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been made in both these directions and important results 

 have been obtained. 



In connection with the trials of Pusa 12 by the ryots 

 in the various wheat-growing areas, the results obtained 

 in the United Provinces are perhaps the most important. 

 The season in these provinces was not a very favourable 

 one for wheat. The rains ceased early and, in many Dis- 

 tricts, the crop had to be sown in too warm a seed-bed. 

 The winter rains were late and although there was a 

 marked improvement in February, this was speedily 

 followed by long continued wet weather which brought on 

 rust and seriously diminished the yield. Under these 

 adverse conditions, Pusa 12 did well and stood out 

 conspicuously from the country wheats. The general 

 results are thus summed up by the Director of Agriculture 

 in " United Provinces Agricultural Notes for March, 

 1915 " which appeared in the Pioneer of April 11th last. 



" Pusa No. 12 wheat, of which a considerable area is 

 now grown over different parts of the Provinces, has done 

 well everywhere. It has shown itself relatively rust- 

 resisting, and has given a good yield even in the worst 

 affected districts. This feature has attracted particular 

 attention in a year like the present, and there is little 

 doubt about its rapid spread in future." 



In the previous wheat year, 1913-14, a season of short 

 moisture, Pusa 12 did much better than the country 

 wheats as it was able to ripen a good crop with com- 

 paratively little moisture. Shortness of moisture during 

 the growth period, the early cessation of the rains (leading 

 to a warm seed-bed and subsequent liability of the seedlings 

 to wither and to be destroyed by white ants) and long 

 continued wet weather after the crop comes into ear 

 (giving rise to serious attacks of rust) are the chief factors 

 which limit the yield of wheat in the Gangetic alluvium. 

 From the point of view of the testing of a new variety in 

 this tract, the two seasons, 1913-14 and 1914-15, have been 

 very favourable ones as, in both cases, adverse factors have 

 been experienced. In both years, Pusa 12 has shown a 



