¢ Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIV, 
only 8 maunds where three once nNre were given. In any flood irriga- 
: whe nh ae a practical compromise between the needs of bet A ere 
and for water must be coma out. This as tani 
applied. The Quetta results have been shown by experiment to apply to 
the Punjab? and Sind — liven t half the irrigation water now used 
h 
could 3 saved. The economic seniansiice of these results becomes 
apparent when it is sariiberd that the annual revenue derived from 
at Ha works in India is £5,000,000 sterling. 
3. SOL AERATION AND QUALITY. 
well known that hap quality of vegetable products varies with 
ess oa but the factors on which quality a tee are still undeter- 
reed is iaidsniAeals o one of the most important, and no im- 
Bisa in sida can change a poate cotton into a long: 
stapled kind. Var Sisaieditiarie suggest for each bli Ma 
seein its rascal quality, adequate soil sans is necessary. 
xamples may be g 
(1) Bar ay: The best partiniy| hee are hepa te grown on open, 
wellaneuiad soils and never on stiff, heavy cla 
) Tobacco.—All the beaks i in India whites h ave achieved a reputar ee 
tion for the production io aia cco of good quality are those m which 
aeration is above the av 
(3) Cotton.—Mr. Clou atone results on the open late te an 
Chardkhuri indicate that soil aeration is one of the factors ae gee 
quality of the staple of cotton depends. sol 
Experience in India shows that crops will not mature prea ty ' 
of the fin 
but this will not ex plain Mae observed delay in ag ig if 
supplied during the pert’ o f maturation. An interesting fed t re 
search lies ready to hand. _ 
he _ OTHER ASPECTS OF SOIL ee 
ese 
requirements of the a hlngte i sa 
The importance of iotbaecattolt in Indian forestry ® has oll ; 
sre a 
ward, A., and Howard, G. L. C., Bulletin 4, Fruit Bap : 
Staton, Danie, 19 916. 17. ee 
2 Annual Report of the Imperial Economic Arg hag . 385, 
ae Russell, E. J., and Appleyard, A., Jour. of Agr -, VUL, P 
* The distribution of gram in India is correlated with soil 
See Agr. Jour. of I: org ha ge Number, P. 2051017 ays, 
oo Giaases, W. A., and Free, E. E., Journal of Ecology, V> 
orester’, | 
5 Hole, R. S., Ind. For. Mem., I, p. 46, 1911; Indian F 
pp- “a8 and 344; and Indian Forest R. E ecords, V, 4, Parts I, II Tr and 
1914- 
