26 REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 



tors and in the bazaar on account of its grain quality and 

 the high percentage of flour it yields. 



During the year, a complete milling and baking test of 

 this variety was carried out at the Hooghly Flour Mills, 

 Calcutta, managed by Messrs. Shaw, Wallace & Co. The 

 sample milled was 350 maunds in weight and was grown 

 as a cover crop for Java indigo on the Dholi and Benipore 

 estates in Bihar. The report, which will be published in 

 due course, is an exceedingly favourable one. The wheat 

 behaved in the mill exactly as would be expected from 

 Mr. Humphries' reports on maund samples in England 

 while the loaves were much superior to those produced from 

 the best Calcutta flour. 



Pusa 4 is doing very well in New South Wales. A 

 large sample, grown at Gilgandra from seed supplied from 

 Pusa, took the first prize at the recent Royal Agricultural 

 Show at Sydney. This prize has formerly been obtained 

 by one or other of the wheats produced by the late 

 Mr. William Farrer. Both in appearance, bushel weight 

 and in the milling tests, Pusa 4 proved superior to any of 

 the new varieties produced in New South Wales. 



The demand for seed of Pusa 4 increased considerablv 

 during the past year. In addition to numerous small con- 

 signments, about 1,500 maunds were supplied from Bihar 

 estates to Mr. Burt, in connection with his seed distribu- 

 tion scheme in Bundelkhand. As usual, a large number of 

 indents were received after the available supply had been 

 disposed of. There seems to be an exaggerated idea in 

 India as to the resources of the Botanical Section at Pusa 

 both as regards storehouse accommodation and as regards 

 funds. Neither Pusa nor the Bihar indigo estates, which 

 grow wheat for seed, are in a position financially to ware- 

 house large quantities of seed wheat during the monsoon. 

 All wheat, except for seed, has to be distributed at harvest 

 time, a fact which correspondents should carefully bear in 

 mind. 



Shipments of Pusa 12 and Pusa 4 to England. In the 

 last annual report, mention was made of a small prelimi- 



