98 REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



In acknowledging the valuations of samples of cotton 

 which were sent to him, Mr. Burt gave me the following 

 interesting information : — 



" The results of spinning trials at the Elgin Mills and 

 of a valuation by the British Cotton Growing Association 

 show that the Cawnpore- American is valued more highly 

 than the Dharwar American. This difference is, however, 

 not important as the Dharwar variety does not do so well 

 here as regards yield and is much inferior to the Cawn- 

 pore variety in ginning percentage. From the valuation 

 based on larger samples I am inclined to think that the 

 Cawnpore- American is more nearly equal to Middling 

 American than Messrs. Tata and Sons' valuation. 



' As regards Boyd and Black Rattler, I am rather sur- 

 prised to find that Boyd is valued so much above Cawnpore- 

 American, as there was little difference as far as we 

 could tell here. Boyd is, however, one of the most pro- 

 mising of the imported varieties and ginned well. As 

 regards the Black Rattler, it is impossible to say as yet 

 whether this will yield sufficiently well to be worth growing 

 here. It is a later plant than the Cawnpore- American, but 

 has not yet been fully acclimatized. In the meantime we 

 are eontinuins; trials of these and other cottons and at the 

 same time trying to select uniform agricultural types from 

 them. The Cawnpore- American variety yielded well last 

 year on a considerable scale and we have about 500 to 600 

 acres of this variety this year, having received a guarantee 

 of a minimum price of 6^ per lb. for the lint plus premium 

 depending on the spot price of middling American." 



During the cropping season I deputed Mr. Mankad to 

 Kathiawar to assist the Assistant of the Economic 

 Botanist, United Provinces, to select types of Kathiawar 

 cottons for experimental purposes at Cawnpore. 



Central Provinces. — From valuations made on a set of 

 samples, with details of acreage, outturn and percentage 

 of cotton to seed, supplied by the Akola Experiment Station 

 the varieties grown in Berar fell into the following order 



