INSTITUTE AND COLLEGE, PUSA, FOR 1<)13-U. 3 



appointed Deputy Directors of Agriculture in Bihar ami 

 Orissa and Bombay respectively. The two Supernumerary 

 posts are now held by Mr. G. D. Mehta, L.Ag., B.A., 

 N.D.A., N.D.D., who has been posted to Madras for train- 

 ing, and Mr. M. Wynne Sayer, B.A., who joined the De- 

 partment on 20th March 1914. 



II. — Work of the Institute. 



Scientific Work. — An account of the scientific work of 

 the Institute during the year is given in the reports of the 

 several sections. 



Training. — The training of students in post-graduate 

 courses was continued and short courses were also given 

 in Cattle management and Sericulture. 



Four students were under training in Agricultural Che- 

 mistry during the year under report. The two students 

 referred to in the last year's report, viz., a private student 

 from Madras and a Government Stipendiary from the 

 Travancore State, completed their training. A private 

 student who was studying for the D.Sc. degree, of the 

 Allahabad University worked on a piece of research for 

 eight months in the Chemical Laboratory. A student 

 deputed by the Department of Agriculture, Central Pro- 

 vinces, for training in Agricultural Bacteriology was 

 given a preliminary course of training in Agricultural 

 Chemistry. 



In the Entomological Section the student deputed by 

 the Department of Agriculture, Travancore, and the 

 student deputed by the Assam Department of Agriculture 

 referred to in the last year's report completed their train- 

 ing in General Entomology during the year under report. 



In the Bacteriological Section the probationary research 

 assistant under the Agricultural Chemist to the Punjab 

 Government who was deputed to this Institute for train- 

 ing continued his course in Agricultural Bacteriology 

 during the year. • 



In the Agricultural Section a graduate of the Sabour 

 Agricultural College deputed by the Bengal Department of 

 Agriculture is undergoing training in General Agriculture. 



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