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DuIng hits hili vleit tR hI tr c 11 ot itt UH In Iii IiiI 0 I a il k I I II tile the I lii r I I Ift I 1 Iho I ho ties hid i d i arh of this II un I r 1 I helleved lid such hit I uld bo InrI In y 1 Ii Thc Th t II Ir I 4 l ll hy l Ih ut our nl lk L ll Ij 1 I liI J I lie he gito 1 a ilona dOlln I I 1 I I 4 t unit ot o t to nn nfl agricultural Fri Fe ni 1 ill II I i i r i I hisil h r In BonI These cJ i were acre for h hI R a eulI council or suite j 1 C q I I l ion Lord Ird IrdI 1 I il I I of o horil I uron l j I II I i IL e i I j nth oilier r hun lIIn Ot of II that r I j I or Of the experts were 1 I I I II late 1111 t 1 I I iI i auth III Rn nn jI lr I t 11 I i Ii l 1 et till Th unit ruml given tj I l t I I f t hy Mr hUM hue raided to until I I i I i J hii I we now q i f l I I In up the institution f iIi i r I Them I on an seed ell III It II I 7 l t If J I i t PO II with It II a I ii Ii tl t I i III 1 8 fum thorn nm r I U i 7 V j laboratories or kin kinds nd in III r t them ninny mallY 11 I II or of I 4 11 t JM 1 t unit bat t its hOiSts Wo Ve it a th there r rY Y 1 I 1 I lt I 1 c fI veterinary MI The I Ith ha haI I M Ir J II r Ih the native almost II u th thi h ii the 1111 lines or of ll I I to our needs It I II Is tj J priMe 1 1 I 1 Jt I i rt itt 11 the Ihl 11 or of euh institutions In this r I f 1 ot r Il Itis I J I i I I ot of the r I l p i i 4 IV I I college r I I r 1 MI TS I ll I I schools lire are I 11 In I I lug discoveries r j Ir I r it TIko Tako the thu indigo crOll v ir r iIi In wits lufft itile le ie 1111 I i I IL Or f lie th a I II I or I ii I it r ity lit list It I ii CC i j It I t IlL huh M r tutu h hi Ito I i 1 scud 01 1 inure I 1 It Willi its the IhO 01 out outi k i ir lr the WI we rf t I hut t b bY n fleW w ot t we ss e eft ft I II hi so IJ that w we 1 II u ul l compete lIf with tI I our ur plotter ate ruin nilI monc I R tnt 1 ni iia iii In III I ii iU ur r colony days o OU tic to III glowing It gi 1 tug the tit lit plant plan I and Ii tid mum nb I U fat tut in dye ilyn hut but mi foun that hut I other uther crops crol i ld bitter and th Indian pr What In Is th tie extent of at the thu farina 1 I asked like The II fallen off orf within wll the Iho Ih lam Iut 10 JO years WB We e hail mm upton thin than till a million tiers acre under lU 10 30 I N ago MIO 1111 1 10 years thaI hint rt nut ut Lot i miles ThoMi mod hi hie he induced until the theare thy tire lire now nos no not tint inure than IhAn the ix x tint tent of oC a It HUH KO Many thin of r ou nut ems ar now the Ih II visas M and wo we 1 have hao perhaps farms farm t te 10 extant of If 2 Oooo MCI iscie M III In aln 11 I I N Am Art you gun anything as II to you cot ion wn I Va y We N ore life investigating the III NOl cro Mild and our mills 11 and In connection with It II iVi V rata raise ral you yon know a short hort staple Ila lo rot cotton ton tor and nd oui our tann r hiatt It II more In the th hi long Ion run iVa W Vo ar It trying t to In improve e staple by II ht 1 i t l end and nd by It c crass nOli l It IH Is ull to tu the II funnel rR to 10 HUI uh 1 they tIle flU aio aI r ad to take tuk UI up anything that thaI will uy lilly Th TIli lotion ton l tip 01 Is I of tiC our big mOney mone crops craft rain rI planters curt can alwaYs Kot got i ir B a Braet r rady ady sale fur It II anti thc y raise It tc to In supply the Ih money ne net needs of itt the tito Jut Just as a your yur people rals tal wheat PM n though other things thing t pony may 1111 better At tt 1 p we ts 1 have h v something like 20 0 Iff to 03 si i IUar UK re miles mil under cotton The Tho de tie demand d mand for lur the Ih product Increases toni and w we C Chave have a IlIr export of ot our raw mao motor mater tat 1111 to tn Japan ind ml Much o ot r that sent nl away to 10 our Or el shortest rH They Th limo are Iy ly for mixing with tt wool and for foi that reason lIlIOn thoy Iho linIng bring better bitter prices thon thin n littOn cotton nf ot a R superior quality nur Industry re a ft 1 grea Rr great Impetus at RI the tho time nf or the tho Ih Civil WH war warIn In America merl H Your cotton was ons n then i shut shu hul nut nul of the market utah and the th prices prieN won PilI Iok bk hIgh This turned the to 10 Indias possibilities experiment farms farm wen teri for improving the Ih