 pending permanent arrangements. Mr. H. Southern 

 joined the staff as Supernumerary Agriculturist on the 29th 

 ISTovember, 1910, but left again on the 13th February, 1911, 

 to officiate for Mr. Sampson, Deputy Director of Agricul- 

 ture, Southern Circle, Madras, who was about to proceed 

 on leave. 



Notwithstanding these frequent changes, and in spite 

 of the fact that since February the farm has been managed 

 by only a single officer, steady progress continues to be re- 

 corded. The rahi sowings w^ere completed at an earlier 

 date than any previous year, and the harvest was excep- 

 tionally good. A yield of 33 maunds of oats per acre was 

 obtained from one field, and a record was established in 

 thrashing, 241 maunds of oats being thrashed in one day 

 with the steam thrasher. The rains set in early in June, 

 1911, and most of the kharif crops were sown before the 

 end of the month and give excellent promise. Against this, 

 the kharif of 1910 was marked by extensive floods in Behar, 

 and a large part of the crops on the lower lands was lost 

 owing to a breach in the protective embankment. 



The experimental work (lU the farm suffered from the 

 floods in the mon«oon of 1910, one block of the permanent 

 manurial and rotation experiments having been completely 



