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at Pusa, but in some details the Italian practice is an advan- 

 tage. Steps are being taken to improve the Pusa method. 

 The progress that has taken place in Italian agriculture 

 during the last fifteen years is remarkable not only in 

 general cultivation, but also in the spread of the co-opera- 

 tive movement. In many respects the conditions in Italy 

 are not dissimilar to those in India and might easily repay 

 detailed investigation. 



V. — The Development of the Fruit Industry of 



Baluchistan. 



The present report deals briefly with the work accom- 

 plished up to September 1912 relating to the development 

 of the fruit industry of Baluchistan and with the chief 

 lines of progress which experience suggests should be taken 

 up in the near feature. It will be convenient to deal with 

 the matter under the following main heads : — 



Fruit and Agricultural Experiment Station. 



An area of 25 acres of land with two shabanas of water 

 of the large Sirkhi karez has been acquired by the Local 

 Administration for the purposes of a fruit and agricultural 

 experiment station on the Sariab Road about two miles from 

 Quetta. The purchase was completed at the end of August 

 1911 (with the exception of one of the shabanas which was 

 bought in June 1912) and since that time the farm build- 

 ings, offices and boundary wall have been erected, a well 

 sunk, and considerable progress has been made in the laying 

 out of the area in large terraces to facilitate irrigation. 

 Three artesian bores have been sunk which give a total flow 

 of 1,500 gallons per hour. A fourth bore is being put down 

 to the water-bearing gravel at the 150' level. An experi- 

 ment in pumping from one of these artesian bores by means 

 of an oil engine is in progress and will, it is expected, be 

 completed shortly. At the present time, bricked water 

 channels are being laid down and various other permanent 

 improvements are in progress. Four pairs of Sibi cattle 



