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encouraged in these Districts without sufficient tests having 

 been made as to its suitability for them. Feeling the force 

 of these criticisms, the Director of Agriculture recently 

 made a tour through these Districts and was struck by the 

 great and unanimous enthusiasm evinced for Pusa 12 by 

 all the growers of it. They all assured him that they got 

 at least 25 per cent, increased outturn from it and a pre- 

 mium of at least 2 annas per maund. One grower sold 500 

 maunds of it to a Lahore contractor, who required it for 

 eating purposes in that city, at a premium of 4 annas per 

 maund over ordinary wheat. A certain amount of this 

 wheat is also being grown in the Ferozepore, Karnal, His- 

 sar and Rohtak Districts. Everywhere it is exceedingly 

 popular and increasing amounts are being stored for next 

 season by growers. 



In Sind, Mr. Main has commenced the trial of Pusa 12 

 in various parts of the Province and the work is being con- 

 tinued. Some promising results were obtained in the 

 Upper Sind Frontier District on zamindars' fields and the 

 conclusion in this tract is that Pusa 12 is an. early ripener 

 and a heavy yielder. The zamindars concerned have kept 

 the whole of the produce for sowing next season. 



In the Simla Hill tracts, Mr. Peake has successfully 

 introduced Pusa 12 in three villages in Sirmoor where this 

 variety has done well. The people are very much taken 

 with the grain and a number of villages have undertaken 

 to grow nothing but Pusa 12 next year. The Chief Secre- 

 tary of the Sirmoor State, Sirdar Narain Singh, who has 

 interested himself in this work, has introduced a book to 

 record the quantity of Pusa 12 sown each year together 

 with the acreage. Distribution of seed will be carried out 

 village by village so as to prevent admixture. 



Pusa 4- In many parts of India where a rapidly 

 maturing, high quality wheat is required which will also 

 respond to good cultivation, Pusa 4 is meeting a distinct 

 want and is rapidly coming into favour. 



In North Bihar, the fall in the price of indigo led last 

 year to a great demand for seed of this variety from the 



