saved for sowing in the autumn of 1915. As they were also very 

 badly attacked by " rust," there seems no special object in trying 

 them again. 



The Sudanese variety was characterized by an exceptionally 

 long ear, but the crop was destroyed since it was almost entirely 

 covered with " rust." 



All the varieties were sown broadcast at the rate of six kelas 

 per feddan, but the grain from the three best ears of the selected 

 native varieties was also sown thinly in rows. The wheat in the 

 rows was carefully rogued, and the fifty best ears selected and marked 

 with wool. Careful notes of the various parts of the plant, such as 

 the leaf, stem, and ear, were recorded. 



At harvest-time most of the varieties were attacked by " rust " ; 

 some only very slightly, but others severely. Notes were made with 

 regard to the period of ripening of each kind of wheat. 



A belt about one metre wide was marked off round each plot, 

 and the grain kept quite separate at threshing-time. 



Reaping was started on April 19, and, when it had been cut, 

 each variety was graded into four lots : best ears, medium ears, 

 small ears, and rogues, each lot being threshed separately. With 

 regard to the belt, however, the last two qualities were eliminated. 



The following grades were sown in November 1915 : 



1st = grain from the special row. 



2nd = best oars from the middle of the plot. 



3rd = medium 



4th = best ears from the belt of the plot. 



;)th = medium 



The grain from each of the selected eais in the special row was 

 kept and sown separate. The results obtained from these will be 

 recorded at the next harvest. 



As the plots of the different varieties sown in 1914 were very 

 small, no account was taken of the yield, but four large plots, 264 

 square metres in area, were sown with the three native varieties 

 and Muzaffarnagar wheat from India in order to test the yields. 

 These last are shown in the following table : 



Red Baladi ... = 10*83 ardebs per feddan. 

 White Baladi = 10'19 



Hindi = 10-14 



Muzaffarnagar = 10'04 



NOTK.-l ardeh = 5-444 bushels : I feddfin = 1-03N acres ; 12 kelns = 1 ardeb. 



