84 REPORT OF THE AGRTCT'LTTTRAL RESEARCH 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL COTTON 



SPECIALIST. 



(G. A. Gammie, F.L.S.) 



I held charge of the appointment throughout the year. 

 The first two months were devoted to the establishment of 

 the series of experiments on which I had decided to work 

 out the manurial requirements of the cotton plant in India 

 and the differences which may perhaps accrue from the 

 presence of various manurial ingredients' in the soil. This 

 enquiry will only give data for estimating results in the 

 course of a few years. 



In September and the early part of October I visited the 

 Mysore State to suggest some preliminary lines of experi- 

 ments. The greater part of October was devoted to a tour 

 in the Punjab and the United Provinces. 



In November I visited Berar and then attended the Con- 

 ference of the Agricultural Board at Pusa where I had 

 opportunities of discussing cotton work with members of 

 all the Agricultural Departments in India. 



In January I visited Assam to advise a planting firm 

 regarding the cultivation of cotton in that Province. 



During the intervals throughout the year I was engaged 

 in supervising my own experiments and in advising, with 

 some degree of detail, more than twelve correspondents in 

 India and other parts of the East, on special points con- 

 nected with the cultivation of cotton. 



To further my botanical researches I obtained seeds of 

 the indigenous cottons in the Kashmir State and the varie- 

 ties of wild cottons existing in Sind. 



A number of cotton samples were exhibited and ex- 

 plained at the Mysore Industrial Exhibition. For these 

 the committee awarded a diploma and the notes accom- 

 panying the exhibits were considered sufficiently useful to 

 be quoted in full in the Exhibition catalogue. A set of 

 cottons were sent for exhibition in the North- West Frontier 



