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EXPEEIMENT 2, 



Sample M was obtained at the same time as samples in experiment No. I. But 

 early in the rains it was sent to the Entomology room, where it remained througliout 

 the whole of the rains, within easy reach of stray weevils. 



Mr. Ross reports on it in November : — 



" Sample M quite rotten and full of weevils." 



EXPEEIMENT 3. 



Sample D, taken on 14th November 1888 from a half-maund tin of that year's 

 wheat, which was received from the Director of Land Records and Agriculture, North - 

 Western Provinces, in May, and was exposed to the air in the Museum, in a well iso- 

 lated position, from May to November. 



Mr. Ross reports on it in November : — 



*' Soft white wheat, with small admixture of hard grains ; the soft grains, almost 

 without exception, badly weevilled ; the hard grains mostly free from 

 weevils." 



EXPEEIMENT 4. 



Samples E and F were taken on 14th November 1888 from two half-maund tins 

 of that year's wheat, received from the Director of Land Records and Agriculture, 

 North-Western Provinces, on 12th June, and exposed to the air throughout the 

 whole of the rains in the Museum verandah, where they were well isolated from 

 weevils. 



Mr. Ross reports on them as follows : — 



"Sample E, hard, white wheat, known in Calcutta as 'Allyghur quality' (from 

 the district where it is largely grown) ; no signs of weevilling. Have 

 never seen any sample or bulk of this quality containing weevils. 

 " Sample F, soft, white wheat, with hardish shell, contains one or two weevils* 

 but no real damage done." 



Experiment 5. , 



Sample K,was taken on 14th November 1888 from a tin of wheat, which was 

 received from the Director of Land Records and Agriculture, Punjab, on 25th May 

 (marked new wheat from a threshing floor) ; it was exposed to the air throughout the 

 whole of the rains in No. 1, Sudder Street, where it was well isolated. 

 Mr. Ross reports on it as follows : — 



"Sample K, hard, red wheat (gunga jelli); have never known pure gunga jelli 

 to weevil." 



Experiment 6. 



Sample L was taken, 14th November 1888, from a tin of old wheat from a godown 

 in Sialkot. This tin was received from the Director of Land Records and Agriculture* 

 Punjab, on 2oth May, and was exposed to the air, throughout the rains, in the Ento- 

 mology room, where it was not isolated from weevils. 

 Mr. Ross reports on it in November as follows : — 

 " Sample L, old wheat, with small admixture of barley, both alike destroyed by 

 weevils." 



Experiment 7. 



Samples H, H2, and G, were taken on 14th November 1888 from three half-maund 

 tins of wheat, received from the Director of Land Records and Agriculture, North- 







