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5. Aligarh. — This sample was grown by the Deputy Director 

 of Agriculture of the United Provinces, Northern Circle, at the 

 recently acquired Experimental Station at Aligarh in the Upper 

 Doab. 



Trial of Muzaffarnagar white at Aligarh, 1908-09. 



Cultural and other details. 



1. Type of soil 



2. Previous crop 



3. Manuring 



4. Preparation of the land for the wheat 



crop. 



5. Date and method of sowing . . 



6. Seed rate 



7. Rainfall, April to October, and during 



the growth period. 



8. Irrigation 



9. Date of harvesting 



10. Growth period 



11. Consistency of sample 



12. Nitrogen content 



13. Weight of 1,000 grains 



14. Order of merit in commercial value 



Light loam — fairly typical wheat land. 



Cotton. 



Poudrette containing oOlbs. nitrogen per 

 acre. 



Ploughed twice with the Watts plough on 

 10-2-08, 11-7-08 and eight times with 

 the country plough on 23-8-08, 7-9-08, 

 11-9-08, 18-9-08, 3-10-08. 4-10-08. 

 3-11-0 and 6-11-08. 



Sown on 8-1 1-09 behind the country plough. 



lOOlbs. per acre. 



34-92" April to October, r48" during the 

 crop. 



Four times— on 8-11-08. 8-12-08. 9-2-09 

 and 9-3-09. 



5-4-09. 



158 days. 



76% soft, 15% intermediate, and 9 ',', harl. 



1-30%. 



42 '54 grammea. 



Fifth* 



