Report of the Agricultural Research 

 Institute and College, Pusa 



(Including the Report of the Imperial Cotton Specialist) 



1915-16. 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



(J. Mackenna, M.A., I.C.S.) 

 I. Charge and Staff. 



Charge. I succeeded Mr. B. Coventry, CLE., as 

 Agricultural Adviser to the Government of India and 

 Director, Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, on the 

 1st April 1916, when he retired from the service of Govern- 

 ment. Mr. Coventry has been identified with the 

 Institute since its foundation and has been responsible for 

 its development and growth. It is now one of the best 

 equipped establishments of the kind in the East. Mr. 

 Wynne Sayer was Assistant to the Agricultural Adviser 

 throughout the year. 



Staff. The following changes in staff took place during 

 the year. 



Mr. J. W. Leather, V.D., F.I.C., Imperial Agricultural 

 Chemist, proceeded on combined leave from 16th September 

 1915, preparatory to retirement. He has since joined a 

 Garrison Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment as a Major. 

 Mr. Jatindra Nath Sen, M.A., F.C.S., Supernumerary 

 Agricultural Chemist, was appointed to act as Imperial 

 Agricultural Chemist. 



