Report on the Working of the Department of Agriculture in the Central Provinces & Berar for the year ending on the 31st March 1939

GOVERNMENT OF THE CENTRAL PROVINCES AND BERAR REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN THE CENTRAL PROVINCES & BERAR FOR THE YEAR ENDING THE 31ST MARCH 1939 NAGPUR GOVERNMENT PRINTING C. P. & BERAR 1940 [Price—Re.1-8-0.]GOVERNMENT OF THE CENTRAL PROVINCES AND BERAR REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGIVULTURE IN THE CENTRAL PROVINCES & BERAR FOR THE YEAR ENDING THE 31ST [...] Agents for the Sale of Publications Issued by the Government of the Central Provinces and Berar [Nom.—Appointments of all official Agents in the United Kingdom and on the Continent of the Sale of Government Publications have been terminated with effect from the 1st April 1925. [...] SIR I have the honour to submit herewith the report on the working of the Department of Agriculture Central Provinces and Berar for the year ending the 31st March 1939. [...] Periodical determinations of the natural moisture content in wheat stocked according to the different methods of storage prevalent in the province showed that it varies between 5 and 13.5 per cent depending upon the method of storage type of wheat the time of the year and the weather conditions at the time of sampling. [...] Considerable inroads were made on the time of the Agricultural Chemist in supervising the construction of a new gas plant and of apparatus installed for determining the moisture content of cotton samples.11 In common with other sections responsible for practical instruction in the College of Agriculture increasing demands continue to be made on the staff on account of the larger number of student