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Fodder Section.

18. The following table shows the out put of grain and
fodder from the cultivation of the
Bir :—

The produce was 17,007 maunds in excess of that of the
previous year, in spite of the fact that Rabi 1931 was a
small one, owing to poor water supply.

Fodder Reserve.

19. The fodder reserve on 31st March 1932, was 257,213
maunds compared with 190,664 maunds
in the previous year. Although the
threshing of Rabi 1932 is not yet complete, it is possible to
forecast that the Farm this year will be, for the first time,
self-supporting in grain as well as in fodder. This is nearly
12 months earlier than was estimated when the expansion
scheme was started. The Farm is, therefore, now in a
position to grow some paying crops for revenue purposes in
order to reduce the gap between income and expenditure
which will automatically reduce the cost of production of
stud bulls.

Supplies of canal water were satisfactory throughout
the period of Rabi sowing, and the Farm was able to sow a
record Rabi acreage. After this, however, the water supply
failed, the quantity received for maturing Rabi crops was
very poor, and so reduced the anticipated yields of grain and
fodder.

Expansion.

20. The work under this scheme, excepting minor con-
solidation work, is now completed, and
even during the transition period of the
past four years, encouraging results have been achieved. The
system of rectangulation has resulted in the saving of water,
and the speeding up of irrigation, it has been responsible for
placing the Farm on a self-supporting basis with regard to
grain and fodder, and putting it in a very favourable position
to grow other revenue-producing crops.