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'is harvested. It would also Rive the cultivator a sufficiently 

 long time for preparing his fields owing to its being cut early. 

 But the Tuver is inferior, being small grained and red in colour and 

 there is no sale for it in the market. It yielded 442 Ibs. per 

 acre. It also took a longer time to ripen than is the case in 

 Khandesh. 



21. Nine varieties of Tal received from Poona were tried 

 on the Station; some were eaten up after germination, while 

 others failed to germinate, and there was no moisture left in the 

 soil for re -so wing. 



An indigenous variety of Tal known as Tali, which is grown 

 generally as a kharif crop on light soils, was tried to see if it would 

 pay and whether the area sown by it could be ploughed after 

 harvest with an English plough as the crop matures in Septem- 

 ber. But the yield was very poor, 53 Ibs. per acre, as the 

 germination was defective owing to excessive moisture. 



22. Saidi beans from seed received last year were also tried 

 again, but as the seed was old they failed to germinate. 



23. Chavli was also tried on the Station in the year under 

 report. The seed was treated before sowing with inoculating 

 material received from America. The germination and growth in 

 the beginning were very good. But just before the flowering period 

 the crop was badly attacked by a stem-borer and never recovered, 

 yielding only 85 Ibs. of grain per acre. 



24. Four varieties of maize received from Poona were 

 tried at the Station. Their growth and yield were not promising. 



25. Eatoon rice received from the Director of Bengal 

 entirely failed to germinate at all. 



26. Four varieties of lucerne seed, viz.- 



Name. Locality. 



(1) Turkestan alfalfa Imported, 



(2) do. do. Montana, 



(3) do. do. Texas, 



(4) do. do. Etah, 



were received, and though sown thrice were every time eaten up by 

 insects when the seeds were germinating or soon after germination. 



27. Two hundred and seventy-nine varieties of Jowar were 

 grown on the "Station for determining their botanical characters. 

 They grew very well. As the work of classifying is now over, 

 only four varieties, viz., Lain, Lalio, Egyptian white and red, have 

 been selected for sowing next season for cross-breeding and all the 

 rest are to be discontinued, 



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