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I understand from Mr. Patil that the experiments are 

 to be transferred to Karmala, about 12 miles from Jeur 

 Station. The viUagers there have lost their crops through 

 the use of unsuitable seed obtained locally from ginning 

 mills. The cotton usually grown by them is a mixture of 

 neglect um with a little Jowari Hatti and Upland. The 

 people prefer the narrow-lobed neglectum and say that 

 they are willing to buy up any quantity of seed. The rain- 

 fall is said to be precarious and the methods of cultivation 

 poor so that the locality seems altogether unsuitable for 

 high class cottons. I have recommended that pure varie- 

 ties of neglectum be obtained either from Dhulia or from 

 Akola. We have since sent 1,300 lbs. of Varhadi seed to 

 Mr. Patil, also 150 lbs. of Saugor-Jari seed, an early ripen- 

 ing dwarf, prolific variety, which ripens its crop at least 

 three weeks in advance of Jari and Varhadi : I also 

 visited Pasare's Estate on which the Department is work- 

 ing with manurial experiments. 



The following are valuations by Messrs. Tata Sons on 

 samples sent from each of the treated plots : — * 



Basis- — f'ood Western Gd.. lis. 1335. 

 Eine Broach Gd„ Rs. 360, 



