260 ENVIRONMENT AND BAKING QUALITIES. 



if, in addition, the new varieties will yield greater quantities of grain 

 and straw than those ordinarily grown, the position of the Indian 

 grower will be greatly improved, and the propagation of the new 

 Idnds should be pressed forward."' 



Weybridge, England,] 



[ A. E. HUMPHRIES. 



3rd October, 1913. J 



Some exceedingly interesting results are to be found in the above 

 report which it is now proposed to deal with briefly. The first 

 relates to the importance of milling and baking tests in environment 

 experiments with wheat. In the case of the Pusa 12 sample grown 

 at Lyallpur, the report shows that a miller of great experience, who 

 had tested this variety in previous years, was entirely misled by the 

 external appearance of the badly grown and harvested sample. 

 Great flour strength and good milUng qualities are therefore liable 

 to be masked by the effects of poor cultivation and overWatering. 

 This experience with the Lyallpur sample is of the greatest 

 value as it shows that if the Indian cultivator is to obtain immedi- 

 ately the greatest financial return for his labour he nuist not only 

 grow a wheat with good quahty but tliis wheat must be well-grown 

 so that it at once takes the eye of the buyer. The appearance 

 of the sample is therefore a most important matter in the work of 

 introducing to advantage a new grade of wheat on the Home markets. 



The general results obtained with Pusa 12 at the thirteen sta- 

 tions confirm and extend those obtained in 1910-11. These are 

 summed up in Table 1, which also gives the consistency, absolute 

 weight and nitrogen percentage of the various samples. It will 

 be seen that tlie nitrogen percentage of Pusa 12 is, on the whole, 

 not very liigh. The actual tests bring out the point that no matter 

 what the agricultural conditions were, the milhng and baldng 



