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maunds of grain are supplied. When the seasons for green 

 fodder and silage are finished, over two tons per day of oat 

 straw are needed. Fifteen thousand maunds of silage were 

 used during the year. 



In the past season there were 280 acres of land double 

 cropped, mostly maize in kharif, sown with arhar (Cajanus 

 indicus) reaped in rabi, or maize followed by cats in rabi. 

 147 acres were single cropped. The area of crops was 

 over 700 acres. Fallows were 120 acres. 



In addition to the oats, maize and arhar supplied as con- 

 centrated food, seed has to be kept for the next season. 

 The budget, buildings and equipment are all insufficient 

 for the area cultivated. Bamboo kutcha sheds have to take 

 the place of more permanent structures. The roofs of the 

 breeding herd buildings, a part of the old horse breeding 

 establishment, are in a precarious condition. A mile or 

 tw T o of light tramway would facilitate the working of the 

 estate. 



The set of steam tackle (Fowler's double engine, K. class, 

 single cylinder) worked 254 days and the following work 

 was done : — 



Ploughing with disc plough 



Disc harrow ..... 



Grubber ..... 



Roller .... 



Zig-zag harrow ..... 



The best work in one day for each operation was 7 acres 

 ploughed, 22 acres harrowed, 18 acres grubbed, and 27 

 acres rolled. 



All crops were drilled and then from time to time inter- 

 cultured with Wallace's horse hoe and hand weeding was 

 reduced to a minimum. 



Crop Experiments. About 20 acres of sugarcane 

 were grown without any irrigation; 6,639 maunds of cane 

 were sold to a factory. 



The series of permanent rotational and cropping experi- 

 ments were continued. 



