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not think I am exaggerating if I say it is the finest looking 

 lot of Indian wheat I have ever seen." As regards the 

 bread made from this wheat Mr. Humphries said : " In hue 

 and general appearance of crust and crumb the Raipur lots 

 are of the A'^ery highest class, but on the one point of 

 strength they are really good without being extraordinary, 

 judged by the standard of typical London flour." These 

 opinions were confirmed by Messrs. Ralli Brothers, who 

 valued Pusa 4 higher than any of the large collection of 

 Indian wheats grown at Raipur in 1911. It is probable 

 that this wheat will be of the greatest use in the Central 

 Provinces on light soils and in years when the soil moisture 

 is short as it ripens in the second half of February and 

 fully a month before the local wheats. Next year it is 

 being tried by Mr. Evans in the Jubbulpore District where 

 a rapidly maturing late sown wheat is required on the 

 embanked wheat lands. 



Bihar. — The first trial of Pusa wheats in Bihar was 

 made at Mia Chapra Estate in 1909-10 when 1,975 lbs. to 

 the acre of Pusa 20 were obtained after maize the same 

 year. All the seed was sown the following year on this 

 estate and the resulting crop was disposed of at Rs. 5 per 

 maund as seed wheat. 



In 1910-11, several other estates grew Pusa wheats on 

 a small scale and in all cases the yield was greatly in excess 

 of that given by country seed. The success of these trials 

 on a small scale led to a great demand for seed after the 

 harvest of 1911. 



During the past season, the trials were considerably 

 extended and about 1,500 acres of land were sown with the 

 new wheats. Some of the results are to be found in the 

 following table and on the average the yields obtained are 

 at least twice that given by the local wheats. The growers 

 are very pleased with the results and are keeping the bulk 

 of their harvest to sow an extended area next year. It is 

 anticipated that between 10,000 and 15,000 acres '^\\\ be 

 sown with Pusa wheats next year. 



