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The expectations foreshadowed in Pusa Bulletin No. 

 14 on the possibility of growing stronger wheats with 

 better milling qualities than those now exported from 

 India have been abundantly realised during the past year. 

 A further set of Pusa selected wheats was sent to Mr. 

 Humphries for milling tests. Several of these wheats 

 were found to possess great strength and high milling 

 qualities and to be of the same class as American and 

 Canadian Spring wheats which command the highest prices 

 on the English market. The results of this work are 

 published in Pusa Bulletin No. 17. 



The results obtained during the year on the influence 

 of the environment on the quality of wheat have been sub- 

 mitted for publication as a memoir. This work, which is 

 being conducted in collaboration with Mr. H. M. Leake, 

 Economic Botanist to the Government of the United Pro- 

 vinces, has been greatly extended during the past year. 

 While it has been proved that environment influences 

 quality, the most practical outcome of this work is the dis- 

 covery of the fact that the quality of any wheat depends 

 largely on the proper and efficient preparation of the land 

 and that canal irrigation does not necessarily injuriously 

 affect the milling qualities of wheat. It is expected that 

 great consequences will result from these investigations and 

 that they will be the means of opening a new chapter in 

 the production of wheat in India and in the agricultural 

 practices of the Indo-Gangetic plain. 



The Monograph on Indian Wheat has been published 

 during the year. While going through the press, it was 

 necessary to add a considerable amount of new matter so 

 as to bring it up to date. The book represents the results 

 of the preliminary work on wheat which has been done at 

 Pusa during the last four years and will, I trust, be of use 

 to students and some members of the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment. 



The investigations on the natural crossing of wheat in 

 India have been written up and incorporated in a memoir. 



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