12 SCIENTIFIC REPORTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



From this has to be deducted the value of one portable 



engine, one set of cables for tackle and a few other items, 



total Rs. 5,000. 



Rs. 



Cost of working farm .... 19,100 



Value of return ..... 30,200 

 A profit of 11,100 



When the costs of rent, rates and taxes, interest on 

 previous capital expenditure on buildings, equipment and 

 stock, etc., are deducted the balance will still represent a 

 very handsome percentage return on the money spent by 

 Government. The farm, having been well managed in the 

 past, could well afford to be valued at an increased capital 

 value owing to accumulated fertility. 



Experimental Work. One field, " Punjabi," has been 

 devoted to experimental work. The area is 40 acres and is 

 divided into 124 plots of a quarter of an acre each and it is 

 enclosed in a wire fence. 



The plots have been uniformly cropped under oats for 

 two seasons in order that series of similar plots may be 

 selected for quantitative experimental work. It has been 

 clearly demonstrated at Pusa that field experiment work 

 on untested plots is useless. At present there exists the 

 series of permanent manurial and rotational plots laid 

 down by the Board of Agriculture 8 years ago. Results up 

 to date show the profitableness of manuring with super- 

 phosphate combined with green-manuring. Another 

 series is concerned with green manure fermented and 

 applied according to the system evolved by the Imperial 

 Agricultural Bacteriologist. The new experimental work 

 to begin from the present year consists of — 



I. Chilli " Die back " series for the purpose of finding a 

 method of dealing with Die back (wilt) in the chilli crop. 

 Widespread damage has been done by the disease and several 

 methods suggested by the Mycological Department are being 

 tried. 



II. Wheat varieties. A selection of the most widely- 

 known varieties recently introduced are being carefully 

 tested under practical agricultural conditions. 



