INDEX (The figures refer to pages.) Adulteration of Indian agricultural products exported to the world's markets, 398-9. AGRICULTURAL ADVISER TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA : Abolition of appointment on establishment of Council of Research recommended, 58. Advisory, account of, 58. would be transferred to Chairman and two whole-time members of the Council Administrative, account of, 58. would, with one exception, be transferred to Director of Pusa, 58. Agricultural Associations, 157-8. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES, THE GOVERNMENT : ADMISSION TO : Age of, 544-6. Qualifications required for, 545. Intermediate examination in science should be made the qualification, 549. Buildings and equipment, 34, 547. Business management of a farm, and estate management generally, importance of pro- Conditions under which students live and work, 547. Creation, 33. Present state of, 34, 547. CURRICULUM: Degree or diploma course, 550. Agricultural economics, importance of, should be recognised, 550. Miscellaneous short courses: Colleges should take initiative in starting, 551-2. Special attention should be paid to the training of artisans, 552. Practical training general review, 552-3. System at Nagpur College commended, 553. Two years short course: Should be Revised to permit of greater attention being paid to agricultural econo- Expenses of students at, 547. Mandalay College, position of, 552. Objects of, 546, 547-9. STAFF: The Principal: Qualifications required, 553-4. Should be Selected as now from an agricultural service, or, in default of a suitable officer, from the educational service, 554. Should be Whole-time in all colleges, 554. Other college staff: Field of selection might be widened with advantage, 554-5. STUDENTS: After Careers of, 548. Conditions in which they live at the colleges satisfactory, 547. Openings in departments other than agricultural for, 557. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES, THE GOVERNMENT-contd. TEACHING AND RESEARCH: Combination of, beneficial, 555. TRAINING OF NEW SUPERIOR PROVINCIAL SERVICES: Colleges not in a position to provide intensive post-graduate training of character United Provinces, 24-5. Progress since 1905, 29-35. District staff, rapid expansion in near future, expectation of, 157. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, see under EDUCATION. AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS: Hitherto recruited on terms distinctly inferior to those granted to officers of Indian Officers in charge of Agricultural Engineering Departments should be included in AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING SECTION : Division into two branches for agricultural machinery and pumping and boring re- Qualifications required for officer in charge of agricultural machinery work, 109-10. has hitherto taken Secondary place in departmental activities, 108. work on Water lifts, 109. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS : On the whole indigenous, well Adapted to local conditions, 107. Agricultural departments have hardly made fullest use of opportunities for developing criticism of Methods of, 112. Adaptation of Dynamometer to use under Indian conditions should be tested, 111. Improvement of existing, more promising than introduction of new, 113. Very great scope for Improvement in light of modern knowledge of Soil conditions, 107. Mass production of wooden parts of, possibility, 108. Propaganda, and need for Intensive, 108, 152-3. Railway freight rates for the transport of the raw material for, and the finished product Rebate of duty on imported iron and steel for, suggestion, 114-16, Repairing facilities and Spare parts, 109, 153. great scope for Research in, 110-13. Sale of improved implements infinitesimal compared with total number of, in India, 107 AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY: see also under AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. Financial difficulty in way of small cultivator using except co-operatively such, as Investigation of economics of steam tackle and tractors required, especially in the Method of popularising by hiring out, 153. Railway Freight rates for the transport of the raw material for and the finished product Rebate of duty on imported iron and steel, for, suggestion, 114-16. Financial relations between Imperial and Provincial Governments, 36. Agricultural position, the present, 13-14. