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husbandry, and their effects upon the -crop ; I 

 would instruct him how to obtain suitable manure 

 for his land and his crop, and, to induce confidence 

 in the proposed measures, would stipulate that half 

 the increase over the usual yield should be assigned 

 to me, while I bound myself to compensate him for 

 any loss he may sustain by^ the adoption of the 

 method I recommend. I would have prizes, of 

 sufficient value to attract competitors of all classes, 

 distributed annually, for the largest outturn per 

 acre and for superior descriptions of grain. I 

 would have circulated pamphlets in the verna- 

 culars, stating the principles of modern Agriculture 

 in the most simple and comprehensive language, 

 and adapted generally to the native style of 

 thinking. I would have model-farms where the 

 products of the district could be reared under an 

 improved system, where selection and distribution 

 of seed could be undertaken, and whence we could 

 obtain reliable statistics as to the results of adopting 

 a certain treatment and certain manures. The 

 facts and figures obtained at these model-farms 

 should then be annually printed in English and 

 the different vernaculars, and distributed throughout 

 the land. 



There are some model-farms in this Presidency 



with trained agriculturists and superintendents, 



-but we fail to see the benefits they are effecting. 



Do they show the ryots how to improve their 



