Within the last few years, the Goverment have reorganised their Department of Agriculture. They have eastablished a Collegs of Agri- culture and Research Institute at Coimbatore and Farms Butortant centres, for experimental and demonstration purposes. Tl was onty the research work, the experimental work and demonstratioties other published in bulletins and pamphlets. The Goverment, ines started the Department of Agricuture, has in its view the introdwonder that, provements in the methods of agriculture as practised hi heavily in- combat the insect pests and fungoid diseases of the crops. led of with remembered that eighty per cent of the population of toricultural depend upon agriculture for their living, and that the revenng Indian from land by Government constitutes more than sixty five Lon of Co- the total income, it is natural that the Government are anxiousmisations the prosperity of the agricultural classes. But, in spite of the belocieties of Government, can we honestly say that improvements in agrs have been effected in any appreciable manner, that new methods taken the place of old, except in a few isolated instances?
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