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, INDIAN : REPUTATION OF, IN THE WORLD'S MARKETS: Cotton, 398-9. Groundnut, 399. Hemp, 399. Jute, 399. Oilseeds, 399. Wheat, 399-400. Considerable room for improvement, 401. Fault does not necessarily lie with cultivator, 401. due sometimes to Natural causes, 401. Effective pressure to secure improved quality from the producer must be applied by Premium for superior quality of, most effective way of enabling cultivator to secure 66 Quality," definition of, 398. Remedial measures Cotton, appropriate action can, and is, being taken by Indian Central Cotton Com- Jute, can be taken by proposed Jute Committee, 402. Other products: Difficulties of Grading under Government regulation would at present prove Organized Trade Associations can render great assistance, 402, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, ORGANISATION OF : Board of Agriculture, see under that head. CENTRAL AND PROVINCIAL : possible methods of establishing closer Contact between : Constitution of a new organisation to which both Pusa and the provincial research (for details see below under COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH.) Division of research into compartments and formation of crop committees on the Transfer of control of Pusa to a quasi-independent body in which the provinces CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS: Pusa, see under that head. Question of establishing other: Not recommended in present conditions, 64. Pusa admittedly not very suitable for study of many fundamental problems, 64. will be for Council of Research to determine how deficiencies of Pusa can be Constitutional position, 38-9. COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH: Committees of: Standing Finance Committee, 55. Sub-Committees, 56 Power of Cooption from outside the Council, 56. Constitution of, by Act of Imperial Legislature, 49. Object of, promotion, guidance and coordination of research, 48. Flexibility, feature of proposal, 56. Expenditure from central revenues on agricultural research, question of, 53. Administration of agricultural research fund (q. v.) Clearing house of information, 51. Convening meetings of experts, 52. Publications, 51-2. Research: Position in regard to, 52. will include Veterinary as well as agricultural, 50. PERSONNEL: Chairman, should be whole-time appointment, 53 Members, two whole-time, duties, 53-1. thirty-six representatives of various interests, 54. Secretariat, 54. Powers of, regulated by rules issued by the Governor General in Council, 50. FUND, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH: to be Administered by the Council of Agricultural Research, 49. Proposal for establishment by Act of Imperial legislature with initial grant of part of it should be used to finance Research Scholarships, 50. Organisation adopted in: Australia, 42-4: Canada, 39-40; United States of Provincial Research committees, relations with, 57. Problem of, in India, 44. PROVINCIAL RESEARCH COMMITTEES : Formation of, with object of working in close co-operation with Council, 57. should include Preparation of programme of research to be laid before Council Reports on provincial applications for grants, 57. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, ORGANISATION OF-contd. PROV NCIAL RESEARCH COMMITTEES-Contd. Personnel : Chairman, selection and appointment should rest with provincial government, Members, suggestions, 57. Provincial Research Institutes, importance of, 61. PUSA, Not an ordinary research Institute but a group of Institutes, 645. Position of, 45-6. Future: as a Research centre: should set the Standard for agricultural research work throughout India, as an Educational centre: should provide Facilities for post-graduate study in all branches of agricul- Present: Decline in influence mainly due to: Inaccessibility of site, 46. Provincial development of research, 46. Relation of, with the universities: Affiliation of Pusa to a university not called for, but suggestion regarding Staff: Director, Personality and qualifications of very great importance, 59. Pay must be such as will attract best man available, 648. Other staff, will require to be of the highest calibre, 646. Continuance and expansion of Pusa not in itself sufficient discharge of Govern- Specialisation, olservations on, 98. RESEARCH INSTITUTES : Internal coordination: Arrangements at Rothamsted described, 62. great Importance of, 62. definite Steps should be taken to secure, 61. UNIVERSITIES, POSITION OF, IN REGARD TO: Importance of coordinating agricultural with other research, 60. Provision for grants from the Agricultural Research Fund for agricultural Research Representation on Council of Agricultural Research, 60. Taking over by, of important schemes of agricultural research, an end to be kept most valuable Contribution meantime would be raising the standard of scientific AGRICULTURAL SERVICES: CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE (IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL Superior staff : Account of existing Pusa appointments, 645. Future arrangements: Description of suggested, 646-7. Director: Pay, 647-8. Provident fund, 648. Qualifications required for, 59. Permanent preferred to short term engagement, 647. |