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milling and baking tests were sent to England after the 

 wheat harvest of 1908, and Mr. Humphries' report more 

 than bore out the expectation that India can grow high 

 grade wheats. This report was submitted for publication 

 in the form of a bulletin in September last. Although 

 several of the Punjab samples were superior to Muzaffer- 

 naggar white, Mr. Humphries considered that one of the 

 Pusa selections, No. 6, was distinctly the best wheat. The 

 publication of the bulletin has attracted a considerable 

 amount of attention, and it was submitted by the Direc- 

 tor of the Punjab Agricultural Department for the 

 opinion of the Incorporated National Association of 

 British and Irish Millers. The council of this association 

 unanimously supported Mr. Humphries and Imperial 

 Economic Botanist, and a full account of the proceedings is 

 to be found in the Miller of May 3rd last, and was reprinted 

 in the Indian Trade Journal of June 3rd, 1909. A second 

 set of 28 samples of wheats was sent to England for testing 

 during the present year. 



Intimately associated with the quality of wheat is the 

 question of the influence of such conditions as soil, climate 

 and moisture on the grain characters. It w^as found in 

 1908 that the sam.e sample of Muzal'fernaggar wheat sown 

 at Lyallpur, Muzafi'ernaggar and Pusa, gave rise to grain 

 markedly differing in appearance, analysis and milling 

 and baking qualities. In order to investigate this subject 

 further, and also to discover experimentally a scientific 

 basis for a scheme for wheat distribution in the Indu- 

 Gangetic plain, this work has been considerably extended 

 during the past rahi season in collaboration with Mr. H. M. 

 Leake, Economic Botanist to the United Provinces. The 

 co-operation of other officers of the agricultural depart- 

 ments was obtained, and experiments were successfully 

 carried out at the following stations : — Pusa, Bankipore, 

 Dumraon, Partabgarh, Cawnpore, Orai, Alighar, Meerut 

 and Lyallpur. Mr. Evans has promised to assist next rahi 

 at Hoshangabad. The results of this year's work will be 



