628 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



1905-6, F. Smith (Ann. Rpt. Biirdiran Ea-pt. Sta. [hidia]. l<)li.-,-i;, pp. .i!) + 

 XV}. — A brief description of the station and its work for the year is given. 



The results with rice indicate that the use of cow manure and nitrate <jf soda, 

 as well as green manuring with jute and dhaincha, is profitable. Transplanting 

 seedlings to about 12 in. apart proved most satisfactory. The varieties of rice 

 considered the best were Badshahbhog and Dadkhani from Bengal and Kamod 

 from Bombay. Varieties of jute giving the best results are enumerated. 

 Thinning out plants to 4 in. apart and sowing the third week of April in the 

 Burdwan district is reconmiended. The use of cow manure consideral)Iy in- 

 creased the yield of fiber. 



Annual report of the Cuttack Agricultural Experiment Station for the 

 year 1905-6, F. S.Mrrii {Ann. Rpt. ('utta<-k H.rpt. i^f<t. [India]. l!}0.')-6. pp. 

 12). — A brief description of the station is given and the results of experimental 

 work for the season are reported. 



Of the different varieties of aman paddy tested Benaphuli ranked first in pro- 

 ductiveness, with a yield of 2,000 lbs. of grain and 3,700 lbs. of straw per acre. 

 Transplanting one seedling per hole proved most successful. The use of GO lbs. 

 of seed sown broadcast gave as good returns as the use of 50, 70, or 80 lbs. 

 Irrigation gave a favorable increase in .vield, and transplanting proved better 

 than broadcasting. Only two varieties of aus paddy were compared, and of 

 these the variety obtained from the Central Provinces was the moi'e produc- 

 tive. A yield of 1,(!00 lbs. of peanuts per acre is repoi'ted and notes are given 

 on the conservation of manure and the distribution of seeds. 



Annual report of the Duniraon Agricultural Experiment Station for the 

 year 1905-6, F. Smith {slnn. Rpt. Dumraon Expt. Sta. [India], 1905-6, pp. 16, 

 fig. 1). — Brief notes on the station are given and the results of experiments on 

 sugar cane, paddy, wheat, mustard, and rape are reported. 



In fertilizer experiments with sugar cane the use of cow manure and castor 

 cake gave the best yields. Of the varieties tried Khari sugar cane i)roved 

 hardiest. Of the three systems of sugar cane culture, the local, the Bihar 

 Planters' system, and the Poona system, the last mentioned gave the best re- 

 sults. This system consists in laying out the land into beds 10 ft. square, each 

 bed being divided into four trenches and ridges. A water channel for irriga- 

 ting purposes extends around the bed and connects with each trench. 



In fertilizer experiments with aman paddy the best yields were secured from 

 the use of 2,5(i0 lbs. of cow manure per acre. The I'esults from fertilizer ex- 

 periments with wheat show that the use of poudrette produced the highest 

 yield of grain, hut that the increase in yield was insufficient to pay for the 

 fertilizer. Lying fallow in the bhadoi season gave the best economical returns. 

 The red deshi variety of wheat proved to be the best general-purpose sort. 

 Indian mustard of Raipur and of Jabbalpur are two varieties recommended 

 for general jylanting. 



The state farms, A. Despeisses {Jour. Dept. Agr. West. Aiist.. I't (1906), 

 No. 5, pp. 333~3Jf2. pi. 1). — Brief reports are given (m the work at the three 

 state farms at Chapman, Xarrogin, and Hamel. At Chapman, in a variety test 

 of wheat, Toby Luck ranked first, with a yield of 22 bu. per acre. This variety 

 produced strong strjiw and plump grain. Brief notes are given on the different 

 field crops grown at these stations. 



Experimental stations [Report on field crops |, E. Clifton {New Zeal. 

 Dcpt. Ai/r. Anil. I'pt.. I 'i {lUiiH). pi). ISd-.i'i',. pis. .>,i). — Brief reitorts are given 

 on work conducted at the Waereng.-i, Unakur.i. Bickcrstatfe. Selwyn, Mofuihi, 

 Weraroa, and Momoiiaki stations. 



Kx])eriments in to] (-dressing grass land at Waerenga showed that a single 

 application of 10 cwt. per acre i)roduced the heaviest crop of grass, with the 



