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1912, and I acted as local Secretary for the show. In 

 addition to the usual exhibits of agricultural produce, live 

 stock and the products of the local industries, the special 

 feature of this Exhibition was the demonstration to 

 planters, zemindars and cultivators. The nature of these 

 demonstrations will be evident from the following extract 

 from the report on the show : — 



" An important departure was made this year in the 

 Exhibition, largely through the efforts of Mr. F. F. Lyall, 

 I.C.S., Collector of Mozafferpore. In 1910, it was suggest- 

 ed by the Imperial Economic Botanist that the Tirhut 

 Exhibition should be held at Pusa once every four years and 

 that the various improvements in Indian agriculture, shown 

 to be possible by the work of the Pusa Institute, should be 

 demonstrated to the planters, zemindars and cultivators 

 of the Division in the form of growing crops of increased 

 yield and value. This suggestion was not accepted 

 for the 1911 show, but it was revived again by Mr. Lyall 

 and adopted by Mr. H. C. Streatfeild, I.C.S., Commissioner 

 of the Division. As a consequence, the Exhibition of 1912 

 was held at Pusa and the grounds of the Botanical Section 

 were lent for the Exhibition. In the cultivated portion of 

 this area, numerous plots were laid out to illustrate as many 

 as possible of the improved methods of agriculture discover- 

 ed at Pusa. The crops selected for this purpose were 

 tobacco and wheat and, in addition, there was a further 

 demonstration on two neighbouring plots of land belonging 

 to ryots. 



" The main demonstration to planters, which occupied 

 about three hours, took place on the morning of the 19th 

 January when the attendance was upwards of 50. This 

 consisted of a series of short lectures by the Imperial Eco- 

 nomic Botanist followed by discussions at the various plots. 

 It was repeated in the afternoon for the benefit of those 

 who arrived too late for the morning work. Leaflets deal- 

 ing with the main subjects dealt with, were previously pre- 

 pared and printed and sets of these were distributed. For 

 the benefit of cultivators these demonstrations were given 



