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labourer is able to pick from a good field two to three 

 maunds of cotton a day, thus earning from 10 to 12 annas 

 a day. A good crop will give 3 pickings. 



Outturn. — The average outturn of Houri h about 400 lbs. 

 of seed cotton per acre and its average market price is 

 R50 per Khandi of 560 lbs. An acre of land under cotton 

 would thus give about R35 to a cultivator from which the 

 cost of cultivation which is usually R14 may be deducted; 

 the net profit would therefore be about R20. 



Bombay. — During the year 1909-10 within a radius of 

 10 miles from Surat, the seed of a cross grown on the 

 Surat Farm was distributed to the cultivators by the Agri- 

 cultural Department. The produce of this cross, amount- 

 ing to about 100 bhars 100,000 lbs. (960 lbs. make one bhar 

 Sit Surat) has been purchased through the agency of the 

 Bombay Agricultural Department by a gin-owner of 

 Surat who gave R7 more per bhar for this cotton than the 

 Surat local cotton. The quantity so purchased will gin 

 out about 30,000 lbs. of seed; in addition to this quantity, 

 the Surat Farm also will produce about 5,000 lbs. seed of 

 this cross, the total quantity of seed would, therefore, come 

 to about 35,000 lbs. It is the intention of the Deputy 

 Director of Agriculture, Bombay Presidency, to distribute 

 this quantity to the cultivators of one village only so that 

 this year one village will grow only the cross cotton which 

 will throw sufficient light with regard to the improvement 

 of cotton. 



Cordial acknowledgment is due to Messrs. Tata, Sons 

 and Company, Bombay, for their kindness and promptitude 

 in giving valuations and opinions on cotton samples when- 

 ever they were submitted to them. 



Programme of work for 1910-11. — The work for the next 

 year will consist of a further enquiry into the cottons of 

 Central Provinces, Central India, Gujarat, Kathiawar and 

 Southern Maratha Country. 



