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1. Cr/?rw790fe.— This sample was grown in the Botanical area 

 at the Cawnpore Experiment Station by the Economic Botanist. 

 Cawnpore is typical of the large wheat-growing tract known as the 

 Middle Doab. The cultural and other details are given in the 

 following table : — 



Trial of Muzaffarnagar white at Cawnpore, 1908-09. 



Cultural and other details. 



1- Typo of soil .. .. .. Typical wheat loam known locally as r/?/ - 



mat. 



2. Previous crop . . . . . . Oats. 



3. Manurinji . . . , , . Nil. 



^- Preparation of the land for the wheat Plouglied six times before sowing on 

 crop .. .. .. 12-4-08, .3-7-08, 27-8-08, 11-9-08, 28-9-08 



and ()-]0-08. 



5- "Date and method of sowing .. Sown on 24-10-08, behind the country 



plough and levelled with the beam. 



•>• Seed rate .. .. .. 1201bs. to the acre. 



7. Rainfall, April to Oct. and during growth 3r68" during the seven months previous 



period . . . . . . to sowing, 0'2o" during the growth 



period. 



8. Irrigation .. .. .. Watered twice from the canal on 22-11-09 



and 15-1-09. 



9. Date of harvesting . . . . .3-4-09. 



10. Hiowth period ... .. KJl days. 



11. Consistency of samjile .. ... 8% soft, 48% intermediate and 39% hard. 



12. Nitrogen content .. .. 2*37% 



13. Weight of 1,000 grains ... ... 35"G9 grammes. 



14. Order of meritin commercial value ».. First. 



