INSTITUTE AND COLLEGE, PUSA, FOR 1911-12. 1 



tions which produce the highest yield are those which pro- 

 duce the best quality. 



Not by any means the least important aspect of the work 

 on wheat is that of breeding. Rust resistance, high yield, 

 and strong straw in order to carry a heavy weight of grain 

 are points to which attention is being particularly devoted. 



Amongst other important investigations are those con- 

 nected with the tobacco plant. The object of these experi- 

 ments is to endeavour to establish a suitable plant for the 

 manufacture of cigarettes, which are fast supplanting the 

 hooka. Three types Nos. 28, 29 and 32 were grown and 

 were cured by a slight modification of the country method. 

 The whole of the crop was sent to the Peninsular Tobacco 

 Company at Monghyr and made into cigarettes. Type 28 

 was very well reported on and was valued at from Rs. 12 

 to Rs. 14 per maund which is a considerable advance on 

 local prices, x^rrangements are now being made to repeat 

 these results if possible amongst the cultivators. 



Gram is another important crop to which Mr. Howard 

 has been giving his attention, and he has shown by prelimin- 

 ary trials that there exists a very large margin on which to 

 work out improvements both in yield and quality. Thus 

 as the result of samples sent to Messrs. Ralli Brothers one 

 variety was valued at Rs. 4-8-0 per cwt. and another at 

 Rs. 5-8-0 per cwt. as compared with the price of Rs. 4-2-0 

 of the ordinary export varieties. The yields too were 

 extraordinarily high being over 30 maunds per acre. 



The work on the botanical characteristics of fibre plants 

 and the study of the methods of pollination in the various 

 Indian crops are being continued. 



The development of the Fruit Industry of Baluchistan 

 is a piece of work which is now assuming important pro- 

 portions, and a fruit experiment station has been established 

 about two miles from Quetta. It will take some little time 

 before the model fruit garden comes into bearing, but in 

 the mean time an old fruit garden has been taken over and 

 improvements are being applied to it. The (juestions of 

 packing and transport are being thoroughly gone into and 



