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ter certain, it would be quite worth while to give it another 

 year's chance. 



Saugor Jari is a dwarf variety, coming so quickly to 

 maturity that the first picking is ready this year in the 

 middle of October. The seed was originally brought from 

 the Rehli Taluka of the Saugor District. It is an ex- 

 tremely prolific cropper and appears to be suitable more 

 especially for the poorer classes of soils, which are apt to 

 lose moisture rapidly when the late monsoon fails as it 

 often does in this district. 



The seed obtained locally in Burhanpur has produced a 

 crop so mixed (the mixture consisting of Jari with a smaller 

 proportion of Bani and Upland Georgian) that the fact 

 strengthens our conviction that, if pure varieties are estab- 

 lished by the Department, which will then distribute them 

 for general cultivation, methods must decidedly be devised, 

 by home or village ginning or otherwise, to ensure that these 

 varieties are maintained in their purity. As regards 

 the establishment of this particular Experimental Station I 

 foresee with satisfaction, that, being by its very nature a 

 demonstration on an actual cultivator's land with the im- 

 plements and labour supplied from his stock, the results 

 will be readily visible to him and his neighbours. 



In Berar and the Central Provinces, where cotton is 

 usually grown associated with Tur {Cajanus indicus) more 

 attention could be profitably paid to the cleanliness of the 

 fields, which are infested with coarse grasses, Celosia 

 arcjentea and other weeds. 



I visited the Experimental Stations at Raipur, Nagpur 

 and Akola in the company of Mr. Clouston, the Deputy 

 Director, and Mr. Graham, the Economic Botanist. 



At Raipur, which is beyond the cotton tracts, two plots 

 were devoted to Bhuri and Cambodia cottons. The former 

 gave a good crop last year and promised well for this. The 

 Rajnandgaon Mill bought the produce at a fair price and 

 the Manager is anxious to see the increased cultivation of 

 this variety. It suffers from boll-worm, however, and the 



