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that many improvements can be made which will increase 

 the capacity and efficiency of these tractors on Indian soils 

 and thereby enable them to deal with a much larger area 

 at a lower cost per acre. But to carry out all this work 

 successfully, the co-operation of an engineer with agricul- 

 tural knowledge is essential, and close collaboration with 

 makers both of tractors and implements is essential and, 

 when established, should prove of inestimable benefit to 

 both sides. The low capital cost of these machines and 

 their extreme handiness will render them admirably suited 

 for Indian conditions, provided that they prove capable of 

 withstanding the amount of ill usage which all machinery 

 of this type will have to put up with in the hands of a race 

 who make all adjustments with a hammer and all running 

 repairs with a piece of string. The outlook at present for 

 these machines is most promising, and I consider that they 

 will make a big difference to agriculture in many parts of 

 India if their early promise is fulfilled. 



Miscellaneous. Seven hundred maunds of seed oats 

 and 81 maunds of peas were supplied to Mesopotamia for 

 seed purposes. This entailed a large amount of extra work 

 in screening, cleaning and packing which the farm staff 

 cheerfully undertook, and the whole consignment was des- 

 patched in record time and condition — an excellent achieve- 

 ment for which I take this opportunity of thanking all 

 concerned. 



III. Cattle-Breeding. 



The combined herds totalled 372 head in the year under 

 report. 



It will possibly be advisable for the benefit of those who 

 have not read former reports to state here the objects for 

 which the two herds are maintained. 



The Montgomery herd is divided into two portions — 

 {a) For selective breeding for milk production. The 

 cows here are divided into five groups each with 

 a separate bull; and the object is to breed up a 

 first class milking strain in each group and 

 thereby establish the breed without fear of in- 



