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V. Programme of work for 1915-16. 

 The following are the lines of work in progress : — 



Major investigations. 



1. The economics of cultivation by steam and motor 

 engines. 



2. The puddling of rice land by the double engine sys- 

 tem of steam cultivation 



3. The combination of irrigation and drainage in the 

 growing of rice. 



4. A study of inheritance of the more important charac- 

 ters of dairy cattle by crossing. 



5. The building up of milk pedigree in cattle by selec- 

 tion. 



Minor investigations. 



6. The inheritance of wool characters in sheep. 



7. Experimental tillage in the growing of maize and 

 sugarcane. 



8. Improvement of pastures. 



