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superior to Kumpta and 30 to 40 per cent, to Westerns, so 

 that a decided step in improvement has already been taken 

 Nos. 2, 6, 7 should be abandoned on account of their low 

 percentage. 



Hagari. — The value of the selections Nos. 12 to 16 is 

 equal to that of the best class of Westerns. Those which 

 show a further falling oft" in the ginning percentage this 

 year should be given up. No. 17 might be given another 

 chance, but a low price accompanied by a falling percent- 

 age is against 18. 



Of No. 23, the black seeded cotton, Messrs. Tata, Sons 

 say it is the best indigenous cotton (of these samples) both 

 in colour and length of fibre. The ginning percentage is so 

 low that the production would have to be high before the 

 crop would pay to grow. As its quality is so highly 

 spoken of, experiments with it should be persevered in as 

 the percentage might improve. 



Looking at the results of experiments conducted for 

 several years with 3 types of Guzerat cottons, it is obvious 

 that only Broach should be maintained and Kanvi and 

 Lalio abandoned as they are of an inferior type. The 

 result of the acclimatization of these is that they have 

 adopted the characteristics of their new locality. Cotton 

 from recently introduced seed is superior in price and gin- 

 ning percentage, but without figures of production on a 

 field scale it is impossible to say further than this. 



But, granting that these are also superior, it would be 

 the safest policy to bring in annually a large proportion — 

 say 30 per cent. — of freshly introduced Broach seed into 

 the cotton districts supplied by the seed farm at Hagari. 

 We recommend that this seed should be obtained from the 

 Experimental Farm at Surat. 



The long growing season of the Guzerat varieties is 

 perhaps the most vital objection to their introduction un- 

 less it be found possible to sow earlier as is done in the 

 case of Broach cotton in the Dharwar District. 



