A portion of about 20 gunthas of the plantation of this grass 

 has been removed from field No. 10 as this field has been under 

 guinea grass for a long time. 



Field No. 13 was formed into a rice field by putting dykes 

 after removing the guinea grass plantation. Border portions of 

 fields Nos. 4, 6, 9, 16 situated under a shade have been planted 

 with this grass this year. The average per acre 11,062 Ibs. has 

 slightly increased over that of the last year. 



_ XIII. Miscellaneous. 



29. Three rabi pulses Lang, gram and Masur were grown 

 after fodder Jowars as a rotation crop. The pulses were grown 

 solely under irrigation. 



The following statement shows the yield, etc., per acre : 



XIV. Ensilage. 



30. A pit of the dimension of 10' X 10' x 10' was dug in 

 the Ganeshkhind Botanical Gardens for a silo. It was filled with 

 26,821 Ibs. of green grass from the gardens in September last. 

 It was then pressed down with a layer of earth 2 feet thick. 

 The silo was opened in May when there was deficiency of green 

 fodder for the Dairy animals and they ate it readily. The grass 

 was found to be shrunk to 6 feet. The colour of the silage was 

 greenish-brown. From the total quantity of 26,821 Ibs. of grass 

 put 16,876 Ibs. of silage was obtained. The silage has been sent 

 to the Agricultural Chemist, Bombay Presidency, for analysis. 



Poona, i 



September 1907.) 



F. FLETCHER, 



Ag. Professor of Agriculture. 



