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research work. Problems connected with the agriculture of the Presi- 

 dency will be studied in the laboratory and the field, while the students 

 will be given a general education in all branches of agricultural science. 



In order to make better provision for research work in forestry, 

 and to secure a permanent staff' of forest experts for scientific research, 

 as well as for training candidates for the Government and State for- 

 estry service, the Imperial Forestry School at Dehra Dun, India, has 

 been enlarged and hereafter will be known as the Imperial Forestry 

 Research Institute and College. The college staff will include officers 

 of the imperial service, holding the following positions: (1) Sylvi- 

 culturist, who will make sylviculture his special duty; (2) superin- 

 tendent of forest working plans, who will collect and collate statistics 

 of the results of forestry management throughout India; (3) forest 

 zoologist, who will investigate the damages caused by insects and other 

 pests; (4) forest botanist, who will study the botany of forest plants, 

 distribution of species, diseases of forest trees, etc.; (5) forest chem- 

 ist, who will investigate the chemical properties of soils and forest 

 produce; and (6) forest economist, who will study economic methods 

 of commercial timber production and marketing. These officers, 

 while engaged primarily in research work, will each deliver a course 

 of lectures on his special subject in the college, and take part in the 

 training of the students. The work of instruction, however, will for 

 the most part be carried on by four assistant instructors. 



It is further proposed to locate an agricultural college in each impor- 

 tant province, with a course of technical training extending over tliree 

 years. In the past the personnel of the agricultural colleges has been 

 inadequate, so that their inffuence on agricultural improvement has 

 been small. The main result of the colleges has been to turn out stu- 

 dents with some knowledge of agriculture, who have been largely 

 absorbed into the several branches of government revenue adminis- 

 tration. It is believed now that the demand for graduates will be 

 sufficient to induce a larger number of students to attend, as the field 

 for the trained agriculturist is said to be broadening. The course in 

 the provincial agricultwral colleges will lead up to the specialized post- 

 graduate course at Pusa. 



Considerable attention will also be given to the dissemination of 

 information, especially the results of agricultural investigation and 

 their application in practice. . Temporary demonstration plats will 

 be started, district agricultural associations will be organized, agri- 

 cultural shows will be subsidized; the distribution of improved seed, 

 implements, and manures will be extended, and popular publications 

 in the vernacular will be issued. It is pointed out that there are many 

 difficulties in the way of agricultural improvement in a country like 

 India, where most of the land is divided into small holdings and cul- 

 tivated by men with no capital and little education; but by the means 



