32 REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL ECONOMIC 



BOTANIST. 



(A. Howard, CLE., M.A., A.R.C.S., F.L.S.) 



I. — Staff. 



Charge. — I held charge of the section at Pusa during 

 the year under review from October 18th, 1913, till June 

 30th, 1914. During the remainder of the period, I was on 

 combined leave when the Second Assistant, Maulvi Abdur 

 Rahman Khan, was in charge of current duties at Pusa. 

 This assistant did good work during my absence and was 

 rewarded by the grant of a charge allowance. 



Staff. — The work of the staff continues to be satis- 

 factory. In addition to the assistant mentioned above, the 

 only case for individual mention is that of Lai Singh, who 

 has been promoted to the post of Second Fieldman at Pusa. 

 Fieldman Ram Prasad died during the year when the sec- 

 tion lost the services of a loyal and hard-working man. 



II. — Wheat Investigations. 



Distribution of Pusa Wheats in India. 



In previous annual reports, a full account has been 

 given of the preliminary work connected with the produc- 

 tion and also with the trial of Pusa wheats in the various 

 wheat-growing tracts of India. At the same time, refer- 

 ence has been made to the investigations on the influence of 

 the environment on the milling and baking qualities of 

 these wheats, which have been carried out in collaboration 

 with Mr. Leake and with the invaluable help of Mr. A. E. 

 Humphries. It is not proposed to refer now in detail to 

 these preliminary matters which were fully described in the 

 annual reports for 1911-12 and 1912-13. 



