20 REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL AGRICULTURIST 

 FOR THE YEAR 1910-11. 



(A. C. DoBBs, B.A.) 



Charge of the Pusa Farm during the greater part of 

 the period under report was held by Mr. G. Sherrard, 

 Assistant Agriculturist. The services of the Assistant 

 Inspector General of Agriculture were also placed at the 

 disposal of the Director for farm purposes, and in fact 

 Mr. A. McKerral wrote the Annual Report for 1909-10. 



In June 1911 Mr. Sherrard left Pusa to take up the ap- 

 pointment of Professor of Agriculture at the Bengal Agri- 

 cultural College, Sabour. 



Mr. H. Southern was at Pusa as Supernumerary Agri- 

 culturist from November 1910 to February 1911, when he 

 left to go to Madras, where he is officiating as a Deputy 

 Director of that Province. 



Mr. Ikramuddin held the appointment of First Over- 

 seer and Mr. Ziauddin Hyder that of Second Overseer 

 throughout the year. 



Mr. Judah Hyam continued in charge of the breeding 

 herd and Mr. Nizamuddin Hyder of the poultry. Mr. L. S. 

 Joseph was appointed Veterinary Assistant in May 1911, 

 and has taken charge of the current duties of the Overseer 

 during Mr. Judah Hyam's absence on privilege leave. 



Mahomed Yakub Mukadam of the Lyallpur Farm was 

 appointed as Surveyor in May 1911. 



The farm staff is to be congratulated on the thorough 

 and timely preparation of the land for both the rabi and 

 monsoon crops which is noted below, and the veterinary 

 staff on the condition, and continued freedom from disease, 

 of the breeding cattle. 



Tours. — Mr. Sherrard visited the provincial farms at 

 Dacca and Sabour in Decemiber. 



