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The second and fourth classes of agricultural students 

 were examined at Lyallpur, Punjab. These students were 

 found to be of a useful and practical type, and show pro- 

 mise of being of great value to the future agricultural 

 development of the Punjab. 



III. Publications. 



A Bulletin entitled " Practical notes on Salt Land 

 Reclamation " was issued during the year. The Guide to 

 the farm at Pusa was brought up to date, and the prelimin- 

 ary work for a Bulletin on details and costs of the different 

 farm crops at Pusa was completed. Various notes and 

 reviews for the " Agricultural Journal of India " were 

 completed. A large number of agricultural enquiries from 

 all parts of India were replied to. 



IV. Training course. 



While there is at present no definite post-graduate 

 course in agriculture at Pusa," graduates are admitted to 

 study farm practice and management of the dairy herd. 

 Three students were admitted during the year under 

 review. 



V. Pusa Farm. 



The farm is under the Imperial Agriculturist, and, as 

 has been explained in former reports, consists of about 500 

 acres of arable land and 400 acres grazing in addition to a 

 carefully prepared experiment area. The whole is laid out 

 so as to -permit of its being worked on up-to-date practical 

 lines and operated with such western machinery and imple- 

 ments as are suited to Indian agriculture. The produce 

 of the farm is used in the upkeep of the pedigree dairy 

 herd. The whole concern is very cheaply run and is, from 

 the strictly financial point of view, a good investment for 

 Government. 



The Season. The season was an abnormally dry one, 

 the total rainfall amounting to 3273 inches as against 

 60-19 inches for the previous year. Sowings went on inter- 

 mittently during the scanty rainfall in the first three weeks- 



