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English and some other high class wheats can be judged 

 from the following figures. 



From the above table it would seem that Indian wheat 

 compares very favourably with other wheats, and it is super- 

 seded only by the finest Russian and Australian varieties. 

 The Indian wheat is also remarkably free from excess 

 of moisture and is therefore well adapted for mixing with 

 English wheats which are too moist. The thinness of skin of 

 Indian wheats and the consequent largeness of yield must 

 always place them in the front rank as millers' wheat when- 

 ever they are handled with intelligence. Indeed Indian 

 wheats are getting well known in the English market and 

 their value is now equal to that of some of the best Euro- 

 pean and American wheats. The hard white Indian wheat 



