-THE MA'NJRI AGRICULTURAL STATION, 

 1906-07. 



Established 1894 ; North Latitude 18 32' ; East Longi- 

 tude 74 2'; Elevation 1,850 feet above sea level; Soil 

 medium black and light murum ; Average rainfall 16 inches ; 

 Temperature maximum 109 in May, minimum 45 in January. 



Area 62J acres. 



Superintendent Mr. Hari Krishna Dandekar. 



Note. The temperature details are for Poona 8 miles off. The rainfall average is for 3 years only for which 

 data available. 



I. History and Aim of the Station. 



2. This Station owes its beginning to the difficulties that were 

 experienced in carrying out the sugarcane experiments at Poona. 

 Up to 1894 sugarcane experiments were carried at Poona. When 

 it became necessary for sanitary reasons to discontinue these 

 experiments there, a tract of 9 acres was leased at M&rjri 8 miles 

 from Poona on the Poona-Sholdpur road, in the heart of the sugar- 

 cane growing tract, watered by the Mutha Right Bank Canal. 

 In 1895, 13 acres were purchased including the 9 acres already 

 leased. In 1902, 31 adjoining acres were purchased. In 1905, 

 an additional area of 17 acres was purchased. 



3. This Station has from the very beginning had for its main 

 line of work experiments connected with the cultivation of sugar- 

 cane ; and the best methods of utilizing when under irrigation the 



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