22 REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



Cropping. — The greater part of the farm was, as usual, 

 devoted to growing fodder and grain for the working bul- 

 locks and the breeding herd. Maize, sorghum, oats, peas, 

 khesari {Lathyrus), gram (Cicer) and arhaj' (Cajanus) were 

 the principal crops grown for these purposes. 



The maize provided a large quantity of excellent silage ; 

 that from the sorghum was not so good, much of it being 

 decayed, and the right stage at which to cut this crop for 

 siloing under the conditions obtaining here has yet to be 

 ascertained. The oats provided a large amount of excellent 

 feed both of grain and straw. The area of pulses grown 

 was not, however, sufficient to make purchases of this class 

 of food unnecessary. 



Much of the arhar was spoilt by the floods. 



A considerable area was, as usual, sown with Sann hemp 

 for green manure. 



Guinea grass, growing on nearly 3 acres within the in- 

 fluence of the bamboo avenues, gave over 300 maunds per 

 acre of green fodder, with only two irrigations in the dry 

 season; lucerne, with constant irrigation, gave over 200 

 maunds per acre. 



Other crops grown on a small scale were flax (which had 

 to be destroyed because of the appearance of dodder) and 

 paddy. Experiments with paddy were inconclusive, the 

 difference between the yields of the plots not exceeding the 

 margin attributable to error. 



The projected growth of varieties of wheat in extension 

 of the work done by the Imperial Economic Botanist was 

 abandoned. A large number of crops were grown, on small 

 plots, under observation and for experiments carried on by 

 the scientific officers. 



Soybeans, obtained from Nagpur, yielded nearly 7 

 maunds per acre, which is not sufficient to pay for the culti- 

 vation and for the occupation of the land for two seasons. 



Permanent Manurial and Rotation Eocferirnents. — 

 These were continued in accordance with the original 

 scheme and the result recorded for future reference. 



