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more kafas and a higher percentage of lint. A profit of 

 about Rs. Ill per acre is made on this farm by growing 

 rosea instead of Berar jari. Malvensis also does well in 

 certain localities and the lint is much superior to that of 

 rosea, but it is a less profitable variety to grow owing to the 

 lower percentage of lint which it yields. 



Vera closely resembles rnalvensis and cutchica somewhat 

 resembles rosea. 



Bani or Ilingangliat kappas is, from the point of view 

 of quality, one of the best cottons grown in India, but it 

 gives less than half as much lint as rosea and buyers are 

 not willing to pay more than from 20 to 30 per cent, more 

 for its lint than for that of rosea. Consequently it is hope- 

 less to expect that it can be grown as profitably as rosea. 

 The only chance of improving it with effect seems to be to 

 raise the ginning percentage. The strain, evolved by selec- 

 tion on the farm gives 3 per cent, more lint than ordinary 

 hani. 



Bhuri is the best exotic cotton yet tried in the Province. 

 It is entirely resistant to wilt which is now doing consider- 

 able damage to Berar jari in certain parts of the Division. 

 Bhuri is recommended for such areas and for the rich khari 

 lands of the villages. It suffers more from drought than 

 Berar jari but less from excessive rain. Before this farm 

 war, opened the terms rosea, malvensis, cutchica, etc., were 

 quite unknown, but now these are household words in Berar 

 and many cultivators are growing these varieties pure for 

 seed distribution. 



Rosea is being grown on 31 seed farms in this Division; 

 malvensis and cutchica on 4, hhuri on 33, and it is reckoned 

 that there are 5,000 acres under this new variety in Berar 

 alone this season. It is gratifying to note that all this 

 has been accomplished by the Department of Agriculture, 

 mainly through the agency of the Akola Farm, within the 

 short space of five years, and that these different varieties 

 had never been grown pure previous to that time. Several 

 cultural points have also been decided, such as that topping 



