The Imperial Council of Agricultural Research has admirably dischared its primary duty of co-ordinating and promoting agricultural research in India.at any rate in regard to crop production. which with alone this report is concerned.The Council has been able to arrange that all the factors affecting the production of each of the more important crops should be studied by one group of workers:the result can now be brought together and put into aform in which they can be used by the agricultural officers.A vast amount of pioneering work extending over a wide range has been accomplished.
Ranjeet John (Fri,) studied this question.