INSTITUTE, PUSA, FOR 1917-18 $3 



VIII. Programme of Work. 



Major subjects. 



1. Continuation of the investigations into the amount 

 and nature of drainage water from fallow land and land 

 bearing crops. 



2. Pot-culture experiments with paddy to determine 

 (a) the relationship between rate of drainage and crop 

 production, (b) the direct manurial value of the nitrogen 

 in green manures, (c) the value of green manures when 

 used in conjunction with nitrogenous mineral manures 

 other than nitrates, and (d) the behaviour of different 

 strains of paddy to green-manuring. 



3. An investigation into the conditions governing the 

 formation of black alkali in soils irrigated by calcareous 

 waters. 



4. Continuation of previous work in connection with 

 the factors governing the composition and quality of 

 tobacco. 



5. The study of the effect of windrowing sugarcane at 

 low temperatures. 



Minor subjects. 



1. A study of the mode of action of phosphatic manures 

 in calcareous soils. 



2. Checking the accuracy of the methods of analysis used 

 at Pusa and the examination of new methods of analysis. 



IX. List of Publications. 



W. A. Davis . . Report on Agricultural Chemistry, 1916-17, 



for the Board of Scientific Advice. 