crop Tho Thu man lOon put hut In charge o It r them came eatna from 1 tint an us i irule II a arote rut rule they Ih worn were little letter hotter tItan When the tho war w was s over you Noil Oll again monopolized poll 1111 the market Ih these farms were vern taken Illk n over o r hy by h the Iho o and male made experiment sin HIV tiona Koine iome of f them ore are In existence today INDIA iDL TUB U H Will you over oNer compete largely with UM us us as 8 to cotton Wo iVo 0 lire are always competing hut but I I whether h thor we hull over bo hl ablo tn to seriously affect your our cotton In tn the thu markets Wo iVo 0 profit when whon you ion Oll have hae i a short hort crop and mI l we te 0 come conto text next to 10 you OU among the tho great cotton ollun it f the 1110 world Our ionic r IH Is limited and we se di do not 1101 grow HM as much per iter acre as 1111 you ou do Iii A fairly airly yield hero Is oo pounds lit 01 t ad cotton Wu Wit u usually raise ii i Mil Ott three Ihle th roe million bules hule ha lea of ot II anti and In n some years wo we have nils ral cil 11 d almost live ilvo millions How hIow do ilo you ou grow cotton The planting In Is h tone done by b sowing the HU broadcast or drilling It In Wo liVo 0 have han which will wilt drop drol two runs rOWN iota ata n time limo Our OUI cotton Is la worked 0 oral ral timed Tile The best beat of tho gl give he the plants two The Thu oine ome forth along In October and the lint Int Is IN richly ready for picking In January The picking season Heason lasts until April Wo 0 arc aro now mining raising some Egyptian cotton otton In to the tho Hind and anti am ara arn expert thorn thoro also ulso with nith American wed iced Both Holh kinds ilo dl un well hut hilt It Is I a II whether the tho American tInes dos not do IIO hotter 1 The Tho Hind Bind has now about aboul Hens under cotton there them are II re like Rero In the Iha dittos og antI about are controlled by to tim the government of ot Horn Bom Bomba ba bay My Af CHOI VitO I OK OF O INDIA I Toll roll me mo about It mt your wheat trill We e urn limo the tho area artta stud and our for handling the tho crop crol Wo iVo 0 hBo havo ian now something acres ucros In III n wheat and alid 1111 1 tIle tho grouter i of or that thatIs Is hI s In the thin northern part hurt of tho the country situ 1111 nil 1 lully In tile the Most Moat if it II ho wheat goes to 10 Karachi for to III ii gu e It U In is I taken from Uio farm tarn to 10 o till the nir mira und shipped without stat rigs Re Ke In iii Ialo Indeed od It Is I a question questions Is la Ii not noL s In Iii whether the Ihl elevator system that we Wt need 1 That Is la II a llo Ite question In n India 1111 How lIow much hutch do rlue does s your jour our wheat cheat yield lel 1 1 wr 11 lien licit fa IC ICOn On our Irrigated lands we can rules miss ri mm om 30 20 0 to II 30 ao bushels but bul the crop crol mu must t L tie tie ie carefully tel und Out ind It must be ie h three or nl tout foul A Great Movement Started by an American Millionaire Phipps School and the Government Experiment Stations Making New Cot Cottons CotI tons How Wheat is Raised by Irrigation Improving the Indigo Crop I New Breeds of Cattle and Horses I EL I I CATTLE RAISED FOR WORK for mr Tim Tho hy by It Yank I U O 7 u tItan times We it 0 sow now 01 In October and harvest hant hantIn In Iii March In most moot mo l localities It U IH is reap fI reaped P PId cd Id with lIh sickles It II Is threshed with bul hul bullocks locks and winnowed In the thA winch of if r tho plowing Is I done with wooden pia and altogether tho Iho cultivation Is I primitive Our agricultural stations are aro now doing nil all they th y HIM t to Introduce mod modern luau inn ern r They II II v 0 the use u of or Iron plows and of reapers nod and thresh threshers ers era r They show linw tho farmers armors h how w to 10 toUHO use such machines and encourage com oom competitive trials on thin tho part of the deal dealers ers era In tho this different makers muker Wo tSe 1 are Him 1110 testing as tL to manures India produce but hul little barnyard fertilizer r The Tho dropping of the Iho Ih cattle are arc used for tor fuel luel und and the RV peasant gives nothing haek to tho tim th toll toil The Tho stations arc i I leaflets ballets describing Improved farming fanning and giving