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cart may be emptied in a very thin layer in the interval 

 before the loose earth on the sides is spread over it. The 

 deodorising effected is nearly complete. At least 2 or 3 

 months after the spreading ot the sewage, if it is done bet- 

 ween March and June, the land will be found perfectly in- 

 offensive. The addition of a little lime makes the operation 

 still more harmless. Colonel Meagher of the Allahabad 

 Farm has introduced a similar system of sewage farming 

 to what is here described. 



1 66. Of the improved ploughs, the Meston plough may 

 be mentioned as on the whole the raiyat's ideal of an Indian 

 plough. It has been recently invented by the N.-W. P. 

 Agricultural Department who have been experimenting for 

 a number of years on various ploughs imported or construct- 

 ed at the Cawnpore workshop. Its price is only Rs. 4. It 

 is light and very easy to work. It has a mould-board and 

 its depth is easily adjustable. It is useless for heavy soils. 

 The Watt's Plough, also an N.-W. P. Agricultural Depart- 

 ment plough, is stronger and more efficient, but its price is 

 Rs. 7. The Sibpur plough is rather too heavy for ordinary 

 Bengal bullocks, and its price is Rs. 7-8. Both Watt's 

 plough and Sibpur plough can be used for ploughing heavy 

 soils. Jessop and Go's ' Hindustani Plough,' Seeley's ' S. S. 

 plough/ the ' Kaiser Plough' and the ' Baldeo Plough' of 

 the N.-W. P. Agricultural Department, are other improved 

 ploughs that may be mentioned here. The Baldeo plough 

 which has also a mould-board like the other improved ploughs 

 has been actually sold for Rs. 3 each, but it is too light, and 

 inefficient and it is altogether unsuitable for heavy classes 

 of soil. Of the ploughs tried at the Sibpur Farm, the soil 

 of which is very heavy, the Sibpur plough (Fig. 13) has been 

 found the most effective. It does a little over one-third of an 

 acre a day (8 hours) at the first ploughing and a little over 

 J an acre a day at the subsequent ploughings. The bullocks 

 should be at least high class Bengal bullocks. 



