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ENVIRONMENT AND BAKING QUALITIES. 



hidiis Valley. 



The flour from the ordinary Indian wheat of coiunierce, Choice 

 White Karachi, baked by itself would, according to the scale 

 used, obtain, say, 70 marks for stability and 70 for strength ; No. 2 

 Northern Manitoba, 1912 crop, would get, say, 92 and 95 respectively, 

 so my opinion as to the relative merits of these wheats as regards 

 stability and strength may be stated in the following summary : — 



Strength. 



No. 2 Northern Manitoba, 1912 crop 

 Pusa 12, Indus Valley 

 Pusa 12, Black Soils 

 Pusa 12, Ganges Valley 

 Choice White Karachi 



95 

 87 

 83 

 82 

 7U 



It vnW be seen that in this summary, I have used the figures 

 concerning the Pusa 12 wheats, from the B set of trials. 



Before I make any comments on these baking results, I sliould 

 like to put side by side the two sequences of merit relating to these 

 Pusa 12 wheats, one based on appearance, in which all points of 

 quality are taken into consideration, the other based on baking 

 trials in which the only points of quality considered are stabihty and 



