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Padi. 
The cultivation of padi, the only large agricultural in- 
dustry in which the European takes little or no part, during 
1908 was successful. Good crops, except in a few cases, 
being realised. Experiments in regard to methods of im- 
proving the cultivation on the artificially irrigated area 
were again carried out at Parit Buntar, the District Officer, 
Mr. L. McLean, and Mr. F. G. Finch, Assistant Engineer, 
Public Works Department, being responsible for their con- 
trol and the accuracy of the data recorded, and tlianks are 
due to those gentlemen for the interest they have shown in 
this matter. 
The damage done by rats in many padi-growing dis- 
tricts has been the subject of careful investigation and ex- 
periment by Mr. Gallagher, the Government Mycologist, 
and the methods lie had laid down for the extermination of 
this pest will in the future considerably reduce the annual 
loss it causes. 
The value of the irrigation in increasing the yield con- 
tinues to be very marked, and the damage done by eelworm 
and other insect pests is much less within this area; the 
control of the supply of water enabling the cultivator to pre- 
vent attacks of many of these evils which are encouraged 
by a continuance of dry weather, or by the water standing 
too long on the fields. 
The following table shows, the result of the experi- 
mental plots : 
Padi Experiments, Krian, 1908. 
o 
s 
Variety planted. 
Date of Huai planting 
in field. 
No. of plants per 
“perdu.” 
Distance between 
“perdu.” 
No. of “perdu” per 
acre. 
1 
n 
1 « 
eS 
O 
. s 
° g 
% * 
Date of reaping. 
i * 
; ? tS *eS 
c m II 
as 
® Sc 
I s « <s 
< 88 w> 
Weight of crop per 
acre in lbs. 
No. of grains of seed 
in one gramme. 
A 
Radin •' 
J 
3i 
ft. ins.! 
1 6 19,360 
67,760 
[ 
u 
384 
2,170 , 
! 48 
B 
97 • *• 
! o 
4-3 
3-1 
1 0 i 43,560 152,460 
418 
2,433 
50 
C 
7 7 *** 
a 
O ; 
3i 
9 : 77,440 274,040 
! "5S 
324 
1,680 | 
54 
D 
„ •■*! 
31 
6 174,240 609,840 
pH 
282 
1,589 | 
49 
E 
„ ••• 
3 | 
CO 1 
1 
6-^1148,464 148,464 
5 
340 
1,728 
52 
F 1 
77 * * * 
r-i ! 
2 | 
9 77,440 154,880 
00 
r-H 
416 
2,144 ! 
56 
G ; 
. 
! 
<D 
I 
5 | 
1 2 32,003 
1' ' A ;I T 
160,015 
*4.3 
Zfl 
rH 
480 
2,486 
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