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Stations in the Indus Valley. 



6. Gurdaspur. This centre is situated in the siibniontano 

 tract of the Eastern Punjab, where wheat is largely grown as a 

 dry crop without irrigation. 



7. Lyallpur. This station is typical of the canal irrigated 

 tract known as the Chenab Colony, which produces a large proportion 

 of the wheat exported from Karachi. Overwatering the wheat 

 crop is a common spectacle in the Chenab Colony where the general 

 standard of cultivation is below that practised by the best culti- 

 vators in the Eastern Punjab and in the Upper Doab. 



8. Mirpwkhas. This station is situated in Sind where 

 wheat is largely grown on the moisture left after inundation from 

 the Indus. The wheat production of this area is likely to increase 

 very considerably when it is commanded, by perennial canals. 



Black Soil Stations. 



9. Raipur and Tharsa. These stations are situated in the 

 Eastern portion of the Central Provinces where wheat is grown 

 on the moistiu'c left in the black soils after the monsoon. 



11. Hoshangahad. At this centre, which is situated in the 

 Narbada Valley in the west of the Central Provinces, the black 

 soils of Central India are seen to perfection. Wheat is perhaps the 

 most important crop in this tract and irrigation is exceptional. 



12. Orai. The agricultural conditions of this Bundelkhand 

 station resemble those of the Central Provinces mentioned above. 

 The soil is, however, not true black cotton soil and the wheat crop 

 round Orai is watered to some extent by canals. 



South Bihar Stations. 



13. Dumraon. This station is situated in South Bihar to the 

 south of the Ganges and outside the Gangetic alluvimn. The soil 

 is sandy and possesses httle moisture-retaining capacity. In 

 consequence, even with irrigation, the yields of grain and straw 

 are small. 



