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made with these and Japanese big, also with the newly introduced 

 most promising varieties, Senegal and Mozambique. 



(0) Of the newly introduced varieties, Mozambique and 

 Senegal seem to do best. Each of them is found to bear more 

 than 175 nuts to a single plant, i. e., nearly three times more 

 than any of the old or newly introduced varieties. 



(7) Application of lime seems to do more good in the Athva 

 area than in the Panas area. 



(8) As will be seen :from the statement, the application of 

 lime for checking Tikka disease has not given satisfactory results 

 and a further trial seems necessary. 



16. The following table compares the percentage of oil as- 

 certained by Dr. Leather last year with that ascertained by 

 Mr. Meggitt, Agricultural Chemist, Bombay, this year : 



17. Groundnut under irrigation treated with slaked lime 

 to see if Tikka disease could be cheeked by it and also to see if 

 the disease could be carried by the infected soil gave the following 

 results : 



