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and two in entomology. The two students in general agri- 

 culture were recalled to their province after completing 

 one year's training, as their services were required by the 

 Provincial Department. 



The short courses continue to be popular, students from 

 all parts of India having been admitted. Four took up 

 fruit growing ; eight, cattle breeding and management ; nine, 

 poultry breeding and management; three, tillage imple- 

 ments and agricultural machinery; twenty, sericulture; and 

 fifteen, lac culture. A csrtain amount of instruction in 

 bee-keeping was given to some students interested in the 

 subject, but as apiculture at Pusa is still in the experi- 

 mental stage, regular courses have not yet been established. 

 As far as possible, only those have been admitted to the 

 short courses who propose to take up the subjects taught 

 as a subsidiary means of livelihood to agriculture. In 

 some cases, it was found that non-agriculturists sought 

 admission in order to obtain certificates which would get 

 them employment under Government, especially in Native 

 States. Usually such students were n-ot admitted, or if 

 admitted, certificates were not given to them. 



11. Ufkeef of the Estate. — As a result of the floods, to 

 which the low-lying portions of the farm are subject, and 

 which resulted in a loss of over 100 acres of crops in July, 

 1910, the Public Works Department was requested to 

 revise the arrangements for draining this part of the 

 Estate, and in particular to repair and strengtlien the pro- 

 tective embankments were defective. The flood referred 

 to was probably the highest on record, and gave us a very 

 anxious time, but the bulk of the protective works stood 

 very well, and amply justified the outlay which was incurred 

 on them. The repairs have been deferred pending allot- 

 ment of funds; fortunately there has been no flood up to 

 date this year. 



Two additional blocks of quarters have been constructed 

 departmentally for the use of the staff of the Inspector 

 General of Agriculture, in continuation of those built last 

 year. A new workshop and weigh-bridge for coal were 



