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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE IMPL. INST. OF VETY. RESEARCH,
caps to the value of Rs. 24,160 were purchased through the Director
General of Stores, London, during the year.
A sum of Rs. 49,840-5-4 was recoverable from customers for packing
material supplied, but of this amount a credit of Rs. 23,001-10-0 is
due to them for material returned in a serviceable condition.
(g) Cultivation.—The total area under cultivation at Muktesar was
217½ acres, and the average daily number of coolies employed on this
work was 106.2. The income from the cultivation areas was Rs.
14,736-15-0 as compared with an expenditure of Rs. 24,516-13-0,
including Rs. 1,839-8-0 on account of supervision charges, which gives
a total loss of Rs. 9,779-14-0 as compared with Rs. 7,192 in the
previous year. The income from the Ritani garden amounted to Rs.
3,379-2-6 while the expenditure was Rs. 2,501-0-6.
As pointed out in last year's report, a great deal requires to be done
in order to make the cultivation of the arable land at Muktesar a paying
proposition, and much of the loss noted above can be attributed to the
expense involved in making a special effort to get the land well dressed
with farm yard manure, lime, etc. In addition, the rabi crop at Latoli
to a great extent failed, probably owing to bad seed having been
supplied.
(h) Dairy.—The Dairy was run in the same way as in the previous
year, i.e., only cows, stud bulls and calves not yet under experiment
were included in the Dairy Herd Accounts, and on this basis the year's
working shows a profit of Rs. 2,013-12-6 after a credit of 30 per cent.
is made to the Dairy on account of the Research and Education facili-
ties which it provides. Since the close of the year the Government of
India have ordered that this percentage shall be raised to 50, but at the
same time they desire that the old arrangement of including all young
stock, whether under experiment or not, in the Dairy Accounts shall be
reverted to. This is being done from 1st April 1931, but it may be
observed that if these arrangements had been in force during the year
under review, which was a very favourable one from the point of view
of the Dairy, the large profit referred to above would have been con-
verted into a loss of Rs. 333-14-3, and it seems too much to hope that
any better result than this will be obtained in the current year.
(j) Engineering Section.— Many improvements have been effected
in this Section during the year. One of the first was to make use of a
Booster which had been installed several years ago in the Power House
but never used, so that the Crossley engine could be used simultaneously
for supplying line current and battery charging, enabling the Hornsby
engine to be laid by for badly needed repairs. Incidentally, this allowed
the order for a new large Booster to be cancelled, thereby saving a con-
siderable sum of money at one stroke.
Another immediate saving was effected by fitting up a small motor
to the existing compressor to make an independent unit, thus enabling
the demand for a new compressor also to be withdrawn.
While carrying out repairs to the Hornsby engine it was converted
from a kerosene engine to one running on crude oil, and arragements