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gularity of clockwork, probably no motive power could 

 compare with that of wind. 



At present a gigantic wind-power (second only to 

 the equally unutilised sun-ray power) is running to 

 waste, utterly uncared for over the whole empire, and 

 any successful application of this to the purposes of 

 irrigation would inaugurate a new era in the history 

 of Indian Agriculture. 



But it never was intended in this paper to enter into 

 details like these, or to attempt even in the most pre- 

 liminary fashion an exhaustive sketch of the work 

 which lies before a real working Department of Agri- 

 culture in India. On the contrary, although we may 

 even now form certain general conceptions of some of 

 the problems awaiting its investigations, it will not 

 be until years after its establishment that the Depart- 

 ment itself will be in a position to set out the majority 

 of these problems with that precision and fulness 

 which is essential to any scientific method of solution. 



After all, despite the attempts that have been made 

 in this paper to give a somewhat more definite, and 

 to the ordinary mind, more satisfactory reply, the best 

 answer to the question — '' For what do we need an 

 Agricultural Department in India?" — must still re- 

 main, — firstly, to ascertain precisely what reforms are 

 essential in our existing agriculture, as practised in 

 various parts of the empire ; secondly, to work out 

 systematically the best methods of carrying through 

 these reforms. 



