8 REPOKT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 



REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL AGRICULTURIST. 



(G. S. Henderson, N.D.A., N.D.D.) 



I. Administration and Tours. 



Mr. Milligan held charge of the post till the 2nd June 

 1916, and then handed over charge to me on his being 

 appointed to the post of Director of Agriculture, Bengal. 



The senior members of the staff remained practically 

 unchanged. An appreciative note was left by Mr. Mil- 

 ligan of their services. 



Mr. L. S. Joseph acted for Mr. Judah Hyam, Veterinary 

 Overseer, for a month and then volunteered for military 

 duty, on the transport of horses to Egypt, for two months. 

 He again volunteered for military duty and went to 

 Mesopotamia on the 6th July 1916. 



Tours. Mr. Milligan examined students at the Cawn- 

 pore Agricultural College in September 1915, also visited 

 Hoshangabad and Panna State in Central Provinces and 

 the Kamrup sugarcane estate in Assam in January. 



II. Training. 



There were during the year under report three students, 

 post-graduates, who got a practical insight into the work- 

 ing of the farm and the details of steam cultivation. 



III. Farm Cultivation. 



The rainfall was 51-37 inches as compared with 54-88" 

 last season. Heavy rains fell in August and the new 18" 

 drainage pump was working during most of the month. It 

 cleared the stagnant water in a satisfactory fashion. The 

 October rains were poor. 



Cropping. The major portion of the farm is cropped 

 for the purpose of feeding the breeding herd, work cattle, 

 etc. The stock at Pusa averages about 430 head, this 

 requires an enormous amount of stuff. In one day 100 

 maunds of green fodder, 25 maunds of oat straw and 17 



