17 



25. Jnte* Jute was sown on a small plot of 11 gunfchas. 

 Half was sown with drill and half was broacl-casted. It was sown 

 in black soil, As the seed was received very late, it was not sown 

 before the 3rd of July. This plot was adjoining to the main 

 irrigation distributary and hence received seepage water. The 

 plants were 4 feet high when they were cut. The cost of extrac- 

 tion of the fibre is small compared to San. 



The statement below gives the outturn. 



Xtime of crop. 



Jtiio 



Result?* per acre. 



Outturn of 

 fibre. 



Lbs. 



72 



Value of 

 outturn. 



Rs. a. 



9 



Mollison imported two varieties of 

 and these have been grown at this 



26. Sugarcane Mr. 

 sugarcane from Mauritius, 



Station ever since. The red variety yielded, in 1904, 55^ tons 

 of stripped canes which is over 10 tons higher than Pundia, and 

 although the Gul obtained was less than that from the Pundia, it 

 seemed desirable to try this variety on a larger area. Accordingly 

 one acre was put down to this crop dressed with fish manure, 

 (jurat ashes and safflower cake. 



The following statement gives the results; these cannot 

 apparently be compared with any of the Pundia plots : 



Results per acre. 



IX Comparative variety tests. 



27, Bdjri. Two varieties of Bajri (Nadiad and Bhavnagar) 

 aro found in Gujarat which yield larger outturn of superior 

 character to the ordinary country Bajri. if these are grown on 

 lands full of plant food from sugarcane cultivation and watered a 

 little they will yield a paying crop. 



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