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cultivation on the part of the ryots who do not follow the 

 instructions of the agricultural department. Unless culti- 

 vation is improved and sufficient flow irrigation is obtained 

 as early as March-April, there is no likelihood of Egyptian 

 cotton being established as a general field crop in Sind. 

 The Government of Bombay are taking steps to secure these 

 conditions. It is disappointing, however, to record that 

 this year (1909) no sowings in Sind of Egyptian cotton 

 have been made on account of the difficulties of water 

 supply. 



Some promising results have been obtained from the 

 trials of American and Cambodia cottons in parts of the 

 Southern Maratha country. 



The area sown with American cotton in the Jhelum 

 colony of the Punjab increased in 1907, but on account of 

 the scarcity of labour due to the epidemic of plague, the 

 area was restricted last year. There has been, however, no 

 large decrease in the number of cultivators growing this 

 cotton. Arrangements were made last winter to dispose 

 of the produce by auction as is done with Sind-grown 

 Egyptian cotton, and the results were most satisfactory, the 

 cultivators obtaining an adequate price for their produce. 

 The trials with Egyptian cotton in the Punjab have not 

 yielded any satisfactory results. The Economic Botanist 

 has now imported a new variety which he considers better 

 suited to the Punjab. 



Acclimatised American cotton was successfully grown 

 in 1907 by many cultivators in the Aligarh district of the 

 United Provinces, and there was a large increase in the 

 demand for seed for the next year's crop. It is anticipated 

 that the quantity of this cotton will soon be sufficient for 

 putting it on the market on a commercial scale and the 

 prices offered will determine whether it will be permanent- 

 ly established in these provinces. 



In the Central Provinces and Bengal hurhi cotton (an 

 acclimatised variety of American type) has continued to 

 give successful results. Efforts are being made to extend 



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