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and as a result an extended trial of improved wheats and 

 of improved methods of cultivation was arranged on 

 some of the Court of Wards Estates. At the meeting of 

 the Behar Planters' Association in February 1911 an ac- 

 count was given of the improved methods of wheat grow- 

 ing at Pusa which will be tried at a good many centres in 

 Behar next year. Unfortunately, however, the demand 

 for seed which arose after the meeting was far greater than 

 the supply. 



Milling and Baking Tests. — The most interesting point 

 with regard to the milling and baking tests of Indian 

 wheats during the past year is concerned with the quality 

 of the new wheats raised at Pusa by hybridizing high yield- 

 ing Indian wheats of poor quality (Muzaffernagar white 

 and Punjab Type 9) with types of high grain quality but 

 of lower yield. The results obtained show that the pro- 

 blem of combining high yield and high quality has been 

 solved, the new wheats behaving in the mill and bakehouse 

 like the high quality parent. A bulletin summing up the 

 present position of this aspect of the subject and giving the 

 results of 1910 in detail has been published. In response 

 to numerous requests a full account of the actual methods 

 adopted at Pusa in growing the crop has also been included. 

 Translations in Urdu and Hindi of this paper have been 

 prepared during the year by members of the staff. 



Influence of the Environment on Quality. — The experi- 

 ments on this subject which are being conducted in colla- 

 boration with Mr. H. Martin Leake, Economic Botanist to 

 the Government of the United Provinces, were greatly ex- 

 tended during the year, and a large number of samples have 

 been forwarded to England for complete milling and bak- 

 ing tests. It is expected that the results will confirm the 

 opinion previously expressed that high quality and high 

 yield both depend on proper cultivation and on proper soil 

 management previous to sowing time. 



Tobacco. — A considerable amount of progress has been 

 obtained during the year in the tobacco experiments. 



