J. V. Eyre and E. A. Fisheh 

 Table II b. 



129 



Relation between oil content and size of seed. 



Leather^ when examining Indian linseeds, states that he could get 

 little evidence that any connection exists between the size of the seed 

 and the percentage of oil they contain. Some of the large kinds from 

 the Central Provinces weighing 8-0 grm. per 1000 seeds were found to 

 contain only as much oil as one grown at Bilaspur (in the Central 

 Provinces) which weighed only 5-5 grm. per 1000 seeds. His com- 

 parisons, however, are not strict ones, for the Central Provinces and 

 the other regions of India from which he obtained his seeds are 

 vast areas, over which very varied chmatic conditions obtain, and in 

 many cases they produce types of linseed exhibiting well marked 

 characteristics. It is highly probable that in these instances any 

 correlation of size of seed with oil content would be hidden by the far 

 greater variations due to variety and varying climatic conditions under 

 which they were grown. That this may be so is evident from a com- 

 parison of the oil content and size of seed grown in different parts of 

 Bombay Presidency, a region throughout which the climate is more 

 uniform than is the case with the other regions of India. 



Weight of 1000 seeds 



6 to 7 grm. 



7 to 8 grm. 



8 to 9 grm. 



Oil content 

 41-23 % (single sample) 

 42-22 % (average of 3 samples) 

 43-83 



These show a distinct, though slight, increase of oil content with 

 increase in size of seed. Our own experience with both English grown 



' Loc. cit. 

 Joum. of Agric, Soi. vii 9 



