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Pusa 20. 



The details relating to the trial of this wheat at the ten stations 

 are given in the table opposite and the results of the milling and 

 baking tests are described in the following extract from Mr. A. E. 

 Humphries' report of 1910. 



"If it be desirable in the interests of the producer to grow 

 Durum wheats in India, I think it would be desirable to encourage 

 the distribution of this variety of that type. The latest develop- 

 ments in the art of milling minimize to some extent the objections of 

 millers to Durums, but those objections persist and are likely to do so. 

 But there are Durums and Durums, and this variety is a good one. 

 At its best it differs very little in appearance from some of the best 

 hard 'ordinary ' wheats, and in milling it, I have found with very 

 much interest that we have obtained, without any special effort, on 

 an average of the ten samples in each case a rather higher percentage 

 of flour than we obtained from the Muzaffarnagars. This to a 

 miller is very noteworthy. 



The ten samples were grown at the same places as the ten 

 samples of Muzaffarnagar. In the former set there are the same sort 

 of differences as in the latter. Here also the Hoshangabad lot 

 contains a proportion of thin grains and some which are green. The 

 Cawnpore also contains a few thin grains, but on this point the 

 Meerut lot contains a much larger proportion and a substantial 

 proportion of pale corns besides. The Lyallpur contains a still 

 larger proportion of pale corns and is the poorest of these lots in 

 general appearance. In these ten samples also we get differences in 

 hue, some of a much deeper yellow than others. In the Pusa Muzaf- 

 farnagar the deeper yellow hue improves its appearance, 

 but in the Pusa Durum the intensity of its yellow hue detracts from 

 its looks. The Pusa Durum is also very regular in its texture and 

 is particularly well grown. 



In spite of these blemishes all the lots with the exception of 

 Meerut may be described as well grown. The Pusa lot appeared 

 on first examination to be hardest, but after conditioning the 

 Cawnpore was found to be so. Judged by appearance only, I should 



