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New Implements. 



10. Watt's chain plough works well in the moist alluvial 

 soils. It is like a Swedish plough with one handle. 



Other implements, such as Turn- wrest plough and the Nile 

 plough, continue to give satisfaction. 



Experiments made off the Station. 



41. To make popular special fertilizers sodium nitrate was 

 distributed to cultivators for trial on tobacco. The fields were 

 manured and irrigated as usual. 



Sodium nitrate was applied at the rate of 120 Ibs. per acre to 

 half the plot in addition to the farmyard manure. The cost of 

 sodium nitrate is Rs. 12 per acre. 



The results are as under : 





In the first two fields the sodium nitrate has produced a better 

 outturn. 



Engine and Pump. 



42. The oil engine and pump installed for irrigation purposes 

 on this farm are working well. The details were reported in 

 the last report. 



Ensilage. 



43. This season the silo was filled with green grass. In 

 September 65,000 Ibs. green grass was put in the silo within four 

 days. The contents were covered with a layer of earth 1*' deep on 

 the top. The silo was opened on the 14th April. The grass on the 

 sides of the wall of the silo was rotten to the extent of 6" all round. 



