10 REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 



A series of green manurial experiments in conjunction 

 with the Imperial Agricultural Bacteriologist was con- 

 tinued. 



The new experiment field is being tested uniformly with 

 oats in order to select plots of similar output. 



. The rabi crop of oats all over the farm was exception- 

 ally good. In the weighed plots the best yields were, wheat 

 30 maunds per acre, oats 39 maunds per acre and barley 24 

 maunds; the total yields of grain exceeded the last year's 

 yield by over 1,600 maunds. 



IV. Live-Stock. 



Cattle Breeding. Two herds are being kept at Pusa, 

 one of selected Sanhiwal (Montgomery) cows and their 

 descendants and the other of cross-bred Avrshire -Sanhiwal 

 cattle. From want of ground and buildings, however, both 

 herds are kept together. There are 7 bulls, 2 Ayrshire 

 lulls (Carston Royal Scotch and Lessnessock Wildfire), 107 

 cows, 59 bull calves, 103 cow calves and 25 young cross-bred 

 stock. 



In the pure bred herd 4,000 lb. of milk in a lactation 

 period has been accepted as the standard, anything less will 

 fail to qualify for admission. The herd is kept in 5 groups 

 with a separate bull for each group, this will enable the 

 herd to be carried on for a considerable time without out- 

 side blood. 



Among the cross-breds the heifers produced by the first 

 Ayrshire bull " Mossgeil Titanic " (now dead) will be 

 crossed by the 1 produce of " Lessnessock Wildfire." 



During the year there were on a daily average 119 cus- 

 tomers for milk, the average number of cows in milk was 

 55, and the average daily yield of milk was 35 gallons 

 including the milk taken by the calves. 



Two cows, Mookhia and Roopiria, each produced over 

 490 gallons. 



Nine animals were sold from the herd for breeding pur- 

 poses at nominal rates to approved breeders. 



