EDITORIAL. 627 



The college will be the capstone of the system of agricultural educa- 

 tion in India. It will provide specialized post graduate courses in the 

 hope that the l>e->t of the native students will ultimately be fitted for 

 the higher appointments in the imperial department. It will also 

 provide men with a good agricultural education for employment in the 

 regular government service, and as agents and managers for owners of 

 estates and the like. It is expected that the college will !><■ read} i<> 

 start work aboul the end of L907. 



The farm will provide facilities for field experimentation and for 

 the practical training of students, and it is hoped that it will serve as 

 a model for similar farms under the provincial governments. The 

 cattle farm is intended to furnish good hulls for distribution to the 

 adjoining tracts of Bengal, for the improvement of the indigenous 

 breed of cattle. 



It is also the intention that the expert staff of the Pusa institute 

 shall conduct higher lines of research work applicable t<> all parts of 

 India, and beyond the capacity of the provincial departments. More- 

 over, this stall will render assistance to the provincial experts in their 

 several branches, train young scientists for future employment as pro- 

 vincial experts, and stand at the head of their respective departments 

 in the agricultural college. 



The system of experiment stations and farms in India include-, in 

 addition to the research institute at Pusa. thirty-nine establishments 

 in seven different provinces. These are of different grades, some 

 being general experiment stations, others devoted mainly to a particu- 

 lar line, like cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar, fibers, or tropical fruits, and 

 others to sewage farming, irrigation work, alkali reclamation, cattle 

 breeding, and sericulture. There are eleven of these stations in Bom- 

 bay, seven in Madras, nine in Bengal, five in the United Provinces of 

 Aura and Oudh, two in Punjab, three in the Central Provinces, and 

 two in Assam. 



The institutions for agricultural education include, besides the agri- 

 cultural college at Pusa. a college of agriculture at Saidapet, Madia-. 

 with farm attached, a college of science at Poona, and agricultural 

 schools at Sibpur (Calcutta). Cawnpur, and Nagpur. 



In pursuance of the policy inaugurated by the establishment of the 

 Pusa institute and agricultural college, it is planned to greatly extend 

 the work of the other agricultural colleges and experiment stations, 

 and of the provincial departments of agriculture. To this end an 

 additional grant of about $660,000 has been made, which it is hoped to 

 increase in future years. This grant will almost treble the present 

 expenditure. The plans for development include an experimental 

 farm or station for each important distinct agricultural tract. This 



