14 SCIENTIFIC REPORTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



and yet strong enough to stop cattle has yet to be evolved. 

 Ideal fencing was tried and proved useless while bamboos 

 were much too light. 



Oats followed the pulse crop over 105 acres, a small area 

 being in wheat. One maund of superphosphate was given 

 at the time of sowing. The best yield was 19 maunds an 

 acre from Phatak and Nepali fields and the average yield 

 was 15 maunds. Wheat averaged 13 maunds per acre on 

 the whole area. Working costs were Rs. 26 per acre and 

 the return Rs. 93. 



Sugarcane. The usual area, 8 acres, was put under 

 cane and 16 varieties were planted. The cane is grown 

 without irrigation, 27 maunds of rape-cake being applied 

 per acre, half given at planting and the remainder at first 

 ridging on the break of the monsoon. The cane yield aver- 

 aged 611^ maunds per acre and was sold green at 8 annas 

 per maund to the factory direct. 



The cost of cultivation was Rs. 126 per acre and the 

 return Rs. 305. 



Sixteen varieties were grown. Among the thick canes 

 were Sathi, Purple Mauritius and Kaludai Budan; while 

 J. 33, J. 36, Mungo, Yuba and Saretha did well among the 

 thin varieties. 



Twenty-three varieties from Dr. Barber, Government 

 Sugarcane Expert, were also grown for comparative tests 

 and those that did well are being tried on a larger scale. 

 All cane planting, except placing the setts and manure in 

 the furrow, is done by bullocks and the saving in labour is 

 considerable, while the return made on this area shows 

 clearly that cane grown in this fashion will do well; the 

 thick varieties in particular averaging out excellently. 



Jute is grown on the farm for seed by arrangement with 

 the Fibre Expert and the seed after being treated with 

 copper-sulphate is sent out to Bengal. Till last year the 

 crop was grown on the main area of the farm but as it was 

 impossible to spare this class of land from fodder crops for 

 the cattle it was sown this year in Goojarmalla, a field liable 

 to be flooded, being outside the protective embankment, and 



