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Wheats belonging; to this class were found as admixtures in TJwri; Plnnuhi'i 

 and Bujri wheats from Nasirabad, Sibi : in Kvndai and Urhsen wheats from 

 Miisa Khel, Loralai : in Thori from Gandava, Kachhi, Kalat,and insix samples 

 f rom Ma eh. 



var. aJbifhim Al. 



Bahichistan Class LXII. Ears medium to lax. beardless with distinct 

 tips ; glumes smooth, white : grain white ; straw thin. pink. 



To this class belong Thori wheat from Nasirabad. Sibi. and an unnamed 

 sample from Mach. 



Wheats belonging to this class were found as admixtures in Bujri and 

 Phimdni wheats from Nasirabad, Sibi ; in Thori wheat from Gandava, Kachhi. 

 Kalat ; in six samples from Mach and in Ghal ghmtam from Fort Sandeman, 

 Lower Zhob. 



Baluchistan Class LXTII. Ears dense and very bold, beardless, apex 

 fan-shaped : glumes white, smooth ; grain very small and round, white ; 

 straw pink and very strong. 



A wheat belonging to this class was found as an admixture in ReJi wheat 

 from Dhadar, Kalat. 



Baluchistan Class LXIV. Ears dense and very short, not bold, beardless, 

 apex fan-shaped : glumes smooth, white ; grain medium in size, not rounded, 

 white : straw thin. 



To this class belongs Kiindai wheat from Musa Khel, Loralai. 



III. THE WHEATS IN EACH DISTRICT. 



SIBI. 



This District adjoins the Punjab and certain of the fahsils resemble in 

 climate and physical aspects the neighbouring parts of Sind. The District 

 is a large one, 11,281 sq. miles, but only a third of this is directly administered, 

 the rest being under political control only. Great variations in altitude occur. 

 The Sibi and Nasirabad tahsih which abut on Sind form a level plain, never 

 above 500 feet in altitude. The remainder of the District consists of 

 mountainous country with high mountains and narrow valleys, of which the 

 principal are the Harnai valley (56 miles long by 6 miles broad), the Kach 

 valley (4 miles long by 1 mile broad) and the Kowas and Ziarat valleys. 



The climate naturally varies with the altitude. The highlands resemble 

 the other places of high elevation in Baluchistan and enjoy a cool summer 



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