INSTITUTE AND COLLEGE, PUSA, FOR 1910-1 i. iS 



Permanent Pasture. — The manurial experiments were 

 abandoned this year. There seems to be no doubt whatever 

 that the direction which the experiments on pasture here 

 should take is that of ascertaining the extent to which sys- 

 tematic grazing and extensive surface cultivation, com- 

 bined possibly with the sowing of quick-growing catch 

 crops, will enable land that cannot be economically used 

 except as pasture to be maintained in a reasonably pro- 

 ductive and profitable condition. The upland pasture is 

 now ploughed up every three years and replanted with 

 dooh, but the dooh does not look well on close examination 

 even in the first year after planting, and disappears rapidly 

 during the second year. A small part of the ploughed 

 land has been sown with Sann-hemp this year for plough- 

 ing in before planting the dooh. 



Thrashing. — A record was established in thrashing the 

 oats this year, 241 maunds being thrashed in one day. The 

 heavy yield of grain, amounting on one field to 33 maunds 

 per acre, no doubt contributed to this result. 



Clearing and Levelling. — A large kiln was cleared from 

 the former brick-field and a road across this area laid out 

 and part constructed. 



Work-cattle. — The number of cattle in use has been in- 

 creased by the breaking-in of young cattle, purchased, and 

 supplied from the Montgomery herd. The Montgomery 

 cattle are rather slow, but can pull heavy loads. Foot-and- 

 mouth disease broke out among the working bullocks to- 

 wards the end of the monsoon of 1910, but was checked and 

 suppressed by prompt measures. 



Breeding Herd. — The Montgomery herd has been main- 

 tained in excellent condition, and the numbers of cows and 

 heifers increased during the year. Fifty-four cattle were 

 sold and four transferred to the working cattle during the 

 year. 



Only three animals died — less than 2 per cent., which 

 is a very small percentage considering that the greater 

 number of the cattle are cows and young calves. 



