Punjab.—

From a report furnished to the Government it appears that the general result of experiments is to show that with ordinary care and with good seed there is no difficulty in growing Prosopis juliflora in the Punjab."

With regard to the caution given in the Kew Report for 1877, p. 20, it is pertinently remarked:—"Any new kind of food given in quanties to animals unaccustomed to it may cause disease, or, under certain special circumstances, may cause death. Opinions are divided as to what it is that causes cattle in this country in certain seasons to sicken and die from eating 'jowar' stalks; but there is no doubt that under certain not very well understood conditions cattle do die from eating 'jowar' stalks, though ordinarily such stalks are good for fodder."