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(1) that when the bullocks go a little further than the stopping 

 point, the whole adjustment of the frame with the lower pulley 

 is upset ; (2) that the price of this kos ' is Es. 15, i.e., the 

 same as of tlie leather one. Unless it shows more durability 

 than the leather c kos' it is not profitable. 



Manurial Experiments made off the Station on 

 cultivators' fields. 



37. Experiments on the effect of nitrate of soda, crude 

 nitre and ammonium sulphate on rice were performed on culti- 

 vators' fields in the villages of At and Arnalsad, taluka Jalalpor, 

 and on rice in the village of Shiker, tdluka Bardoli. 



The results of rice experiments are tabulated below : 



The owner of the field at Shiker was much impressed on 

 seeing the results of the manure, especially as the manured 

 fields were in much poorer condition than the no-nianure plot. 

 He has asked for either a repetition of the experiment or a supply 

 of manure for which he is prepared to pay. The extra yield from 



