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REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



at Cawnpore by Mr. Leake, who showed for several years 

 that fine samples could be grown under canal irrigation 

 using far less water for the purpose than is ordinarily 

 given to wheat. During the progress of this work 

 at Cawnpore, the Allahabad Exhibition took place and at 

 the Agricultural Conference which was held in connection 

 with the Exhibition the Pusa wheats were shown. As a 

 result, the Manager of the Court of Wards' Estates in the 

 District of Kheri, Mr. Hoskins, became interested in the 

 matter and some of the new wheats were grown success- 

 fully by his tenants in the season 1911-12. The results 

 obtained from these various experiments led to a demand 

 for seed. As the land available for wheat in the Botanical 

 area at Cawnpore was not sufficient for seed-growing pur- 

 poses, it was decided by Mr. Leake to utilize about 100 

 acres of the new farm at Kalai, near Aligarh, for the pur- 

 pose of growing seed for distribution. The first crop was 

 grown in the season 1912-13 and the yields of the various 

 wheats over large areas are given below. Mr. Leake states 

 that there was a failure of the canal and consequently some 

 damage by white-ants, and that these facts must be con- 

 sidered in judging the outturns. 



Yield of Pusa wheats at Kalai near Aligarh, 1912-13. 



Trials were also carried out at the farms at Partabgarh 

 and Benares where the following returns were obtained by 

 Mr. Sharma, the Assistant Director of Agriculture ;— 



