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therefore unable as a rule to hold a kharif crop. This 

 Leing the first year jute has been sown there, the season has 

 retaliated by being exceptionally free from floods. It 

 looks however as if the present arrangement will have to 

 terminate as the whole area is required to meet the ever 

 increasing needs of the farm herds. 



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 proposal for discussion of all 

 results so far obtained and consideration of the question of 

 the continuance of the experiments has been placed on the 

 agenda at the next meeting of the Board of Agriculture 

 when the matter will be thoroughly dealt with. 



(b) The green-manuring experiments, run in collabora- 

 tion with the Imperial Agricultural Bacteriologist, were 

 •carried a step further in the testing of the residues. The 

 yields from the different plots from the beginning are given 

 below : — 



Particulars 



3 times san-hernp 



fermented with 3 

 cwt. superphosphate 

 per acre. 



-6 times san-hemp 

 fermented with 3 

 cwt. superphosphate 

 per acre. 



San-hemp ploughed in 

 with 3 cwt. super- 

 phosphate per acre. 



Superphosphate alone 

 at 3 cwt. per acre 

 without green ma- 

 nure. 



Yield 

 of oats 

 (grain) 

 per acre 

 in 1917 



After 



green 



manure 



lb. 

 1,977 



2,643 



2,080 

 1,185 



Yield 

 of green 



maize 

 per acre 

 iu 1918 



After 

 oats 



lb. 

 21,748 



29,501 



20,960 

 20,196 



Yield 



of oats 



(grain) 



per acre 



in 1918 



After 

 maize 



lb. 

 1,131 



1,564 



764 

 554 



Particulars 



3 times san-hemp 

 fermented without 

 superphosphate. 



6 times san-hemp 

 fermented without 

 superphosphate. 



San-hemp ploughed 

 in without super- 

 phosphate. 



So superphosphate 

 and no green 

 m a ure. 



Yield 

 of oats 

 (grain) 

 per acre 

 in 1917 



After 



green 



manure 



lb. 

 1,485 



1,561 



1,259 

 1,040 



Yield 

 of green 



maize 

 per acre 

 in 1918 



After 

 oats 



lb. 

 21,091 



27,793 



20,861 

 18,395 



Yield 

 of oats 

 (grain) 

 per acre 

 in 1918 



After 

 maize 



lb. 

 1,168 



1,094 



690 

 666 



(There are 3 such plots. Average of these entered.) 



