4_' REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



Revenue and Judicial Commissioner in Baluchistan, has 

 furthered the scheme in every way possible, while I am 

 greatly indebted to Colonel McConaghey, Political Agent, 

 Quetta-Pishin, and to Captain Keyes, Assistant Political 

 Agent, Quetta, for the ready manner in which they have 

 placed their wide knowledge of the country and of the 

 people at my disposal. 



Part V. 



Investigations. 



Wheat. — During the past year the Pusa wheat experi- 

 ments have been extended in several directions, and results 

 of great value have been obtained. 



Seed Distribution.— A beginning was made during the 

 year at several centres in the growth of Pusa wheats for 

 seed distribution purposes. In Behar two planters volun- 

 teered to take up the work in 1910, and in both cases the 

 yields obtained were far in excess of those obtained by the 

 people with the local wheats. The seed thus obtained has 

 been widely distributed to other planters, with the result 

 that over 1,000 acres of the new wheats will be sown next 

 October in Behar at a large number of centres. Over 100 

 maunds of surplus seed grown in the botanical area at Pusa 

 was distributed last April in Behar alone, the demand 

 greatly exceeding the supply. In the Central Provinces 

 some of the early Pusa varieties were grown by Mr. Clous- 

 ton, Deputy Director of Agriculture, at the Raipur Farm 

 on a fairly large scale. Both in yield and quality these 

 wheats proved superior to the large collection of other In- 

 dian wheats grown there. A further supply of other 

 rapidly maturing wheats was accordingly sent to Raipur 

 last April, and the best of these will be grown on a large 

 scale by Mr. Clouston for distribution, mainly in the Chat- 

 tisgarh Division. Incidentally the wheat experiments at 

 Raipur during the past season indicate that organic matter 

 in the right condition is the limiting factor in wheat pro- 

 duction in this tract. This matter is being taken up by 



