40 THE GOSPEL AND THE PLOW 



India has two hundred and sixty million head of 

 homed cattle and water buffaloes. 



India is rich in fruits which include, on the plains, 

 the mango, the banana, the papita, the custard apple, 

 the bear jack fruit, the orange and citrous fruits, in 

 the mountains grow apples, pears, cherries, peaches, 

 plums, apricots and strawberries. Many of these were 

 introduced by Dr. Carleton of the American Presbyte- 

 rian Mission. 



The largest silk mill in the world is in Kashmir. 



India is rich in spices and condiments of all kinds. 



India mined over twenty-one million tons of coal dur- 

 ing the last year that jfigures were published. Oil has 

 just been found in India proper. 



This list is not exhaustive. It shows the large aggre- 

 gate production in India of the world's staple crops and 

 their wide variety. On the investigation of details it is 

 found that India in general uses to-day the same tools 

 and implements that she used in the time of Moses, that 

 the yields of these crops per acre of land, or per man 

 engaged on the land raising the crop, are the lowest for 

 any civilized country on earth, this in spite of the fact 

 that India's soil is naturally fertile, and the growing 

 season so long. 



The British Government started an Agricultural De- 

 partment nearly thirty years ago. The staff of scien- 

 tists has been somewhat small but the results amazing. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Howard, Imperial Economic Botanists, 

 bred "The Pusa Series" of wheat which was sown on 

 over half a million acres last year. It is only ten years 

 since this breed of wheat was in the experimental plot 

 stage. The net increase due to this good seed is at least 

 five dollars per acre per year better than the local varie- 



