INSTITUTE, PUSA, FOR 1916-17 



41 



The general applicability to the plains of India of the 

 Quetta results on water saving was demonstrated during 

 the past wheat season. A study of the wheat crop on the 

 Chenab Colony and the marked contrast between the manner 

 •of ripening of the same variety, grown under canal irriga- 

 tion at Lyallpur and under natural moisture elsewhere, 

 convinced us that it would be quite safe to predict that a 

 large proportion of the canal water is wasted in the North- 

 West. Accordingly, a memorandum to this effect was drawn 

 up and submitted to the Director of Agriculture of the 

 Punjab which contained detailed directions as to the actual 

 procedure to be followed. During the past season, the new 

 method was tried at three centres in the Punjab — Gunga- 

 pur, Haripur and Sargodha. All facilities for the experi- 

 ments at Gungapur and Haripur were kindly given by Rai 

 Sewak Ram Sahib. The Sargodha trials were carried out 

 by Maulvi Fateh-ud-Din, Deputy Director of Agriculture. 

 In all cases, the trials were successful and quite fair crops 

 were ripened on the preliminary irrigation (rawani) only 

 without any assistance from the winter rainfall. With one 

 more irrigation, good crops were obtained. The details are 

 given in Table I below from which it will be evident that 

 after the second irrigation water ceased to be a limiting 

 factor in growth. 



Table I. 



Results of water-saving experiments on wheat (Pusa 12) at 

 Gungapur, Haripur and Sargodha in 1916-17 . 



