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twice as valuable, weight for weight, as cabbage. The
outturn of sunflower per acre exceeded by nearly 49
maunds that of berseem. An attempt has been made
to introduce the salt bush from South Africa. Consider-
able progress was achieved in the grading up of the
Bikaner desert sheep. The productivity of sunflower
and Madras jowar and the inferiority of Shaftal as com-
pared with lucerne and berseem were demonstrated by
experiment, during the course of the year. Valuable
information is being collected as the result of stall
feeding experiments. The Ministry of Agriculture is
greatly interested in all these experiments, and hopes
that the Department will also undertake research to
determine the best nourishing ration in various agricul-
tural circles of the Province.

4. In the districts cattle breeding has received a
slight set back partly owing to the shortage of rain in
the south-eastern districts; but the Live Stock Officer
has won public support for his work in almost all the
districts. The grantee farms, particularly Jahangirabad
farm, are working up to the modern ideas of breeding
and if proper supervision is exercised these farms can be
helped to build up pedigree breeds. In Hissar, Rohtak
and Gurgaon nearly 1,246 farm-bred bulls are already
at work. In the Dhanni Tract 134 bulls are at work;
but the Dhanni Cow has for financial reasons not yet
received as much attention as the Department would
like to give. The Punjab Government (Ministry of
Agriculture) will be glad if some work on cows is also
started. In Montgomery tract, through the generosity
of the grantee of the Jahangirabad farm, 23 farm-bred
bulls have been placed in selected villages in the Dipal-
pur tahsil, villages have been selected in Dera Ghazi
Khan for the improvement of the Dajil, and in
Ludhiana district for the Malwa breeds. The Ministry
of Agriculture attaches great importance to the improve-
ment of local breeds by selection and is gratified that
the Department has taken up this most interesting line
of development. The introduction of a buffalo breeding
scheme in particular villages is another promising line
of work.

5. The study of the milk requirements in a village.
the available supply of fodder and the elimination of poor