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firmed by the remarks on the six samples made by Messrs. 



Tata : — 



" That they were all more or less alike and of the 

 characteristics of sawginned Dharwar cotton 

 The machine ginned sample shows better 

 length of fibre over the rest which are saw- 

 ginned. Two samples, Cambodia 102E and 

 67E, valued at Rs. 300 and the rest at Rs. 295 

 against Rs. 288 of good sawginned Dharwar 

 and Rs. 320 good Cambodia ginned." 



In conclusion, with reference to my statement that 

 alleged deterioration of the Dharwar American cotton is 

 caused by the mixture of an Upland and the New Orleans 

 type of cotton, it seems that I am so far correct as Messrs. 

 Tata value the former at Rs. 305 and the latter at Rs. 295. 

 I hope that this year one full plot under each will be grown 

 for comparison. 



As regards the Cambodia cotton experiments which have 

 been conducted in this tract, 3,500 acres were sown during 

 the past year. Continuous rain during the seedling stage 

 caused so much wilt that many plants died. The shoot 

 borer would not allow the plants to grow until very late. 

 The continuous east winds for six months (which is con- 

 sidered bad for cotton) caused many flower buds to drop 

 and the soil moisture was quickly evaporated. The result 

 of these adverse circumstances was that the yield was 

 lowered by 40 per cent., that is, the yield should have been 

 350 to 375 lbs. per acre instead of about 210 lbs. The 

 ginning percentage varied from 38 to 32-5 with a general 

 average of 36-1. 



The prices per Naga of 1,344 lbs. realized at the auc- 

 tion were Rs. 185 to Rs. 161, the quotations for Dharwar 

 American and Kumpta on the same day being respectively 

 Rs. 140 and Rs. 139 to Rs. 141. 



Surat. — A set of samples from this station shows that 

 the product has now become so uniform that there is only a 

 difference of Rs. 13 per candy between the highest and 

 lowest quotations. 



