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keep the best stuff to breed from. The only conclusion 

 which can be drawn from the above is that we have here a 

 herd of great value which has now reached a stage in which 

 it fully repays every rupee spent in improving, building, 

 etc., and large extensions in the line of buildings and area 

 will be imperative in the near future if the herd is to main- 

 tain its present progress. 



I am constantly receiving enquiries from foreign Gov- 

 ernments and Administrations regarding stock. To enable 

 such enquirers to see what herds are kept at Pusa and the 

 average number available for disposal each year, I propose 

 to have a permanent advertisement in the " Agricultural 

 Journal of India " giving these facts and other particulars. 



Sheep. The attenuated garrison which held the fort 

 at Pusa for some fifteen years against every disease under 

 the sun, marched out of Pusa on 7th April, 1919, thereby 

 terminating an experiment which has conclusively shown 

 that the local conditions militate far too strongly against 

 any attempt to improve fleece and mutton conjointly, as 

 the improved cross immediately becomes liable to numerous 

 diseases which do not seem to affect the local sheep, and an' 

 appalling death rate is the result. I use the word improved 

 cross advisedly — as from the mutton fleece point of view. 

 The spirit was doubtless willing but the flesh was uncom- 

 monly weak and the majority were never in such good con- 

 dition as the local sheep. I may here say that such an 

 experiment as the above carried on in a restricted area 

 occupied by a large herd of cattle is liable to, and has pos- 

 sibly brought in, much disease; and it was the strong suspi- 

 cion that such was the case, coupled with the impossibility 

 of finding area for both cattle and sheep, that was partly 

 responsible for the abandonment of the sheep experiments. 



Miscellaneous. Plans have been put up for increasing 

 tile present veterinary dispensary. Over 8,000 patients 

 were dealt with last year, which is straining the capacity 

 of the place to the utmost. 



I wish here to express my thanks for the way in which 

 the cattle staff have worked. The work under their charge- 



