824 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. [Vol. 37 



Experiments are reported with gram {Cicer arietinum) sown broadcast in 

 the standing rice sind left to grow through the cold weather after the rice Is 

 removed. 



Rate-of -seeding tests with rice indicated that seedings of 410 lbs. per acre 

 of seed bed gave considerably higher yields than seedings of 615 lbs. Trans- 

 planting 8 seedlings per hole showed higher yields than 1, 2, or 4 seedlings 

 per hole. 



Variety and cultural tests with sugar cane are briefly noted. The yield of 

 cane cultivated by the local method as compared with trenching was consid- 

 erably higher for the former. 



[Beport of work with field crops at the Benares Agricultural Station], 

 L. C. Sharma (Rpt. Benares Agr. Sta., United Provs. Agra and Oudh, 1916, pp. 

 S-lIf). — Reports are given on variety tests with sugar cane, corn, cotton, wheat, 

 rice, barley, and gram, together with tests of sunn hemp and millet and a 

 study of the effect of hot-weather cultivation on wheat yields. 



The sugar-cane experiments included a comparison of thick and thin varieties, 

 rate-of-.seeding tests, fertilizer tests, and irrigation tests. Saretha, the highest 

 yielding thin variety, gave 6,888 lbs. of gur (crude sugar) per acre, while 

 Red Mauritius, the highest yielding thick cane, gave 8,448 lbs. per acre. The 

 most satisfactory seeding rate was 20,000 cuttings per acre, with a yield of 

 52,808 lbs. of cane. Of various irrigations the highest yield of cane. 63,296 

 lbs. per acre, followed eight irrigations. The highest percentage of gur in the 

 juice in the fertilizer tests was 19.1, obtained on the plat receiving 480 lbs. of 

 ammonium sulphate per acre, while the highest yield of cane was obtained from 

 the use of 180 lbs. of ammonium sulphate and 350 lbs. of acid phosphate, but this 

 gave only 17.3 per cent of gur. 



Irrigation experiments with wheat resulted in a yield of 2,044 lbs. of grain 

 and 3,608 lbs. of straw per acre from three irrigations, as compared with 1,120 

 lbs. of grain and 1,640 lbs. of straw from one irrigation. Considerable gain 

 \^as also realized from flushing the field before seeding. Hot-weather cultiva- 

 tion to preserve soil moisture was found to give increaseil yields of wheat over 

 the ordinary methods, both with and without .«rupplementarj' irrigations. 



[Beport of field crops work at the Cuttack Agricultural Station, 1915-16], 

 D. R. Sethi (Kpt. Dept. Agr. Bihar and Orissa, 1915-16, pp. 56-6S). — Manurial 

 and variety tests with rice and cultural and seed selection tests are briefly 

 reported as heretofore (E. S. R., 35, p. 31). 



The results of fertilizer tests Indicated that green manuring is the cheapest 

 and most efficient system of fertilization, but owing to the fact that all the 

 rice of this section is broadcasted the introduction of green manures is diflicult. 

 About 10 lbs. of daincha (Sabania aciileata) were planted with the rice and 

 the daincha plants plowed under through the unique system of " iieuslian " 

 prevalent in this region. By this system the broadoasterl fields are plowed 

 and cro.ss-plowed during .Tuly to thin the crop and as a means of cultivation. 

 This plowing is immediately followed by a wecling which serves to cover up 

 the uprooted daincha plants. The results of the first year of this experiment 

 showed an increased yield of 146 lbs. of grain and 386 lbs. of straw per acre 

 over the untreated field. 



The transplanting of 2 or 3 seedlings 9 or 10 in. apart gave higher yields than 

 the common practice of transplanting 10 or 12 .seedlings 5 or 6 in. apart. 



A comparison of transplanting rice with broadcasting showed an increased 

 yield of 243 lbs. of grain and 420 lbs. of straw per acre for the former method. 

 Cultivation of the paddy fields during the hot weather (April) showed an 

 increased yield of 246 lbs. of grain and 109 lbs. of straw over monsoon (June) 

 ndtivation. 



