64 REPORT OF THE AGRICUXTURAL RESEARCH 



REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL COTTON SPECIALIST 



FOR THE YEAR 1909-10. 



(G. A. Gammie, F.L.S.) 



I held charge of the appointment throughout the year. 

 From the 6th to the 9th July 1909, I visited Bombay to 

 discuss work in cotton with some of the principal mer- 

 chants there. From the 26th to the 28th July I visited 

 Jalgaon to advise regarding the cotton section of the Exhi- 

 bition to be held in tlie following January; from the 13th 

 October to the 11th November I visited the Garo Hills, 

 Dacca and Chittagong in Eastern Bengal at the invitation 

 of the Agricultural Department; from the 12th to the 27th 

 November I visited various parts of Bengal in company 

 vvith the Economic Botanist with whom I discussed the 

 future line of work to be conducted in his province. From 

 the 28th November to the 7th December I was in the Central 

 Provinces arranging matters with the Deputy Director 

 of the Southern Division, from the 14th to the 16th Decem- 

 ber I met the Deputy Director of the Northern Division 

 at Harda and settled with him the details of future trials 

 in his division, from the 18th January to the 23rd January 

 I visited the Farms of the Southern Maratha Country with 

 Mr. Clouston, Deputy Director of Agriculture, Southern 

 Division, Central Provinces, and Mr. Main, Deputy Direc- 

 tor of Agriculture, Bombay. From the 26th January to the 

 5th February I attended the Jalgaon Exhibition where I 

 took charge of the Cotton Section and discussed matters of 

 interest with merchants and cultivators of Khandesh and 

 Berar. From the 17th to the 21st March I visited places 

 on the hill tracts of Belgaum and Dharwar to ascertain 

 the progress of experiments with huri cotton. From 

 the 1st to the 5th May I visited Cawnpur at the invitation 

 of the Economic Botanist to advise regarding his experi- 

 ments. From the 21st June till the end of the month I 



