INSTITUTE AND COLLEGE, PUSA, FOR 1911-12. 



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proved so successful at Cawnpore and Aligarh, have not 

 yet been worked out. One point, however, has been demon- 

 strated. In 1911, it was found that high quality Pusa 

 wheats grown by tenants of the Lyallpur Farm retained 

 their milling and baking qualities. There is every hope 

 that provided proper care is taken in cultivation and in the 

 use of irrigation water, results similar to those of Cawn- 

 pore can be obtained in the Canal Colonies of this Province. 

 Central Provinces. — As the soil conditions of the wheat- 

 growing tracts of Peninsular India are quite different 

 from those of the alluvium of the Indo-Gangetic plain it 

 appeared probable that the Pusa wheats, most likely to be 

 suitable for the black soils of the Central Provinces, would 

 be found among the raj^idly maturing varieties. Accord- 

 ingly, these have been tested at Tharsa and Raipur by Mr. 

 Clouston and one kind was tried on a small scale at 

 Hoshangabad this year by Mr. Evans. The results are 

 given below. 



Trial of Pusa wheats, 1911-12, in the Central Provinces. 



The vield of the local kinds in the Central Provinces 

 rarely exceeds 600 lbs. per acre and both at Tharsa and 

 Raipur the Pusa wheats gave a larger outturn than any of 

 the other varieties tried, while in rust resistance and grain 

 quality they proved distinctly superior. 



As regards the quality of the Pusa wheats grown m the 

 Central Provinces, one, Pusa 4, was in 1911 tested in Eng- 

 land by Mr. Humphries who reported : " The Raipur 

 unirrigated lot is truly superb in appearance, indeed I do 



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