THE MIBPUKKHA'S AGRICULTURAL STATION, 



1906-07. 



Established 1904 ; Elevation approximately 50 feet above 

 sea level; Soil light coloured clay ; North Latitude 25 32'"; 

 East Longitude 69 2" ; Average rainfall & 67" ; Tempera- 

 ture maximum 116 in May, minimum 42 in February. 



Area 52 acres. 



Superintendent Mr. S. B. Mahli, M.R.A.C. 



2. This Station was started in October 1904 and has con- 

 sequently now been in operation for nearly 3 years. The results 

 for the year under report have not been very satisfactory chiefly 

 owing to the causes mentioned in the report for this Station for 

 the year 1905-06. 



3. The land is typical of much of the perennially irrigated 

 country in Sind, where the land, naturally a high class alluvium 

 soil, contains alkali patches which are said to be increasing under 

 irrigation. The same phenomenon is widely prevalent in the 

 United States of America. Irrigation sets up capillary action 

 with the highly salt impregnated subsoil layers, with the result 

 that the alkali is transferred to the surface layer. 



4. The Station is laid off in 1 acre plots for each of which a 

 separate cultivation sheet is kept. The plots, however, are useless 

 for the purposes of comparative tests, as most of them contain 

 Kalar or alkali patches on which no germination can take place. 

 It will probably be advisable in the future to group the plots into 

 larger areas. 



For these reasons also, manurial experiments especially those 

 with artificial fertilisers are at present of little value for comparison. 



