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The wheat has been specially imported from the Soviet Union and its distribution supervised by technical experts from the Ministry. It will be observed during its growth, and arrangements have been made for a further increase in wheat production through the distribution of these seeds to other provinces later on. Some 40 tons of a special American wheat, found highly productive and resistant to disease during several experimental seasons, are being imported for distribution in the province of Kabul. In the field of animal husbandry also, steps for improvement were taken during the year. New establishments for animal breeding were opened at Jamalmaina and Bini Hissar in Kabul. There cows, sheep, horses and various types of fowl are bred under close supervision and the better animals thus obtained are being circulated round the various communities for further reproduction. Throughout the year some 269,594 animals have been vaccinated against divers diseases; 329,575 animals have been treated with medicines administered by mouth, and 1,161 animals received treatment in the Ministry's veterinary hospital. In order to produce a special breed of dairy cows, eleven cross-bred calves have been allocated to individual farmers, and in the Artificial Insemination Laboratory 780 cows were inseminated from the best breeds of foreign bulls. 4,073 of the best eggs, together with 215 hens have also been distributed among the farmers, the purpose being to step up the quantity and quality of chickens from the double view-point of egg-production and food value. The Veterinary Course was extended to three years and the Chicken-Breeding Course continued as before. A large and modern egg-hatching establishment was completed in Bini Hissar. The animal husbandry laboratory at Kataghan was also completed and activities there begun. One of the famous Kataghani breed of horses brought to Kabul for breeding purposes Construction work was started on animal husbandry laboratories at Kandahar and Herat. With a view to increasing the number of trained personnel, two people were sent to Beirut, two to Western Germany, one to England, one to Iran and one to Australia, for advanced training. The arrangements made for the construction of laboratories and the study of diseases affecting staple food crops at Herat and Kataghan were successfully concluded. At the present time diseases affecting wheat, sugar cane, vines and pears are being investigated. As part of the campaign against plant diseases, the following medicines and equipment were procured from abroad: 440 spray guns (with and without wheels), 750 gallons of Malathion, 12,400 pounds of D.D.T., 2 tons of Ceresan, 660 tons of Hexachloro. A three-week course for the promotion of a campaign against plant diseases was begun in January, 1958, and continued 49