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and the black cotton soils of Peninsular India, both under 

 dry and irrigated conditions. This is an important matter 

 and one which must be considered in all schemes of wheat 

 improvement. There is no longer any reason why (now 

 that it has been shown that yield and quality can be com- 

 bined in the same wheat) the distribution of poor quality 

 wheats should be continued. 



The attention of the wheat trade at Home has been 

 drawn to the work in progress on the improvement of 

 Indian wheat. A meeting was arranged this summer by 

 Mr. Humphries at Weybridge with Mr. Petrie, the London 

 Manager of Messrs. Ralli Brothers, when samples of Pusa 

 12, grown at the various stations in the Indo-Gangetic 

 plain and on the black cotton soils of Peninsular India, 

 were exhibited. The loaves obtained from this wheat were 

 also shown side by side with those produced from the grade 

 known as Choice White Karachi and No. 2 Northern (Mani- 

 toba). The loaves from Pusa 12 were almost identical with 

 those from No. 2 Northern and were a great improvement 

 on those obtained from Choice White Karachi flour. The 

 opportunity was taken of obtaining Mr. Petrie's advice as 

 to the best means of disposing of these wheats on the Home 

 markets and of establishing the reputation of a grade of 

 Indian wheat with superior quality. In addition, a sam- 

 ple of Pusa 4, grown on the Hathowrie Estate in Bihar in 

 1912-13, was exhibited at Mark Lane at a recent meeting 

 of the Council of the Incorporated Association of British 

 and Irish Millers where the wheat attracted a considerable 

 amount of attention. 



The present position of the cultivation of the Pusa 

 wheats in the various wheat-growing tracts of India must 

 now be considered. The work is being carried out by 

 many officers of the Agricultural Department and the 

 details given below have been obtained, partly from the 

 publications and reports issued in the various provinces 

 and partly by correspondence. 



United Provinces. — The first experiments with Pusa 

 wheats in these Provinces were made in the Botanical area 



