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ttiuttcum and some other crops are 7 able to utilise their 280 / or; 320 

 fold amount of moisture from the nocturnal dew, while 

 of rice are benefited by an accumulation of Water at their 

 continuously for about 70 days. Still the value of this theoretical 

 determination as to the maximum irrigation requirements should 

 not be lost sight of by officers entrusted with the management of 

 canal irrigation. Even in a bad year, if the rice crop can be given 

 two or three irrigations, i.e. if 200,000 gallons of water can be 

 made available per acre during an emergency, even this crop can 

 be saved. 



APPENDIX B. 



The following addition may be made to para 749 1$. 



It should be also noted, that the root development : q 

 plant goes on far more freely when the : ^plants^ane^kef, _ 

 height of 2 to 3 feet only, by occasional nipping of terminal leaf buds. 



APPENDIX C. ,;, 



The following addition may be made to para 783 (p. 485) : . 



This ball of earth is then secured by an envelope of coir, or a 

 piece of sacking, and the whole tied up with - L a piece of,, sJ.ring V[> Fish 

 manure (i.e. rotten fish mixed up with' earth) is largely used in 

 place of a ball of clay. Jadoo fibre may be^-also advantageously 

 used along with clay or fish manure, to encourage fre.gr ^wth of 

 roots. The roots will be found protruding from the ball of earth 

 and its enveloping materials, and then the new plant ma# be re^rded 

 as being ready for severing and for planting out in 'the, field. Small 

 fruit trees must be protected by gabions, and watering must be resorted 

 to if the rainy season does not persist, In the Darjiling hills and in 



