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remained soft at Cawnpore and Pusa. The second is a Pusa pure 

 line (No. 3) which has always produced a soft sample. Both these 

 wheats behaved badly in milling and were described as woolly in 

 texture and gave great trouble in the separation of flour and bran. 

 As it is possible that some connection may exist between these bad 

 milling qualities and the tendency to produce a soft sample under 

 all conditions steps are being taken to have complete milling tests 

 made of Punjab Types 6, 23 & 25 when grown at Cawnpore under 

 conditions where most Indian wheats produce samples which mill 

 exceedingly well. At the same time the study of the inheritance 

 of the constant soft character is being continued at Pusa. 



The nitrogen content of these constant soft wheats is not without 

 interest. In no case is the percentage really low while in others it is 

 remarkably high as will be seen in the table below. There appears to 

 be no connection between nitrogen content and the tendency to 

 produce soft grains. 



Nitrogen content of constant soft wheats. 



In the case of the three Punjab Types the figures are the average of 

 five determinations. 



