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distribution of the seed of a productive white 

 flowered indigenous cotton. The colour of the 

 flower is of important assistance in maintain- 

 ing the purity of the type. There are now 

 20,000 acres of this under cultivation and it 

 may cover the whole cotton area of the division 

 in the course of a very few years. The whole 

 of the seed cotton is ginned under the personal 

 supervision of Dr. Parr, so that the chance of 

 mixture is avoided. 



The introduction of this variety teaches the cultivator 

 the value of a pure crop and after he has 

 learned his first lesson a second could be com- 

 menced by issuing one of the higher class 

 yellow flowered types, of which one at least 

 shows great promise here. 



(2) Regarding the comparative merits of Cawnpore- 



American and Bhuri, Dr. Parr considers that 

 the latter will be more profitable and I am 

 disposed to agree with him. Mr. "Burt is, how- 

 ever, of a contrary opinion and the difference 

 can only be settled by making comparative 

 tests. 



Previous experience with the Cawnpore- American cer- 

 tainly pointed to the fact that the outturn of 

 American cotton in the United Provinces tends 

 to diminish more and more every year. 



(3) Cambodia, on account of its prolonged season of 



growth, 'is not at all promising and its cultiva- 

 tion should be given up. 



(4) The problems to be solved in the United Provinces 



are simple, one being the introduction of a 

 longer stapled sort (either American Upland or 

 an Indian hybrid as Mr. Leake is attempt- 

 ing), the other being the substitution of a good- 

 paying pure Deshi crop in the place of the 

 mixture, which is now universally grown." 



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