18 SCIENTIFIC REPORTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



VII. Implements and Machinery. 



Steam Ploughing Tackle. The set of tackle consist- 

 ing of two single cylinder " K " class Fowler engines with 

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

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

 roller, worked during the year for 126 days of 10 actual 

 working hours each. The engines were also used for silage 

 cutting and for driving an 8-inch centrifugal pump for 

 irrigation both in the monsoon and cold weather seasons 

 when there was no cultivation work to be done on the 

 farm. 



The cost of the set in 1913 was as follows : — 



Two engines with steel cables 

 Plough .... 



Disc harrow 

 Grubber . . - 



Zigzag harrow and roller 



Total 



Its. 



30,000 

 3,700 

 3,625 

 3,227 

 2,925 



43,477 



Details of output, fuel consumption and working costs, 

 including all expenses except depreciation and interest on 

 outlay, are given below. 



