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REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



Basis of valuation on 10th July 1912 : — 



Rs. 



Judging from the valuations received from Messrs. 

 Tata, Sons & Co., the Kumpta cotton from the Sangli State 

 in the Southern Mahratta Country fetches a higher price 

 than that of the same country to the southward. There 

 are presumably highly favourable conditions of soil and 

 climate in this State and the Department of Agriculture, 

 Bombay, may see its way to investigate the possibilities of 

 this tract as a seed distributing centre of Kumpta cotton. 



The suspicions of Messrs. Tata, Sons, that the labelling 

 of the bags was transposed, is not confirmed. 



The Agricultural Superintendent of the State had 

 grown Broach from seed imported from Naosari and the 

 Kumpta was from an inter se cross. 



The following are Messrs. Tata's valuations and 

 remarks (on 11th March 1912) : — 



" Sam fie No. 1. — Broach cotton grown at Sangli from 

 the seeds imported from Naosari. The cotton 

 shows much improvement, both in colour and 

 staple. Though a slight tinge of red can be 

 detected, the colour is more than fine. On the 

 basis of Rs. 330 for Naosari cotton, we value 

 this at Rs. 340 per candy. 

 " Sample No. 2. — Local (Kumpta) cotton crossed inter 

 se. This is really a beautiful cotton, soft and 

 silky in feel with a strong and even fibre, equal 

 to, if not better than, Naosari cotton in length. 

 It is more like indigenous Naosari cotton than 

 like Kumpta. In fact we were in dovibt whe- 

 ther a mistake had not been made in bagging 

 the samples. It is really better than No. 1 in 

 all respects and we value it at Rs. 20 over No. 1, 

 viz., Rs. 360 per candy. 



