873 



sown 



with 75 lb. (85 lb. recommended later) of seed 17th November 

 1906, germination good 22nd November; in full ear 24th Jan. 

 1907; commenced to ripen 14th February and reaped 6th March, 

 yielding 21 bushels (64 lb. per bushel) of clean dry grain. The 

 rainfall during the period-seed time to harvest — was 12-45 in., 

 rain fell on 37 days, the greater falls occmring on 27th January 

 — 2-12 in. and 25th February — 2-25 in.; the season being 

 considered a very favourable one (Circ. No. 24, Dept. Agric. 

 Nairobi). About a ton of seed of this variety was distributed 

 in Toro, Uganda in 1909 and a small threshing and winnowing 

 machine has been fixed up at Fort Portal for the use of the 

 growers (Col. Rep. Misc. No. 64 1909, p. 9). 



Ref. — Les Meilleurs Bles, Vilmorin-Andricux, pp. 1-175, with 

 numerous coloured plates (Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Paris, 



1880). " Triticum sativuniy' in Diet. Econ. Prod. India, 



Watt, vi. part 4, 1893, pp. 89-202. Note on the Races of 



Wheat Cultivated in Bengal, Prain, Agric. Series No. 2, Dept. 

 of Land Records and Agric. Bengal, Bull. No. 3, 1896, pp. 1-19 



2 pis. and a map. Macaroni Wheats, Carleton, U.S. Dept. 



Agric. Bur. PI. Industry, Bull. No. 3, 1901, pp. 1-62. 



Triticum vulgare (Wheat) : Australian Methods of Testing and 

 Improving Wheat; Their AppUcabihty to India mth special 

 reference to the prevention of " rust," Moreland, Agric. Ledger, 



No. 2, 1901, pp. 11-31, illustr.- ^Emmer : A Grain for the 



Semi-Arid Regions, Carleton, U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. 



No. 139, 1901, pp. 1-15.-^ ^The Algerian Durum Wheats; 



A Classified List with descriptions, Scofield, U.S. Dept. Agric. 



Bur. PI. Industry, Bull. No. 7, 1902, pp. 1-48, pis. i.-x\-iii. 



The Chief Species, Races and Varieties of Emopean Cereals, 

 Percival, including Cultivated Wheats, pp. 2-6 (Headley Brothers, 



London, 1902). Manufacture of Semohna and Macaroni, 



Skinner, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bur. PI. Industry, Bull. No. 20, 1902, 



pp. 1-31, pis. i.-v. The Description of Wheat Varieties, 



Scofield, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bur. PI. Ind. Bull. No. 47, 1903, 



pp. 1-19, pis. i.-vii. "Saragolla Wheat," Fairchild, U.S. 



Dept. Agric. Bur. PI. Industry, Bull. No. 25, 1903, pp. 9-12. 



Emmer and Spelt, Saunders, Dept. Agric. Ottawa, Canada, 



Bull. No. 45, 1904, pp. 1-16, ff. 1-6.— The Commercial Status 

 of Durum Wheat, Carleton & Chamberlain, U.S. Dept. Agric 



Bur. PI. Industry, Bull. No. 70, 1904, pp. 1-70, pis. i.-v. 



QuaHty of Wheat, Lyon, tl.S. Dept. Agric. Bur. 



PI. Industry, BuU. No. 78, 1905, pp. 1-120. The Variability 



Wheat 



Salts, Harter 



Bull. No. 79, 1905, pp. 1-47. Cultivation of Wheat in Per- 

 manent Alfalfa Fields. Fairchild, I.e., Bull. No. 75. 1905. nn. 5-7. 



Wheat 



(Macmillan 



"The Wheat Plant {Triticum vulgare) " in The Commer- 

 cial Products of India, Watt, pp. 1082-1105 (John Murray, 



