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Vilayati, Houri or new Jari. The evil seems to have been 

 recognised as early as 1867. Dr. Humes then remarked 

 that : — 



" The subject of cotton iu Berar is one that requires immediate 

 supervision. It has %een left in the hands of ignorant Koonbees, 

 who have no thought for the morrow, but grow whatever pays best 

 at the time. The Ehandesh variety is being grown largely to rhe 

 ousting of the other varieties, to the most certain ruin of the Berar 

 cotton trade. At present they get from Vilayati Khandesh *iii 

 early crop, also a large one, getting three or four pickings instead 

 of two or three as they get from indigenous cotton. They get R3 

 or R4 a bale less in price than for the indigenous cotton^ but the 

 greater bulk compensates, and much more, for this small loss. But 

 this apparent prosperitv will be short-lived, for it is only by 

 mixing this Valayati Khandesh cotton with the indigenous cottons 

 that merchants can get it accepted." 



The new Jari in recent years has become very popular 

 as its character is sturdy and can stand both excessive rain 

 and partial drought. 



Mr. Gaskin, former Director of Agriculture, Central 

 Provinces, says Jari is popular for its hardiness and 

 certainty of its heavy yield (1,000 lbs. of seed cotton) 

 giving 330 lbs. lint per acre; the ease with which it is 

 picked up and the fact that it ripens early and so can hd 

 placed in the market in October, November. 



Bulk for bulk its yield is much larger than that of old 

 Jari and Bani though the staple is much shorter and less 

 glossy. The old varieties come in the market in January 

 and February whereas the present variety ripens much 

 earlier and enables the cultivator to line his coat with 

 silver in the months of November, December. These cir- 

 cumstances have mostly thrust out the old indigenous 

 varieties of cotton. The change, it is said, came about in 

 this way. 



With a view to improve the cultivation in the province, 

 Government introduced the seed known as Vilayati or 

 Houri, also called Jari in some provinces, different from 

 the old Berar Jari. The seed was distributed gratis. The 

 trial was so successful and it became so popular that tho 



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