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most constructive piece of work to be done. The con- 

 tract was signed for three years. It was recognized by 

 both the Maharajah and the Mission that as a temporary 

 war measure, such divided time was justified but as a 

 permanency it would not be wise. The work to be done 

 in the state called for a full time officer. In the three 

 years I did my best to establish a department and get 

 together a properly qualified staff, working smoothly. 

 This was about all one could do with the interruptions 

 and disappointments caused by the war, that prevented 

 us getting out American helpers and American agri- 

 cultural machinery. When I came home on furlough, 

 August, 1919, one of my colleagues took over the 

 job of officiating Director and another was put in charge 

 of the second experimental and demonstration farm at 

 the southern capital of the state. 



The scheme finally approved by His Highness, called 

 for, first, the building of a research laboratory ; the lay- 

 ing out of an experimental and demonstration plot of 

 about one hundred acres at the capital city. The equip- 

 ing of the laboratory was done by one of my colleagues. 

 Second, the building and equipping of an agricultural 

 machinery show-room, work-shop, and experimental lab- 

 oratory for farm machinery and thirdly, the establish- 

 ment of demonstration villages over the state. The 

 state is divided into eleven districts or counties each 

 one having a county headquarters where the government 

 offices, courts, police and treasuries are located. It 

 was the Maharajah's idea that, at, or near, every county 

 heaquarters a bankrupt village should be taken over by 

 the Agricultural Department and transformed into a 

 model demonstration village. Each village was to be in 

 charge of an Indian who had had special training in 



