INSTITUTE, PUSA, FOR 1918-19 19 



4,932 maunds of various grains such as oats, wheat, gram 

 and rahar in 36 days and finish by the 23rd April, thereby 

 escaping all damage from the early rain in May, a result 

 which reflects the greatest credit on all concerned and shows 

 what can be done with machinery in India. 



Steam Ploughing Tackle. The set of tackle consists of 

 two single cylinder K Class Fowler engines with 900 yards 

 steel wire rope and a four furrow anti-balance gang plough, 

 a disc harrow, a grubber, a zigzag harrow and a Crosskill 

 roller. The cost of purchase in 1913 was as follows : — 



Es. 

 Two engines with steel cables .... 30,000 

 Plough.' ........ 3,700 



Disc harrow 3,625 



Grubber ........ 3,227 



Zigzag harrow and roller . ... 2,925 



Total . 43,477 



The tackle worked in the season 1918-19 for 1454 days, 

 the working day being reckoned at 10 actual working 

 hours. The tackle stood idle during the remainder of the 

 season. 



Details of output, consumption and costs including all 

 expenses except depreciation and interest on outlay are 

 given below. 



