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ductive and remunerative than the yellow 

 flowered types. 



(2) For the present w^e must conclude that American 



cotton has had a fair trial and has failed. In 

 some cases it yielded badly and in others it 

 could not meet with a suitable market. 



(3) Dr. Parr will continue his experiments with the 



form of Bhuri that I have pointed out to him as 

 being most suitable for the purpose. 



(4) The experiments with yellow flowered neglectums 



should be persevered with. The staple is supe- 

 rior and it may prove remunerative to produce 

 the cotton as a pure type. I showed Dr. Parr 

 in the field how to readily distinguish the most 

 productive plants of both white and yellow 

 flowered cottons. 



In company with Dr. Parr I visited Kashipur where a 

 particular class of cotton was said to be grown. We found 

 that the cotton was of exceptionally good quality, approach- 

 ing in appearance and staple, the Bani or Hinganghat. I 

 have advised Dr. Parr to make all his selections in the tract 

 and not risk damaging the reputation of the local produce 

 by bringing in anything from outside. I have since seen it 

 mentioned in the newspapers that the Department is 

 establishing a seed farm here. 



The Tahsildar of Kashipur, Mr. Thakar Raghunath- 

 singh, gave the following information. The rainfall of this 

 tract averages between 40 and 50 inches. Last year it was 

 64 and this year 36. Last year the acreage under cotton 

 was about 5,000 and this year 4,500. Wild animals from 

 the reserved forests damage all crops excepting cotton. 

 The average yield of seed cotton is 9 maunds per acre and 

 under the most -favourable conditions it reaches 12 maunds. 



The price of Kashipur cotton is Rs. 2 per maund higher 

 than that of ordinary Bengals. 



The ginning factory proprietor at Kashipur is ex- 

 tremely anxious that no rough sort should be introduced to 

 spoil the quality of the local fine variety. 



