100 THE GOSPEL AND THE PLOW 



line of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway passes 

 through this state. In addition there are two hundred 

 and seventy-five miles of two-foot-gauge feeder rail- 

 way which has brought prosperity to districts formerly 

 inaccessible. About six hundred miles of the Grand 

 Trunk road from Bombay to Delhi is within this state 

 and is kept in first class condition by the state govern- 

 ment. This stretch is one of the finest roads I have 

 ever motored over. In addition there are several hun- 

 dred miles of excellent macadam feeder roads and His 

 Highness' program calls for much more. There is 

 nothing like a good road to bring prosperity to a back- 

 ward territory. When the Maharajah's program is com- 

 pleted his state will be well protected and accessible. 

 With the splendid irrigation and transportation facili- 

 ties, the next step naturally was the improvement of 

 agriculture. The Maharajah gave me his ideas and laid 

 down an outline of his plans. I was to fill in all details, 

 make a budget and check up and see that the scheme 

 was workable. 



When the scheme was on paper and had been approved 

 by the Maharajah he asked me who was going to carry 

 it out. I told him that I considered the possibilities so 

 great that I thought he ought to go to the British gov- 

 ernment and get the very best agriculturist they had in 

 their service. There were seven hundred and fifty 

 thousand acres of land in his state which would have 

 been worth in the corn belt of America one hundred and 

 fifty to three hundred dollars per acre but not yielding 

 to him five cents per acre land revenue. It was worth 

 a good man to bring this under cultivation and populate 

 it with prosperous farmers. His Highness pointed out 

 that owing to the war, nearly every British officer that 



