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REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



Yield of Pusa wheats at Dholi and Bowarrah, 1912-13. 



Name. 



Average yield in lbs. per acre. 



2,050 

 1,846 

 1,880 

 1,640 

 1,635 



In addition to the seed farms near Pusa under the 

 immediate control of the Imperial Economic Botanist, the 

 distribution of these wheats has been taken up by the Bihar 

 Agricultural Department and seed has been grown at 

 Sabour, Dumraon and Bankipore. Seed for about 200 

 acres has been distributed by Mr. McGowan in the Bhagal- 

 pur Division while the successful trials of these wheats in 

 the Patna Division will be continued- The yields obtained 

 on the light lands of the Sabour farm are given below. 



Yield of Pusa wheats at Sabour, 1912-13. 



Name. 



Pusa 7 

 Pusa 12 

 Pusa 8 

 Pusa 106 



Yield in lbs. per acre. 



1,809 

 1,664 

 1,512 

 1,087 



Many of the indigo estates in Bihar are now taking up 

 wheat growing and there is a considerable amount of local 

 seed distribution in progress. It is impossible to obtain 

 returns of these operations and to say what is the total 

 area under wheat. 



During the year two new Pusa wheats have been tried 

 on estates in Bihar, namely, Nos. 4 and 6. The former is an 

 early maturing wheat with strong straw which is very suit- 

 able for sowing with Java indigo. This wheat did well in 

 1912-13 and returns from 1,558 to 1,912 lbs. of seed to the 

 acre were obtained on the various estates where it was 

 grown. At Belsund factory Pusa 6 gave 1,640 lbs. of seed 



