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marked superiority over the local wheats and these facts 

 must be regarded as of the greatest promise for the future 

 of this variety. 



During the year, the best yield of Pusa 12 so far re- 

 ported was that obtained by Mr. Clarke at the new Sugar- 

 cane Experiment Station at Shahjahanpur, where over 500 

 maunds of seed were obtained from an area of 16^ acres, 

 although a portion of this was badly lodged by rain and 

 wind just after the crop came into ear. This outturn is 

 over 30 maunds or 40 bushels an acre. Very good returns 

 were also obtained on the private farms of the Taluqdars 

 of Oudh as well as in other parts of the Provinces. The 

 results clearly show that it is possible to produce in India 

 wheats which combine both high yield and good quality 

 when grown by the people themselves. 



Progress has been made in the work relating to the 

 shipment of Pusa 12 for trial by the Millers of the 

 United Kingdom. This side of the work is being 

 carried out in the Central Circle of the United Pro- 

 vinces with the co-operation of Mr. B. C. Burt, Deputy 

 Director of Agriculture, who is working to replace the 

 country wheats by Pusa 12 from certain centres near Cawn- 

 pore. The surplus will be bought up by Government and 

 shipped by Messrs. Ralli Brothers who, with Mr. Humph- 

 ries, have undertaken to bring this wheat to the notice of 

 the Home Millers so that they may have an opportunity of 

 getting first hand experience of its qualities and behaviour. 

 In the District work, the Co-operative Credit movement has 

 been utilized as well as Court of Wards' estates and large 

 zamindars. In spite of the shortness of seed from Bihar 

 and the disinclination of the ryots to sell their surplus 

 produce, a beginning has been made during the present year 

 and the first parcel was sent to London in June iast. In 

 1916, it is hoped to send larger quantities and to organize 

 the work in such a manner that certain of the local wheat 

 markets will in time be able to supply pure Pusa 12 to the 

 shippers. The work in the Central Circle of the United 

 Provinces in attempting to replace a country crop by a 



