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United Provinces. Illustrated pamphlets, in English, 

 Urdu and Hindi, describing the methods of rearing Eri 

 and Mulberry worms, had been prepared at Pusa before- 

 hand, and the real interest evoked by the exhibits could be 

 gauged fairly accurately by the demand for these pamph- 

 lets and the large volume of further inquiries which has 

 since come in to Pusa. Besides Allahabad, Mulberry and 

 Eri worms, cocoons, thread, cloth, etc., and spinning and 

 twisting machines in working order were shown at the local 

 x\gricultural Exhibitions at Muzafferpur, Bankipur, 

 Malda, Banjetia, Singeswar and Calcutta. 



Disease-free Eri and Mulberry silkworms' eggs, cocoons, 

 thread, samples of Eri cloth, castor seed, mulberry cuttings 

 and seed have been distributed to inquirers in all parts of 

 India as far as possible. Trained rearers have also been 

 sent to many places to teach Eri-culture to cultivators and 

 others desirous of trying this product. Arrangements for 

 sale of spinning machines have been continued, and at the 

 request of the Imperial Entomologist, who pointed out 

 what was required, a combined doubling and twisting 

 machine, for doubling and twisting mulberry silk in one 

 operation, was designed and produced by Mr. E. F. Watson 

 and is now on sale. In extension of the work done here 

 Eri silk-work was taken up by the Bengal Agricultural 

 Department at Sabour from 1st April 1911, and it is hoped 

 that the exhibition of this industry, within reach of the 

 silk trade at Bhagalpur, will lead to the extension of the 

 popularity and production of Eri Silk. Eri Silk has also 

 been taken up by the Agricultural Department in the 

 United Provinces, where Mr. Akhtar Mohammad Khan, 

 Deputy Collector, has been deputed to conduct experiments 

 at Shahjahanpur, and at Coimbatore by the Madras Agri- 

 cultural Department. Successful attempts have been made 

 to twist and dye Tussar Silk, but rearing of this has not 

 been done at Pusa. In March 1911, at the request of the 

 Director of Agriculture, I made a short tour in Eastern 

 Bengal to investigate into the decline of the Mulberry silk 

 trade nnd advise remedial measures; the result, whicli has 



