Report on the Working of the Department of Agriculture of the Central Provinces for the Year Ending 31st March 1931

1-8-0.]Report on the working of the Department of Agriculture of the Central Provinces for the year ending 31st March 1931 NAGP UR COVERNMENT PRINTING C. P. 1932Agents for the sale of Publications issued by the Central Provinces Government [Nora.—Appointments of all official Agents in the United Kingdom and on the Continent for the sale of Government Publcations have been terminated with effec [...] The fourth year course was however continued from the midle of October as the class being small it was considered that there was a reasonable chance of bringing it to the required standard and moreover the completion of the work of this class was less dependent upon the season of the year. [...] Some interesting results have been obtained in a study of the root system of the wheats of the province and there was a considerable difference in the depths to which the roots penetrated in the years 1929 and 1930. [...] Rice.—On the major crops of the province which come within the purview of the Second Economic Botanist rice must be considered the most important as covering the largest area and the work on this crop falls under the following heads :- (al The isolation and comparison of varieties. [...] The object of the change in design of the groundnut decorticator is to reduce breaage of the nuts as in some of the types now on the market the breakage is excessive and the decorticated seeds are useless for sowing purposes.