suggestions Yet t timp Is imp difficult to make the tho ryot rol ns nil our nur farmers ore are culled called u undertake any nn now new methods or try new seeds lII I STOCK I What ate Olt you ou doing to Improve your our ourI k I asked I Wo isu have breeding establishments connected with lIh some of itt the tho th agricultural stations anti and there Is Ii I a breeding farm at nt thin tho Agricultural college of or which I have hae spoken Many of nf the tho provincial governments hold n shows where shero prizes are am given Ien for lor tho time best boal bred hr d animals and nf of late hairy dairy Wr farms have hlo been b started under govern government ment provisions The agricultural tural department d t nl one sumo some sears jears farll nv 1110 managed b by export experts from front There are aro also III dairy farms In to Inthe the tho United provinces and lIttle cream creameries eries cries who milk IK Is cheap All dairy machinery IH I admitted f arid nf of Into lato churns hurn and butter workers have hl been hen largely Imported Much of ot atthe the Ihn cream goes JoeR by b rail rull to 10 tIme the cities ettle anti and andIs Is Ix there them made Into Inlo butter which Is IR sold lold fresh or II put l up at II tn lii tins Una tin and shipped over India The native butter buller or gM Is abin made In largo large quantities ns nN well n as Home ome condensed ond milk Much of our butter buller goes to Ceylon while the hl IH lii I exported to 10 other r for lor forthe the tho th Indian emigrants Some iome orno of these those daIries have hll ten boon I established on en the th military II r cantonment nl farms arnie Thi hy y an Hr under military control and they give gie our trOOPS troop puro pure milk anti and butter SACKED HAlHED POOH ti M F itS Aro tro the sacred vred cows towa of India good Not 01 as nip n a I rule ruic was the reply reIlly Our cattle are raised chilly for work and thu thi th milk usi by b thu Ihu natives cornea conies cum largely front from buffaloes Sumo of our Uncut finest nn 1 cattle me ale flom loot tho the north and especially from Mysore Ioro has hll lino breeds but bur the cow cows a lire are poor f Thorn Them ar II lien also ulo good cattle In Madras and In Central India Ono Olio of uC thio Iho heat best milk hulk breeds cornell comes tram front tho the hills lulls and others aro are from tho the Hint Hind ind where they thoy the aro tar or owned by who drive drle them In herds from front ono IIno no jungle Pasture to 10 another Tho The Punjab hint good Koot dairy cows cons but those thoC ut of Bengal lire arc poor Wo Vc 0 are uro having trouble In Improving stork stock of ot this thiN kind The look upon the tho cows OH uj sacred and und keep them when whon thoy are aro old maimed minI worthies and amid gRit gle no nil return for tho the food out they thoy consume This reduces tho the grazing fur for tho the younger animals We 0 have ha tried to tho the stock alock by distributing tine Sine bulls to tho the district boards hoart but so tar far no valuable results have huo been heln reached We e flail find that tho the halfbreed cattle aro are more subject to unit and wo 0 now nUl have veterinary departments In each province We e nave have also government breeding farms farina stocked with cows and bulls bull of ot tho the puro hium natIve nathe broods breeds Upon ono one on of ot these n a 1 thousand cows of ot ono oSlo breed are maintained In Minoro tho the beNt best brood breed of ot cattle has bus ha long been kept up by tho the state Havo you OU U ninny many line lino horses 1 Our horse breeding Is chiefly for ton tho the army urmy We Vio e have Jiovo government farina and several hundred stallions which are distributed to 10 tho the districts where horses arc aro bred Wo Und lInd that the Arabs mind thoroughbreds form tho the most desirable sires siren Wo We 0 have havo also 0 thousands I of ot registered llred mares marll Horse breeding IH hi I encouraged 1 by hilt 10 prizes offered altered lit itt t fairs and ant by tho the pur purchase chase of ot good stock by b the tho government govern goern ment We Vie e have havo altogether a million or no so of horses horRes and ant ironies In India Wo if 0 are also breeding mules mule for tor mIll mili military tary lar purposes and an have something like Ilk tOO 01 OO donkey stallions ninny |
