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satisfactory that a steady increase in the use of agricultural 
gypsum is expected.” 
In view of the enormous quantities of this useful plant food 
in Kashmir, it seems reasonable to advocate its use or at least 
trial on an extensive scale in local agriculture. 
Section of Agriculture. 
President:—Rao Santp M. R. RamMaswami Sivan, B.A., 
Dir. AGRI. 
Presidential Address. 
Score OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH. 
I take it that every one of you is as much disappointed 
as myself, that Rai Bahadur Ganga Ram, the President-elect 
of the Agricultural Section, has not been able to come here 
to-day. Looking over the list of gentlemen who presided at 
this section in previous years, [ find that they were heads of 
Agricultural Departments in India. Rai Bahadur Ganga Ram, 
owever, is a retired Government official and a clever Engineer 
by profession. After his retirement, he obtained large areas 
of land from Government, which he cultivated by compara- 
tively more improved methods, and he utilised his knowledge 
of Engineering to agricultural purposes, by promoting lift irri- 
gation by steam and electric power. In fine, for nearly 20 
years after his retirement, he has been a successful Agricultural 
Engineer and a business farmer. He is known to be a public 
ing. That accounts for my inability to de iver an address 
worthy of the Presidential chair, for instance, a review of : the 
progress of Agricultural Education” or “ progress of Agricul- 
of leisure and necessary books of reference, I could probably 
have prepared one. Under the circumstances, I crave your 
