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VII. Tobacco, fibres and gram. 



Tobacco. The demand for seed of Type 28 continues 

 to increase both for general cultivation and for cigarette 

 purposes. Indents for about 5,000 acres of new cultiva- 

 tion were dealt with which has exhausted the whole of the 

 supply of seed. A number of late indents have been trans- 

 ferred to 1920. An effort will be made this year to grow 

 a larger stock of selected seed. In addition to applica- 

 tions for seed, a number of correspondents have asked for 

 samples of cured leaf. It was impossible to supply any of 

 these as all the land available was used for producing seed. 



Fibres. In addition to its suitability for India, the 

 improved type of patwa (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) known 

 as Type 3, is doing well in other countries. After the pre- 

 liminary trials, the Agricultural Department of the Union 

 of South Africa cabled for five tons of seed of this variety. 

 Only a hundred pounds could be spared and so the oppor- 

 tunity for introducing this type on a large scale into South 

 Africa was lost. 



Gram. A comparative trial at Pusa of some of the 

 more promising types of gram gave the following results : — 



Mds. Seers 



Type 17 ... . 



Type 18 ... 



Type 6 .... 



Type 23 ... . 



Type 25 ... . 



A considerable demand for seed of some of these types 

 has arisen, a small portion only of which could be satisfied.. 



VIII. The pollination of Indian crops. 



A further paper dealing with the pollination of Indian 

 crops was prepared for publication during the year. In 

 this the following crops were considered — San hemp 

 (Crotalaria juncea L.), pigeon pea (Cajanus indicus L.)v 

 Java indigo (Indigofera arrecta Hochst.), Sumatrana 

 indigo (Indigofera Sumatrana Gaertn.), linseed (Linum 



