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(c) Oil-seeds. — The study of the oil-seeds of India will 



be continued on similar lines to those adopted 

 in the investigations on wheat. 



(d) Fibres. — The isolation and testing of pure races of 



the fibre plants of India will be continued. 

 The study of the inheritance of characters in 

 these crops is being continued. 

 {e) Fruit. — The fruit experiments at Pusa will be con- 

 tinued on the lines laid down in the first Fruit 

 Report. During the months May to Septem- 

 ber the work connected with the development 

 of the fruit industry of Baluchistan will be 

 continued. 



Publications. 



The pressure of current duties has again delayed the 

 publication of results and only a few papers could be 

 written during the year. The work of the section, parti- 

 cularly on wheat and tobacco, has increased beyond all ex- 

 pectations during the past two years and it is difficult to 

 find sufficient free time for writing papers and for corre- 

 spondence. 



The following papers were published or written during 

 the year : — 



1. Green manuring with sa?i. AgricuUvral Journal of India, 



Vol. VII, Part I, 1912. 



2. A suggested improvement in sugar-cane cultivation in 



the Indo-Gangetic plain. Agricultural Journal of India, 

 Vol. VII, Part I, 1912. 



3. The improvement of Indian wheat. Journal of the Bombay 



Natural History Society, October 1911. 



4. A Hindi and Urdu version of Pusa Bulletin 22 on the pro- 



duction of wheat in India. 



5. The Botanical aspect of the improvement of sugar-cane in. 



India. International Sugar Journal, 1912. 



6. The production and maintenance of pure seed of improved 



varieties of crops in India (with G. L. C. Howard). Agri- 

 cultural Journal of India, Vol. VII, Part II, 1912. 



7. Report on Economic Botany for 1910-11 for the Board of 



Scientific Advice (with R. S. Hole). 



