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general conditions of the district do not seem to be al- 

 together favourable. 



Cambodia looks unthrifty and chances are decidedly in 

 its disfavour, but I advised Mr. Clouston to give it another 

 trial as the rains have been abnormally heavy. Attempts 

 to introduce the cultivation of Deshi cotton and Jowar have 

 resulted in failure. 



At Rajnandgaon we visited two fields of Bhuri in the 

 company of Mr. Fredericson, the Manager of the local mill. 

 These had done very well and the local cultivators were 

 impressed with the result. Mr. Fredericson, however, says 

 that Bhuri will not altogether serve as a substitute for 

 American Upland, which is superior in quality. It will 

 compete on favourable terms with the longer stapled indi- 

 genous varieties such as Broach, and this, after all, is a 

 desideratum in the Central Provinces. 



At Nagpur, Mr. Clouston still retains his plots sown 

 from seeds locally obtained from many parts of the province 

 and these have enabled him to gauge the nature and extent 

 of the mixtures as they normally exist in the fields. Vari- 

 ous high-class Uplands from American seed do not hold 

 out promise of success. The utility of protecting cotton 

 fields against insect attacks with girdles of Bhendi still 

 seems to be a moot point, but, from my own experience, I 

 cannot help considering that there is much to be said in its 

 favour. Insects certainly prefer it to cotton, and if care 

 be exercised in its destruction when its purpose is effected, 

 much latent and active insect life must be destroyed at the 

 same time. 



The varieties of cotton actually under serious trial con- 

 sist of Bhuri, malvensis, vera, cutchica and rosea. 



In order of their value in length of staple they would 

 stand thus : — (excluding Bhuri), malvensis, vera, rosea and 

 cutchica. The last two are white-flowered forms of the 

 two preceding them. Malvensis and vera (yellow-flowered 

 forms) are decidedly superior in the matter of staple, but 

 they are surpassed in percentage and total yield by rosea 

 and cutchica (white-flowered forms). The valuations given 



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