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but this arrangement will have to be terminated over 

 the main area of the farm as it is impossible to spare this 

 land from fodder crops for the cattle. As jute is a useful 

 crop for low ground which is liable to be flooded during the 

 rains and consequently will not hold a kharif crop with any 

 certainty, it will be sown next year in Gujarmalla field 

 which is outside the protective bundh, and consequently has 

 to be left fallow in kharif as far as the ordinary rotation is 

 concerned. 



Berseem. This seed was imported from Egypt, but it 

 arrived almost too late for sowing. It was sown but the 

 result was very disappointing. About 4 maunds was dis- 

 tributed to various planters who mostly reported that they 

 received it too late to sow. It will be. given a proper trial, 

 this year. 



Experimental work. This work was continued in the 

 two fields, Punjab and North Pangarbi, set apart for the 

 purpose. 



(a) The permanent manurial and rotational experi- 

 ments were continued. A bad outbreak of wilt among the 

 arhar on these plots considerably reduced yields for the year 

 from some of these plots. 



(b) The green-manuring experiments carried out in col- 

 laboration with the Imperial Agricultural Bacteriologist, 

 were continued in the Punjab field on the newly tested 

 plots. The results are given below : — 



