The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-31

been 0TkA NAZE1 WITH - A&
but II the present plans are carrier
through VIII have a capital Of SO Iashf
or rupees. which IS over s~i-sVVt1VV
Moreover. its head bank at BaroGa
will have branches at Ahmedaoad anu
Bombay. According TO the custom On
which most Indian banks are organ
ICED. only a portion Of the capliai
stock will he called In. and n re-
mainder left with the stockholders n
a reserve. This bank Is expected 10
imuIat trade all around British
investors fight shy of independent na-
tive states. and heretofore no bank
could hope 10 be a success in Baroda
for the reason that the law gave tax
collectors the right 10 seize funds and
property wherever found without pro-
cess Of civil law. bu, the organizers
of the new bank have persuaded the
Durbar 10 change this law 10 follow
the British law OF civil procedure
Among other state encouragements
to native industries. there - a techni-
cal school at Baroda. where instrGc-
tion is given IN machine running and
in native arts. The state also en-
plovs experts In various lines. though
until the recent appointment OF an
economic adviser their work has been
more or less disconnected and only
spaSmodic results obtained \ Ger
man expert in horticulture has been
employed for several years in laying
Out inc parks. EaitFe ETo1fISs SiTttlS,
etc, planting shade trees and expert
menting on various lines. one Of the
most recent Of these is that of devel-
oping a cottage industry in regard -
silk growing and reeling. Mulberry
trees are being planted. cocoonS
bought and experiments rade that
are very favorable thus far. If the
cottage industry is successful, there
viii also be erected a steam r~eeling
factory. which will call for foreign
machinery.
Another line the expert is pursuing.
and one in which he has much inter
ested the gaekwar. is that of the cul-
tivation of fiber plants. especially that
of agave and ramie. At present there
are only some 1000 acres under ra-
mic in all India. but 1t is an industry
we'll suited in Ceylon and TO certain
parts of India. such as Madras and
Kathiawar peninsula. and the indus
try is now being i~naugurated on q
larger scale. If the experiments in
Baroda turn out as the expert thinks
they will. machinery will be pur-
chased for treating and spinning. II
present the demand for ramie is in
creasing. and yet continental ramie
mills are occasionally closed for lack
OF material.
The state also has an experiment
station. where some interesting eXper-
iments are being made, especially with
uga cane and cotton. EXPERIMENT.
are being made with crossing various
cOttons, also with growing Egyptian
American. Spence tree cotton, Cara
vOnica, vine cotton. etc. The native
seemed to think the cara
vonica more promising than the regu-
lar tree cotton. He also claimed tC
have grown Egyptian cotton for foul
seasons without very material deteriO-
ration, while the American staples be,
came shorter and coarser in the sec
ond season. The experiments at thi!
station are started in the right spirit
but the lack Of system in observing
and recording destroys much Of theil
OF Indian experiment farms.
In connection with the experiment
station are regular classes of 3gricuI
tural students. and they are familiar
lied with modern farm machinery IN,
and pump that are used at the szatt"'
for obtaining water from a deea WILL
On this farm the latest steel plav
was used in adjacent fields TO -.
crude Indian wooden pillow. The ctee
pillow went s inches deep and threw
a wide furrow: the Indian pillow wen
hardly 4 inches deep. and the furrov
was simply the width Of the point"'
stick. The same field would have t
be gone owe twice with the India,
pillow to the ground OF orn plo"-
ing by the steel pillow and then III
subsoil be untouched. hut FOR ~ocrt~i-
crops the manager preferred the N
dian pillow. mainly because It serva.
the purpose with less strain on ii
oxen.