48 SCIENTIFIC REPORTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



fied Taqavi procedure for the supply of P 4 seed in the 

 Cawnpore Division has recently been approved by the Com- 

 missioner. • 



Mr. H. E. J. Peake, Solan Brewery, reports excellent 

 progress from the Simla Hills, and the following Hill States 

 are said to have introduced P 12 with success : — Keonthal 

 State, Junga; Baghal State, Arki; Baghat State, Solor; 

 Patiala State, Patiala ; Sirmoor State, Nahan. 



These States comprise the majority of the States in the 

 Simla Hills, and with the exception of Patiala all the States 

 speak most highly of this wheat. The acreage in Sirmoor 

 is said to be roughly 600 acres, and the Chief Secretary of 

 Sirmoor State reports that it is their intention to extend 

 P 12 this coming year towards Dehra Dun. In two or three 

 years there will probably be nothing but P 12 in the whole 

 of Sirmoor. This result is largely due to the trouble and 

 keen interest taken by Sardar Narain Singh, Chief Secre- 

 tary. It is also reported that P 12 sold in the market for 

 annas 10 more per maund than the local wheat. 



Pusa wheats in A ustralia. With reference to the spread 

 of Pusa wheats in Australia, the following' occurs in the 

 report of the judges of the Royal Jubilee Show held at 

 Sydney, Australia, in March 1920 : 



' A sample of the Indian wheat, Pusa 4, exhibited by 

 Mr. W. H. Scholtz, of GiJgandra, is worthy of mention. It 

 yielded a percentage of excellent colour flour of 53 quarts 

 to the sack strength, which was the highest water absorp- 

 tion of all the flours tested in the competition." 



In the exhibit of strong wheats, Mr. Scholtz again stood 

 first with an exhibit of Pusa 4, an achievement for the In- 

 dian wheat, and in the class for 5 strong flour varieties, Mr. 

 Scholtz also stood first, two of his five being P 4 and P 107. 



III. Jndigo. 



Full details, of the work on indigo carried on by the 

 Imperial Economic Botanist at Pusa are being published 

 as a Memoir. During the past season, work has been 

 confined to a continuation of observations on plants grown 



