36 SCIENTIFIC REPORTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



In the Central Circle of this Province, Mr. B. C. Burt 

 has continued the systematic introduction of Pusa 12 on 

 the alluvial soils of the Doab and Oudh portions of his 

 charge. In connection with the special steps taken in con- 

 junction with the Irrigation Department to increase the 

 area under wheat, the bulk of the available seed supply was 

 concentrated mainly in the Districts of Etawah and Cawn 

 pore where the demand for this variety was intense. The 

 total quantity of seed issued during the year from stores 

 controlled by Mr. Burt was 12,290 maunds of which the 

 largest items were Etawah 3,840 maunds, Cawnpore 4,773 

 maunds and the Sitapur Court of Wards 1,100 maunds. 

 This variety is now well established in these Districts and 

 is spreading rapidly (apart from the efforts of the Depart- 

 ment) on account of the increased yield (estimated from 

 crop-cutting experiments to be three to four maunds per 

 acre under ordinary cultivation) and the enhanced price 

 which it fetches. There are now many villages in the 

 Etawah District and some in the Cawnpore District where 

 practically no other wheat is grown and special measures 

 are being taken to maintain these as centres of purity where 

 seed can be purchased (to supplement the supply from the 

 seed farms) and from which this variety will also spread 

 naturally to surrounding villages. In the Sitapur District, 

 most excellent work has been done by the Special Manager 

 of the Court of Wards' estates, Mr. Dunne, in the systema- 

 tic introduction of this wheat The Katesar estate now 

 possesses its own seed store and last year supplied over a 

 thousand maunds of seed to a group of neighbouring vil- 

 lages. The store worked at a considerable profit and 

 inspection of the crops in the villages showed that they were 

 practically pure. For the current year, this estate has 

 stored 1,363 maunds, material quantities have also been 

 kept by individual cultivators and arrangements are in pro- 

 gress for special demonstration plots and for the mainten- 

 ance of pure stocks of seed on the areas commanded by 

 three tube wells with which this estate is now equipped. 

 It has unfortunately proved impossible to form even an 



