INTRODUCTION. 



This little work is neither the first nor the last word on 

 Agriculture or Fodder : it is by no means entirely original, 

 but it is a small summary of information collected from 

 notes, various works, and pamphlets on the subject, and the 

 practical experience and observation of the writer extending 

 over many years on the plains of India. It is intended to 

 assist beginners and students by providing a few facts, 

 scientific and practical, as a basts for further research ; 

 but it is principally by constant observation, intelligent 

 enquiry, and practical experience that knowledge will be 

 gained : and it is to these that the student must turn for 

 details which will not be found herein, for several reasons, 

 one being that detail will rarely be found to work out the 

 same in any two places, at any rate if any distance apart : 

 another is that it does not seem wise to tempt the novice to 

 learn by heart after the manner of the parrot, rather than by 

 practice, observation, and enquiry from his local superiors, 

 cultivators, etc. 



Should this small work find a reasonable appreciation, 

 I shall, timQ and opportunity permitting, endeavour to write 

 a more elaborate work on this subject going more fully into 

 statistics and details, examples, etc., with the possible colla- 

 boration of other scientific and practical agriculturists. 



The Farm, a 



■Shahjehanpur, U. p. \ HARRY T. GILLING. 



May ist, 1914. ) 



