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      Pony Mares.—There were 89 present at the end of the year, and
            33 foals were born. The percentage of full time births would
            have been much higher but for the outbreak of contagious
            abortion.

      Donkey Stallions.—One new stallion has been recently added, a very
            promising Farm bred Colt No. 214. His measuresments
            are:—
                        Height 13 H.
                        Girth 57".
                        Shank 7¼".

Donkey Colts.—Nine were issued during the year as follows:—

To Punjab ... ... ... ...	6
To United Provinces ... ... ...	2
To North-West Frontier Province ... ...	1

      Sheep.—The prohibition of export after the outbreak of war caused
            a big drop in the price of wool, but in spite of that the sale of
            wool realised Rs. 1,548-11-6, a record for the Farm. During
            the year 37 pure country ewes were purchased and mated with
            a 3/4-bred merino ram, with the object of seeing to what extent
            the wool is improved by this cross. The ¾-bred ram being the
            type the Farm is now chiefly selling.

Mr. Taylor, Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, South Punjab,
visited the Farm in January, and purchased all available ½-bred merino ram
lambs for sheep breeders of Ferozepore and Montgomery Districts. A few
rams were sold in these districts in the two previous years and the increasing
demand is very encouraging.

The total number of ram lambs sold was 60, a very large increase on
any previous year.

8. Cultivation.—During the year—

44,762	maunds of green jowar
24,926	„	„ Kirby jowar
4,947	„	„ oat hay and oats-in-straw
5,645	„	„ Ensilage
2,725	„	„ lucerne
2,348	„	„ oats
4,696	„	„ oat bhoosa
54	„	„ gowar
5,154	„	„ green grass
126	„	„ green gowar
905	„	„ green oats
50	„	„ gowar bhoosa.

of an approximate value of Rs. 87,570 were received from the cultivation for
issue to stock.

From the 1st of April to the middle of July the demand for fodder
was very great, and, had the cultivation been unable to supply, it would have
been necessary to purchase at ruinously high rates to prevent a large head
of stock from dying of famine. The above figures reflect credit on the Farm
Bailiff, Mr. MacCutchan.

To attain them expensive work of jungle clearance had to be undertaken
over large areas to allow of increased cultivation. A considerably increased
quantity of Kirby jowar would have been saved but for the ravages of the
borer worm, which pest seems to become worse year by year.

Before the rains jowar is usually not much affected, and generally good
first cuttings are obtained from early sowings. But for the year under report
large areas of crop were more than half ruined during the rains.

At present, so far as I am aware no satisfactory method of dealing with
this pest has been discovered.