INSTITUTE AND COLLEGE, PUSA, FOR 1910-11. 21 



Many members of the staff attended the Allahabad Ex- 

 hibition in connection with the Pusa exhibits. 



Training. — Mr. Fatehiiddin, B.A., Assistant Director 

 of Agriculture for the Punjab, continued his course in 

 general agriculture during the whole period under report. 



Babu B. L. Mukerji, B.Ag., and Babu B. B. Das, 

 B.Ag., stipendiaries of Eastern Bengal and Assam, attend- 

 ed the course of general agriculture from July 1910 till 

 March 1911, when they left to take up their duties at Dacca. 



Mr. A. B. 11 ay- Webb worked on the farm as a visitor 

 from 2nd to 27th March 1911. 



The numbers ol students attending the short courses 

 have been : — 



Cattle-breeding ........ 8 



Poultry Management ...... 9 



Tillage Implements and Agricultural Machinery . 3* 



Character of the Season. — The monsoon o>f 1910 was 

 early. The rainfall was somewhat small (about 33"), but 

 very well distributed and, in spite of the loss of the crops 

 on large areas of low-lying ground owing to the river rising 

 to a level higher than any previously recorded and owing to 

 the breach of a bund that had previously protected the 

 farm, the crops provided an amount of silage very much 

 greater than the requirements of the cattle for one year. 

 Over 4 inches of rain fell in October, thus ensuring an 

 ample supply of moisture for the greater part of the rahi 

 season, and as the sowings were completed at an earlier date 

 than in any previous year since the establishment of the 

 farm, these crops obtained an exceptionally favourable 

 start, which enabled them to give a very good yield in spite 

 of the fact that no further appreciable quantity of rain fell 

 before harvest. 



Rain also fell early in June 1911, and, owing again to 

 the land having been thoroughly prepared beforehand, prac- 

 tically all the crops were sown before the end of the month 

 and give excellent promise. 



* This course has since been abolished as it has been found to seme no 

 useful purpose. 



