94 REPOET OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL COTTON 

 SPECIALIST. 



(G. A. Gammie, F.L.S.) 



I. — Charge and Tours. 



I held charge of the appointment throughout the year. 



Tours. — In July, I visited Simla to assist the Officiating 

 Agricultural Adviser to the Government of India in draw- 

 ing up a note on the present position of cotton in India; 

 in October I visited the Punjab to advise the Director of 

 Agriculture in consultation with some members of his staff, 

 as regards the present and future lines of work to be under- 

 taken in cotton; in the same month I also visited the 

 United Provinces, where I met Dr. Parr and Mr. Wilson, 

 the Officiating Economic Botanist. In November I visited 

 Sind, in the company of the Director of Agriculture, 

 Bombay, to discuss certain details in cotton cultivation in 

 Sind; in March 1914 I visited the agricultural stations in 

 Guzerat, including Baroda, and the Southern Mahratta 

 Country. The remainder of the time during the year was 

 devoted to the supervision of my own experimental area, to 

 the giving of advice to many correspondents and to 

 arrangements connected with the valuation of numerous 

 samjoles forwarded for my opinion. 



My assistant, Mr. D. P. Mankad, made several tours in 

 Guzerat, Kathiawar, and the Southern Mahratta Country 

 throughout the year. 



II. — Cotton in the Provinces. 



Punjab. — After my visits of inspection I furnished the 

 following short note to the Director : — 



There are three distinct types of American cottons, 

 (a) Upland Georgian, (b) New Orleans and (c) annual form 

 of soft Peruvian. The first, on account of its hardiness 

 and immunity from the attacks of pests, is obviously the 



