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II. Practical treatment of 1,200 acre mixed farm, with 

 particular attention to profitable modern machinery and 

 the financial result of the work. 



The bulk of the produce of the Pusa farm is used for the 

 maintenance of the dairy herd. The rotation adopted aims 

 at the up-keep of the fertility of the land along with supply 

 of concentrated food and long fodder and a constant supply 

 of the green fodder throughout the year. Included in the 

 above is the study on a practical scale of : — 



(a) Rotations. 



(b) Crops for fodder, seed and silage, 



(c) Implements and machinery. 



(d) Technique of cultural operations. 



(e) Types of farm buildings. 



III. Experimental work at Pusa. After the preliminary 

 testing of the new experimental area at Pusa, the following 

 will be started and continued along with existing work : — 



(a) Rotational experiments. 



(b) Trial of new varieties of existing crops, especially 



leguminous fodder crops, American maizes, 

 foreign oats, and wheat varieties. 



(c) Manurial experiments, especially seasonal and 



quantitative tests with phosphates. 



(d) Rotation and manurial experiments already 



started. 



(e) Seasonal tests with Java and Sumatrana indigo. 



- (/) Fermented green-manuring experiments in colla- 

 boration with the Imperial Agricultural Bac- 

 teriologist. 

 (g) Trial of sugarcane varieties suitable for growth 

 without irrigation. (Some of Dr. Barber's 

 varieties are very promising.) 



IV. Demonstrations, exhibitions and cattle sales of sur- 

 plus dairy stock, etc, will be held from time to time as 

 occasion offers. 



