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light soil portion of field No. 6. The crop is an early maturing 

 one, and can be grown successfully as a preparatory for a 

 rabi crop. The many leaves that fall add organic matter to the 

 soil. If sown early in the beginning of June, no irrigation is 

 required. This year the crop was tried as a green manure crop 

 among the different crops tried for that purpose. It comes to 

 maturity very early and can be ploughed up early before the close 

 of the rains so as to get the advantage of the rains for the 

 thorough decay of the crop. 



The following statement gives the dates of sowing and 

 flowering of the several varieties and their yield per acre : 



The increased yield in the case of variety No. 5 is due to 

 portion of the crop bordering upon black soil. The beans ca 

 be used for human consumption. 



23. Buck wheat (Kuttu). This was sown in another light soil 

 portion of the Station in field No. 5. Two varieties of Kuttu seeds 

 were obtained from Kalimpong (Darjeeling). One is called Mitha 

 Paphar and other Titta Paphar. The yield from both the varieties 

 is very low. Starch can be prepared from the seed. The use of 

 the crop is unknown on this side. But at Darjeeling whence the 

 seed was obtained, it is largely used for making bread. 



X. Trial with New Crops. 



24. Jute. An area of 10 gunthas was sown with jute on the 

 2nd of July 1906. On the 3rd day after sowing the seeds germinat- 

 ed. The crop was weeded twice on 20th July and 5th August. 

 The plants were thinned out, and a few were transplanted to fill in 

 the blanks on the 7th of August 1906. The crop was irrigated 

 once in August during long break in the rains. On the 4th 

 of September the crop was cut when in flower. The height 

 of the crop at the time was 4J feet to 5 feet. The green 

 stems were retted in the river for nine days and the fibre 

 extracted. 



