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No. 4. Roseum. — " Fully good middling " in grade. 

 Staple rough and extremely short. Value 7d., 

 quite nominal. 



It is mentioned that " with the exception of the fourth 

 sample, Roseum, all the samples sent are useful cottons 

 which could be readily sold in this market at considerably 

 higher prices than are obtained from East Indian cotton, 

 and we hope that there may be some possibility of these 

 cottons being produced in quantity in your district." 



Bomhay Cottons. 



Trial with Bh/rrl cotton at Kiimharganvi {12 miles from 

 Dharivar). — In March 1909, while discussing cotton matters 

 with the Deputy Director of Agriculture at Dharwar, I 

 suggested the possibility of a successful introduction of 

 Bhuri into the tract lying in the heavy rainfall zone 

 where land was largely left uncultivated. Accordingly a 

 plot of about 3 acres was taken up at Kumbarganvi. The 

 soil is shaly, and is known in local Kanarese as Masari, 

 Bhurkati or Revti in Marathi and Gorat in Gujerati. 



The average annual rainfall is 50 to 60 inches, falling 

 heavily from June to the end of September and more lightly 

 till the beginning of November. 



Two ploughings and three harrowings were given but 

 no manure. The seed (obtained in 1908 from Bengal) was 

 sown by drill at the rate of 20 lbs. per acre on the 18th 

 August 1909. Germination was excellent and the plants 

 were thinned out to a foot apart in the rows, which were 

 at 2 feet intervals. The plants were soon attacked by stem 

 borers and caterpillars. The latter were removed by hand, 

 a difficult operation as the creatures concealed themselves 

 during the day. This attack lasted for four weeks. It 

 was estimated that 50 per cent, of the crop was attacked 

 but the sequel proved that the plants received no material 

 injury. The first picking was started on the 15th January ; 

 this gave 14 lbs. 7 oz. of seed cotton; the second was on the 

 25th February and gave 72 lbs. of seed cotton, the third and 



