19171 FIELD CROPS. 825 



Variety tests with jute, peanuts, and peas are briefly reported. 



[Report of field crops work at the Dumraon Agricultural Station, 19 IS- 

 IS], G. Sherkabd {Rpt. Dept. Agr. Bihar and Orissa, 1915-16, pp. 52, 53). — 

 A continuation of fertilizer and variety tests witii rice as previously noted 

 (E. S. II., 35, p. 32) is reported. An application of about 2 tons of manure per 

 acre was followed by a net return of $15.34 as compared witli $12.45 from an 

 application of about 4 tons. 



[Report of work with field crops at the Oral Experiment Station], B. C. 

 Burt {Rpt. Agr. Sta. Oral, Julaun [India], 1916, pp. ^-ifi).— Variety tests are 

 reported with wheat, gram, millet, cotton, and pigeon peas. The Soharia 

 variety of wheat is recommended for unirrigated regions, while Pusa 4 is 

 recommended for all Irrigated soils. 



An average of 55.5 lbs. of wheat and 18.5 lbs. of gram per 0.1-acre plat was 

 secured from a mixed seeding. Wheat in rotation after gram, however, yielded 

 107 lbs. per 0.1-acre plat, and gram after wheat 9G lbs. 



An application of potassium nitrate eciuivalent to 25 lbs. of nitrogen per 

 acre was followed by an increased wheat yield of only 10 lbs. of grain per 

 acre, and a decrease of 350 lbs. of straw, as compared with the untreated 

 check. The gram crop following gave an increased yield of 115 lbs. per acre 

 on the fertilized plat. 



[Report of work with field crops at the Partabgarh Agricultural Station], 

 L. C. Sharma (Rpt. Partabgarh Agr. Bta. United Prov. Agra and Oudh, 1916, 

 pp. 3-19). — Varietal, cultural, and fertilizer tests with rice, and varietal and 

 cultural tests with sugar cane, peanuts, wheat, barley, gram, peas, and pota- 

 toes are noted. 



An increased wheat yield of G33 lbs. of grain and 927 lbs. of straw per acre 

 was obtained fi-ora plats cultivated in the ordinary way with three irrigations, as 

 compared with the yields from hot-weather cultivation. 



[Report of field crops work at the Ranchee Experiment Farm, 1915-16], 

 A. C. DoBBS {Rpt. Dept. Agr. Bihar and Orissa, 1915-16 pp. 68-13). — This is 

 the first annual report of experimental work at the Ranchee station and briefly 

 outlines the projects being studied. Extensive fertilizer experiments with 

 peanuts are in progress. The highest yield for the past year, 3,680 lbs. per 

 acre, was obtained from an application of 160 lbs. of gypsum. 



[Report of field crops work at Sabour Farm and Agricultural College, 

 1915-16], S. N. SiL {Rpt. Dept. Agr. Bihar and Orissa, 1915-16, pp. 18-25, 

 S//-57).— This reports the continuation of experiments previously noted (E. S. 

 R., 35, p. 31). 



Cultivation of the fallow during hot weather and the application of ap- 

 proximately four tons of manure per acre showed increased yields of grain 

 over all other treatments. 



Experiments with rice gave practically the same results as those of the 

 previous year, with the following exceptions : The vitality of the seedlings 

 appeared to be unaffected by thick planting in the seed bed ; the wet seed-bed 

 seedlings were inferior, due to the water-logged condition of the plats; on the 

 manured plat the total yield was relatively small, due to lodging; and the 

 difference between the " single " and " bunch " transplanting of seedlings in 

 spacings 6 in. apart was very slight. Early transplanting (July 10) gave the 

 best results. The green manuring of paddy lands has given good returns, 

 which have been augmented by applications of lime and bone meal. Trans- 

 planting rice gave much higher yields of both grain and straw than sowing 

 broadcast or dibbling. 



