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been kept at Quetta so that all this work has had to be 

 done over again from the very beginning. 



IV. Programme and Publications. 



Programme of work for 1915-16. Plant breeding and 

 plant improvement. Work will be continued on the follow- 

 ing crops, on the lines indicated in the annual reports and 

 in the publications of the section — wheat, tobacco, gram, 

 fibre plants, indigo, oil-seeds and fruit. 



Publications. Some progress was made during the 

 last twelve months in the publication of results but the 

 arrears have not yet been overtaken. 



The following papers Were published during the 

 year : — 



1. The influence of the environment on the milling and baking 



qualities of wheat in India. No. 3. The experiments of 

 1911-12 (with H. M. Leake). Mem. Dept. of Agr. in 

 India [Botanical Series), Yol. VI, No. 8, 1914. 



2. Pusa 12. Agr. Jour, of India, Vol. X, Part 1, 1915. 



3. The improvement of tobacco cultivation in Bihar. Bulle- 



tin 50, Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, 1915. 



4. First report on the improvement of indigo in BiliMr. 



Bulletin 51, Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, 1915. 



5. Soil Ventilation. Bulletin 52, Agricultural Research In- 



stitute, Pusa, 1915. 



6. Soil Erosion and surface drainage. Bulletin 53, Agricul- 



tural Research Institute, Pusa, 1915. 



7. Second report on the improvement of indigo in Bihar. 



Agr. Jour, of India, Vol. X, Part 2, 1915. Reprinted 

 as Bulletin 54, Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, 

 1915. 



8. Report on Agricultural Botany for 1913-14, for the Board of 



Scientific Advice. 



