12 SCIENTIFIC REPORTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



averaged 200 maunds per acre; average income Rs. 50 per 

 acre; working costs Rs. 20 per acre. 



Rabi oats followed in the same four fields and averaged 

 12 maunds of grain and 25 maunds of straw throughout, 

 bringing in Rs. 40 per acre with a working cost of Rs. 12 

 per acre. 



The best yields were 231 maunds green maize per acre 

 in Chandman and 13 maunds oats in Gonhri. 



2nd year rotation. Maize and arhar sown together, no 

 manure being applied ; maize cut for corn in end of Septem- 

 ber and arhar left throughout rabi for grain; 4 fields total- 

 ling 80 acres averaged 23 maunds grain from maize and 

 arhar combined, bringing in Rs. 70 per acre at a working 

 cost of Rs. 14 per acre — figures covering both seasons. 



3rd year rotation. Kharif pulse either fed standing or 

 cut green for fodder or ploughed in; four fields totalling 

 118 acres stood under this crop which was followed by oats 

 in rabi over 84 acres; the remaining 34 acres standing 

 fallow for hot weather maize of 1918 which was sown in 

 March. The oats got one maund of super per acre. The 

 cost of the two seasons' crops was Rs, 30 per acre and the 

 income Rs. 70 per acre. The best field Jhilli gave 18 maunds 

 oats per acre. 



Sugarcane and jute are the two crops grown which are 

 exceptions to the above rotation. Sugarcane is taken in the 

 first year and jute in the second. These crops are sown 

 from middle of February up to middle of March on mois- 

 ture conserved by repeated cultivation in the cold weather. 



Sugarcane. A number of sugarcane varieties are 

 grown on the farm without irrigation. These varieties for 

 the most part come from Dr. Barber, the Sugarcane Expert. 

 The main crop consists of Red and White Sathi, Purple 

 Mauritius and few other thick canes. The canes were dis- 

 posed of at 6 annas per maund. In the area sown during 

 the past year the cost of cultivation was Rs. 65 per acre and 

 income Rs. 144-13 per acre. 



Jute was grown on 40 acres for seed by arrangement 

 with the Fibre Expert to the Government of Bengal, 



