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Impey.
"The area under impey cultivation was 1¼ acres. This was also a good crop and yielded 869
maunds 15 seers, and 37 seers of seed. The seed was sown in March and three cuttings were
obtained during the year. Impey is much relished by horses on account of the amount of sac-
charine matter it contains, and is very useful for horses that are thin and in poor condition.
Buffaloe grass.
" A quarter of an acre was under buffaloe grass cultivation, and gave an outturn of 66 maunds
and two seers, and in addition to this 12 seers of seed. It is a good fodder crop and is useful for
horses. The seeds were sown in June, the young plants thinned out to a foot apart in July, and
the crop gathered in September.
Sundhio Jowa-
ree.
" Half an acre was devoted to this fodder as an experiment. The seed was obtained from Mr.
Mollison, Superintendent of Farms, Bombay Presidency. It was sown in June and gave a heavy
outturn. A few maunds were given to the horses green; they did not appear to care for it as much
as impey. Unfortunately, owing to the high winds and heavy rain, the seed was all lost and the
stalks were broken down and became useless for feeding purposes.
Carrots.
" We had ¾ acres of carrots, half of it English and half country ; from this, 70 maunds and 13
seers of the former and o9 maunds 19 seers of the latter were obtained : both descriptions were of,
very good quality.
Dub grass.
" The area under dub cultivation was 14 acres, and the total outturn was 609 maunds
7 seers. We have had to reduce this crop very much, as during the hot weather it required continual
watering and the work was too much for our farm mares.
Hay.
" The hay made during the year was 2,300 maunds, all of it well saved and of excellent quality
The Hapur encamping ground gave us a very fair outturn of good sweet hay, the amount obtained
being 1,350 maunds. This year one-third of its area is being ploughed up and sown with a mix-
ture of grass seeds, when it is expected a heavier crop will be obtained this year.
Bedding grass.
" Three hundred maunds of excellent bedding grass was obtained from the Hapur encamping
ground. Bedding grass is a very expensive item in the feed and keep of the stallions, we having
to pay Re. 1 per 2½ maunds. We shall try this year and make some arrangement with the zemindars
to take a certain number of acres and cut the grass ourselves. We tried this last year, but it was
too late in the season and the contractors had bought it all up.
Oats.
" We had 7¾ acres of oats. Off this we got 76 maunds 35 seers green, whilst 230 maunds
of oats and 492 maunds of straw were stacked for future use. On account of the late rains, the
oat crop was a great success.
Indian-corn.
"The area under Indian corn cultivation was 2¾ acres. The yield being 17 maunds 15
seers. This must be considered a fair crop.
Gram.
" Two varieties of gram were sown—white or Cabuli, and brown or country ; there was ¾ acre
of the former and 21¼ acres of the latter.
" The Cabuli yielded 8 maunds, and 8 maunds 2 seers of bhoosa ; the crop was not so good
as the country, and the grain is smaller and lighter.
" The country yielded 342 maunds gram, and 391 maunds 20 seers bhoosa.
Red and Alsike
Clover.
" This clover was grown on one-third acre, as an experiment, the produce was 67 maunds
2 seers. This cultivation has been tried for the last two years, and it has been found that although
the seeds germinate well, yet the plants do not grow beyond a couple of inches, they being rather
delicate ; and do not thrive well in the plains. Some of the acclimatized seed has also been sown
and it proved a failure.
Sugarcane.
" The area under sugarcane cultivation was one-third of an acre, the yield being 90 maunds
8 seers.
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Tall meadow oat grass.
Sweet scented yernals.
Sainfoin.
Hungarian grass.
Meadow Fox Tail grass.
Awnless Brome grass.
Texas Blue grass.
Hard Fescue grass.
Burmuda grass.
Creeping bent grass.
Johnson grass.
English grasses
" The English grasses, marginally noted, received
from Messrs. Peter Henderson & Co., were tried
as an experiment, and sown at the commencement
of the rains, but unfortunately they proved a failure,
only two of them germinating,
Cereals.
" Pearl millet, golden millet, hulless barley, American oats, and Indian corn, were also tried
as experiments, and sown in small patches. The pearl and golden millet both grew well ; of the
former, 27 seers of seeds were obtained, and the latter, just as it was flowering and seeding, got
spoiled by the rain. The hulless barley proved a failure. The American oats grew very well to
about 4½ feet high with thick succulant stalks and broad leaves, but when the time came for ripening
the corn remained quite green and little or no seed was produced. These oats would answer very
well to feed off green but not to keep for seed.
American In-
dian corn.
" This crop grew up very well, and on ¼ a kutcha bigha there was 10 seers of seed, which is
less than that usually obtained in the ordinary variety.
Return of Farm animals.
" As will be seen by Table XXIII, there were 4 pony stallions, 10 horse mares, 4 pony mares,
7 donkey mares, one horse colt, and 13 donkey colts, on the farm at the end of the year.
" The health of these animals during the year has been very satisfactory ; one mare was
attacked with parturient paralysis and is now progressing favourably ; there has been no other
serious case.