received from Chairmen indicate that generally speaking little further cultivation can be planned for this season and that at this date better results are likely to be achieved by concentrating on the completion of the ploughing already promised by farmers. In some districts, however, further steps have been taken which may result in small additional acreages being ploughed for the production of forage crops. A heavy demand continues to be made for Government 4. Motor Tractors. motor tractors. By the 6th April applications had been received for tractors for ploughing 11,494 acres, for disc harrowing 4,736 acres and for treating 3,977 acres in other ways, a total of 20,207 acres.