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must be remarked that assuming no effect on the crop, there 

 is still a saving of half the labour, The improved plough is 

 drawn perfectly well even by a small pair of bullocks, and the 

 number of ploughings necessary is reduced to half." 



190. With regard to the relative merits of the country- 

 plough and the Sibpur plough, the following remarks of 

 Mr. B. C. Basu regarding experiments conducted at the 

 Dumraon Farm deserve attention : 



''To compare the soil-inverting with the country-plough, 

 two plots, each 800 sqr. yds (a little over 5 local cottahs), 

 were ploughed up and both cropped with wheat, and treated 

 exactly alike in all other respects. The cost of cultivation 

 was the same in both plots. The increase in outturn 

 obtained by means of the inverting plough over the outturn 

 obtained with the country-plough is shown below : 



"The effecl: of soil inversion was equally conspicuous on 

 paddy. The trial with this crop was carried out exactly in 



