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2nd year rotation. No manure is given here. Maize 

 and rahar are sown together and the rahar stands for the 

 rabi, thereby saving us a considerable amount of cultiva- 

 tion at the busiest time of the year. One hundred and 

 thirty-three acres were sown, 93 standing under maize and 

 'tahar and 40 under jute which is grown for the Fibre 

 Expert and is taken in the second year rotation. Cultiva- 

 tion costs were Rs. 23 per acre for the year, and the return 

 Rs. 100, giving a profit of Rs. 77. 



This was a good year for rahar and the best held Gohree 

 gave 14| maunds, and the average over all was nearly 12 

 maunds. The maize did badly owing to heavy rain at the 

 wrong time, and the best yield was only 10^ maunds per 

 acre from Gohree. As is usually the case with crops sown 

 together, we made on one what was lost on the other, a most 

 important thing considering the large number of cattle 

 dependent on the farm for grain. 



3rd year rotation. Here pulse crops are sown in kharif 

 for feeding off on the land. One hundred and thirty- four 

 acres were put down under guar or cluster beans 

 (Cyamopsis psoralioides), soy beans, cow peas, velvet beans 

 and math (Phaseolus aconitifolius), and the cattle were 

 penned on a small area daily. The early flooding of the 

 dhab grazing area brought the cattle on to the soiling 

 crops early in the season and by close hurdling the whole 

 area was thoroughly gone over, 230 head of cattle being 

 put on an average of 1-13 acres daily and the soiling con- 

 tinuing for 78 days. Guar is the most satisfactory pulse 

 for soiling. Cattle eat it readily and it is not difficult to 

 bury green, while it smothers the land satisfactorily while 

 standing. The usual troubles of hurdle breaking and 

 hoven were in evidence and the young cross-bred bulls 

 were troublesome when near the cows, but the results on 

 the land and succeeding crops fully justified the close soil- 

 ing, and it is to be recommended to any one who runs a 

 herd of cattle in connection with an arable farm, the 

 saving in labour of cutting and carting the green crop 

 alone being considerable. A decent hurdle not too heavy 



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