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ENVIRONMENT AND MILLING QUALITIES. 



4. Dumraon. — This sample was grown by the Deputy 

 Director of Agriculture, Bengal, at the Dumraon Experiment Station 

 on typical wheat land by the method ordinarily adopted by the 

 cultivators in the neighbourhood. 



Trial of M^izaffarnagar white at Dumraon, 1908-09, 



4. Preparation of the land for the wheat 



crop. 



5. Date and method of sowing 



6. Seed rate 



7. Rainfall, April to October, and during 



the growth period. 



8. Irrigation 



9. Date of harvesting 



10. Growth period 



11. Consistency of sample 



12. Nitrogen content 



13. Weight of 1,000 grains 



14. Order of merit in commercial value 



Cowdung at the rate of 83 mds. per acie on 

 5-10-08. 



Ploughed three times on 15-9-08, 0-10-08, 

 and 17-10-08, and irrigated on 17-9-08 

 and 8-10-08, from the canal. 



Sown on 18-10-08 with the single coultered 

 native drill, after which the land was 

 left rough. 



lOOlbs. per acre. 



19 '93" during the seven months previous 

 to sowing, 0'9" during the growth period. 



Watered four times from the canal on 

 6-11-08, 10-12-08, 9-1-09 and 26-2-09. 



17-3-09. 



150 days. 



72% soft, 21% intermediate, and 7% hard. 



1-52%. 



43 '67 grammes. 



Fourth. 



