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REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



Valuation furnished by Messrs. Tata, So/is Sf Co., Bombay, on 

 the 22 samples of cotton grown on Lyallpur Farm, on 15th 

 Ma y 1913 — concld . 



Serial 

 No. 



Sample 



No. 



Rkmabks. 



21 



22 



Deshi cotton, zamindari sample, has all the characteristics of Sind 

 Punjab cotton. It can spin up to 10* and we value it at same 

 price as Fine Sind Punjab Ginned, namely, Rs. 245. 



American cotton, zamindari sample, shows good deal of variation in 

 the length as well as the strength of the fibre. It seems that pro- 

 per attention was not paid to this cotton on the zamindari land, 

 hence the deterioration. We pull out a sample from a handful 

 of this sample which can easily spin 24 s while another handful 

 from the same sample gives a staple which can hardly spin 20 s . 

 We therefore conclude that this "Mixed Staple" will not spin 

 beyond 20 s and we value it at Rs. 315, say, Rs. 5 lower than our 

 quotation of Surats. 



Basis of prices on 13th May 1913 : — 



Rs. 



Middling American . 350 per candy of 784 lbs. 

 Good Tinnevelly . 330 ., „ , ; „ 



Fine Surat . . 320 „ „ „ „ 



,, Broach . • 292 „ „ ,, „ 



In forwarding this report I added the following 

 remarks : — 



" These cottons have now been successfully grown on 

 the Botanical Experimental Farm for the past 

 five years so. that their suitability for your 

 conditions has been abundantly established. 

 From a practical point of view the distribution 

 of the seed and subsequent supervision of the 

 product of 20 selections is not possible and it 

 would be as well to determine how few of these 

 should be ultimately maintained. 



Variety. 



7F 



Remarks. 



. Last year was compared with and valued equal to the best Surat cotton, or 

 Rs. 45 per candy less than Good Middling American. This year it is valued 

 as equal to Middling American laid down in Bombay at Rs. 350 com- 

 pared on the same day with Good Tinnevelly, Rs. 330 ; Fine Surat, Rs. 320 ; 

 and Fine Broach, Rs. 292. 



