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plant and its ultimate product induced by diverse climates 

 and soils. 



Another report from Khanapur gives a valuation of 

 Bhuri at Rs. 370 and Cambodia at Rs. 340. 



The 1910 crop of Bhuri at Kumbarganvi was valued at 

 Rs. 380, Fine Surats of the same day being Rs. 380. 



In the light of the second year's valuation it is difficult 

 to understand why the first year's crop at Kumbarganvi 

 should have been so inferior. 



The Professor of Agriculture, Poona, kindly allowed 

 me the use of a plot of land at Lonavla (where the average 

 rainfall is 186-56 inches) to test the behaviour of Bhuri, 

 Cambodia and Kil under a very heavy rainfall. The last- 

 named, in its own home in the Garo Hills, luxuriates in 

 almost quite as heavy a rainfall. Seeds of the three varie- 

 ties were sown on the 19th June, Cambodia germinated well, 

 but Kil and Bhuri only indifferently. The heavy rains 

 and cold winds prevented further growth in the two latter 

 and they died. Cambodia held out till about the end of 

 July and finally succumbed in the heavy rain of August. 

 It was a foregone conclusion perhaps that no cotton will 

 withstand such heavy and continuous rainfall, but still it 

 is satisfactory to obtain tangible proof of the fact. 



Bourbon Cotton Cultivation on the Western Coast. — 

 In former years it was demonstrated to their own satis- 

 faction by a few enthusiasts (who probably owed their suc- 

 cess to watchful care), that Bourbon cotton could be pro- 

 fitably grown in the Konkan, and sporadic plants are cer- 

 tainly persistent and quite common in villages. To arouse 

 fresh interest in the subject I persuaded some Mamlatdars 

 to induce land-owning friends to make experiments and I 

 supplied the necessary seed. The final reports, however, 

 proved disappointing as, owing to heavy rains, not one trial 

 resulted in success. Now that a Divisional Inspector has 

 been appointed for the Konkan I hope that, under his 

 supervision, further trials with Comilla cotton, a plant 

 from a heavy rainfall area, nuiy show some measure of 

 success. 



