IV. THE EXPERIMENTS NOW IN PROGRESS. 



The present paper deals only with the earlier experiments 

 and principally with those in which Muzaffarnagar white was 

 nsed. This wheat was originally selected as it was the only pure 

 wheat available in sufficient quantity for the experiments and 

 also because it represents the soft whites now so much exported 

 to Europe. It is a good example of a weak, soft white wheat 

 yielding a chalky flour. Three other wheats have since been added, 

 namely, three Piisa selections representing (1) a free-milhng, high 

 nitrogen, uniformly hard white durirni; (2) a soft, mellow, free- 

 grinding, white wheat of . great strength and high bread-making 

 quality ; and (3) a hard, white, free-milling, strong wheat not unhke 

 Canadian Fife in shape and quahty. The influence of environment on 

 these soft strong and hard strong wheats will be of great interest, and 

 it will be seen whether or not a soft strong wheat will retain its 

 strength in localities such as South Bihar, Bundelkhand, the Narbada 

 Valley, the Upper Doab and on the Chenab Colony of the Punjab. 



After growing each of the four selected wheats at each station 

 for several years, the various samples will be taken back to their 

 original home, grown side by side and again tested to see if they 

 revert to their original character and become uniform in all res- 

 pects. The Muzaffarnagars will be grown at Meerut by a local 

 zamindar, while the three Pusa selections will be grown in the 

 Botanical area at Piisa. 



Besides these trials which will form the main portion of the 

 investigations, other subsidiary experiments will be carried out. 

 The 25 Punjab types of wheat will be grown side by side in the 

 Botanical area at Cawnpore for the next few years and their con- 

 sistency examined every year. In 1909-10 and following years 

 they will also be grown in the Botanical area at Piisa and similarly 

 examined and compared with the Cawnpore produce. These 25 

 Punjab types which are absolutely pure both as regards botanical 



