11 



Results per acre ; crop Pnndia (ratoon). 



16. Lucerne. To ascertain the quantity of water required 

 for lucerne a field was divided into six plots. They were irrigated 

 as follows : 



Interval of days. 



Plot. 



Quantity of water= 

 inches of rain. 

 1 



2 



3 



2 



3 



of April, but it was attacked 

 It was therefore resown on the 



1 5 



2 5 



3 7 

 4, 7 



5 10 



6 10 

 Lucerne was sown on the 28th 

 by niealy wings (Aleurodidsa). 

 22nd of November. 



As there was only one cutting till the end of March the 

 outturn is not given. 



C. NEW METHODS OF CULTIVATION. 



17. Sugarcane. The methods used in the cultivation of 

 this crop in the Deccan are so Jabourious that they could only be 

 employed in a land where labour is very cheap, and even here it 

 is thought that part of the expensive process of weeding and earth- 

 ing could be done by bullock power. Different widths between 

 the rows are being tried to see which will be the best for bullock 

 cultivation. The usual dressing of farmyard manure and safflower 

 cake has been given. 



The results are tabulated below. 



