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" Mr. Bhimbhai informs me that, last year, of No. 1018- 

 P. G., selected Broach, 10,000 acres were sown in British 

 territory and 7,000 acres in Baroda. The Syndicate 

 secured 5,000 bales out of the total of 7,000, the remainder 

 was sold independently by the cultivators to other 

 merchants when the Syndicate ceased buying. This year, 

 7,000 acres have been put out and one merchant, Mr. 

 Motibhai Raghawji of Surat, is offering Rs. 5 for 960 lbs. 

 of seed cotton over market rate. The Agent of Messrs. 

 Whittle & Co. at Bardoli is also satisfied with the result 

 and they are paying Rs. 4 above the market rate. There 

 is a strong probability that these selected varieties will be 

 maintained by the cultivators, in spite of the withdrawal 

 of the Syndicate's offer. 



" Mr. Bhimbhai considers that it will be quite practic- 

 able in villages which grow blocks of these selected cottons 

 to form Committees to settle the disposal of the produce 

 without the intervention of middlemen. The new varie- 

 ties are maintaining the improvement in the ginning per- 

 centage. 



" Selection IA, out of selected Broach, gives 35-5 or 

 nearly 3 per cent, over the local variety. In the quantity 

 and quality selections No. 2 out of selected Broach, the 

 quality is good and the ginning percentage is 34. This 

 year, it is expected to also stand highest in yield. 



" Cambodia is abandoned as being unsuitable for the 

 black soil. 



" Nadiad. — Cambodia cotton is being attacked by wilt 

 and also by aphides this season. The percentage has fallen 

 to 31. In appearance its lint is much the same as that of 

 Lalio, which, being indigenous to the tract, is not so liable 

 to be influenced by abnormal seasons. In the district there 

 is a difficulty in the marketing of the produce, but as many 

 of the cultivators are making their own arrangements for 

 the importation of the seed, the final disposal of the crop 

 should remain in their own hands. 



" The cotton crosses on the farm show so very little pro- 

 mise that it would be well perhaps if the officers concerned 



