INSTITUTE AND COLLEGE, PUSA, FOH 1912-13. 105 



Valuations — contd . 



Serial 

 No. 



Corre- 

 sponding 

 pedigree 

 No. of 

 the Koil- 

 patti 

 Farm 

 during 

 1911-12. 



Valuation by Messrs. Tata, Sons & 



Co., Bombay, on 19th December 



1912. 



Valuation by the Chamber of 

 Commerce, Bombay, 8th 

 February 1913. 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 



Karunganni A-C types — Under Field Scale. 



IF. 

 IF. 

 1 F. 

 2F. 

 2F. 

 3F. 

 3F 

 4F. 



P. 



C. 

 C. 

 P. 



c. 

 c. 

 p. 

 p. 



Except Nos. 2 and 3, the other six 

 samples are equal to ordinary 

 F.G.F. Tinnevelly and we value 

 them at the price of that cotton. 

 Nos. 2 and 3 are decidedly better 

 in appearance and length of 

 staple and may be valued at 

 Rs. 15 over the price of average 

 F. G. F. Tinnevelly cotton. 



Basis. — F. G. F. Tinnevelly equal 

 to Rs. 328 per candy of 784 lbs. 

 laid down in Bombay. 



We consider Nos. 6 and 8 the 

 best on account of staple and 

 value such cotton about Rs. 15 

 higher than fully good fair 

 Tinnevelly. Nos. 4 and 7 we 

 consider second best and about 

 Rs. 10 higher than fully good 

 fair Tinnevelly. Nos. 2, 3 and 

 5 are ab jut equal to fully good 

 fair Tinnevelly and No. 1 not 

 up to fully good fair Tinne- 

 velly. 



Basis. — Fine Broach M. Gd. 



Rs. 330. 

 Good Kumpta M. Gd. Rs. 335. 

 Fine Navasari M. Gd. Rs. 360. 



The work of this station is confined to the improvement 

 of Karunganni which previously existed as a mixture in the 

 fields with an inferior variety called Uppam. The valua- 

 tions show that considerable progress has been made. My 

 assistant, Mr. D. P. Mankad, who visited this locality last 

 year, says that in Duraswamipura village, about 4 miles 

 from the Koilpatti Farm, cultivators have been growing 

 a neglectum mixture which they call Pulichi paratti. It 

 is very important that the Department should take steps to 

 check the introduction of such inferior varieties into this 

 tract. The cultivators consider that the chief advantage 

 of Uppam as compared with Karunganni lies in its shorter 

 growing season, greater uniformity in ripening and supe- 

 rior hardiness. 



Mr. Mankad has the following remarks on the cultiva- 

 tion of Cambodia cotton in Madras and these throw light 

 on the causes which have led to the loss of reputation of 

 this staple. 



