PREFACE. 



This volume is the first of a short series in which it is proposed to describe the 

 cultivated products of these Provinces, and to furnish in a convenient form all the 

 information on the subject that is likely to be wanted either by the student of Indian 

 agriculture, or by the administrative oflScers of Government. It was originally 

 intended to take its place as Part IV. of a series of works of reference published by 

 this Department, of which the following numbers have already appeared : — 



I. Gums and Resins. 



II. Economic Mineralogy of the Himalayas. 



III. Dyes and Tans. 



V. Vegetables and Emits. 



Of these all but the third were written by Mr. E. T. Atkinson, C.S., who when he left 

 these Provinces, bequeathed to the Department a large collection of notes, which has 

 been used by Mr. Fuller in putting together these Papers. By far the greater part, 

 however, of the present work has been compiled from the reports of Settlement ofl&cers 

 and other Government records, or, as far as it deals with agriculture, practical or 

 scientific, contributed by the author from the experience he has gained in managing 

 the Cawnpore Experimental Farm, and the knowledge acquired in tours over the 

 greater part of the Provinces. 



For the purely botanical notices which form the first paragraph of each paper, the 

 botanical determination of each plant figured, the selection of suitable specimens, and 

 the general supervision of the plates both while they were in the Draughtsman's hands, 

 and while they were passing through the Press, it is indebted to Mr. Duthie, the 

 Superintendent of the Botanical Gardens at Saharanpur. The pictures are by Mr. 

 H. Hormusji, a Parsee artist, who was imported by Mr. Buck in 1878 from the Bom- 

 bay School of Art. The rest is by Mr. Fuller. 



He is believed to be the first who has attempted to give a comprehensive view 

 of the agriculture of these Provinces, and if the extent of area, the differences of custom 

 and natural conditions, and the variety and complexity of the subjects forbid the 

 expectation that the treatment has been quite exhaustive, it is hoped that the omissions 

 are unimportant, and that serious mistakes have been avoided. 



W. C. BENETT. 



