582 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



the other crops supplying the laborers with food. (5) The cheapness of 

 labor. All these combined indicate that the wheat-growing ])ower of 

 India will largely increase. The Government is planning in every Avay 

 to increase the facilities of irrigation, introducing new seed and improved 

 methods of culture, and also urging that freights on wheat by the state 

 and other railways be greatly reduced. 



The drawbacks are : (1) Heavy storms of wind and rain that cause the 

 grain to lodge just before harvest, when it quickly spoils in the hot sun. 

 (2) Heavy hail storms, and in some localities frost. The hail breaks {lie 

 stalk or thrashes out the grain. (3) Eust, flies, and locusts or grass;- 

 hoppers. All these greatly affect the crops at times, but they are acci- 

 dents and expected to occur only occasionally. 



