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perhaps predominant. The following table will illustrate the 

 point omitting for this purpose Pusa 4 altogether : — 



5 10 12 20 



In this table I have set out the order of merit indicated by 

 milling and baking tests, and the figures at the bottom of each 

 column show how on results so obtained, Pusa 12 comes out top 

 with Pusa 22 and Pusa 8 close together and Muzaffarnagar last. 

 The additions are made merely to indicate the order of merit and 

 not their relative degrees of excellence. For my own guidance, I 

 have recorded results in marks and the addition of them, grouped 

 according to variety, yields the same order of merit. I have already 

 shown that the differences between the varieties are not the same 

 at all centres, but the broad principle comes out clearly from 

 these tests that the effect of breed is predominant or at least 

 is extremely important. I do not think, however, that any one 

 variety will be equally suitable for all those parts of India in which 

 ordinary wheat (T. vulgar e) is or can be grown, and I should 

 like to see these tests continued and extended to other varieties. 



I should also like to repeat the opinion expressed in my pre- 

 vious reports, that the financial return to the grower should be 

 the predominant influence in determining the suitability of any or 

 all varieties of wheat in India as elsewhere. British millers are likely 

 to pay relatively high prices for the wheats I have tested, compared 

 with the existing typical Kurrachee and Calcutta wheats exported, 

 and this remark includes Muzaffarnagar also, for that can be used 

 satisfactorily for special purposes, and is for them more valuable 

 than ordinary Choice White Kurrachee, or No. 2 Club, Calcutta ; 



