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The low ginning percentage may be due to (a) the 

 deterioration of the local cotton seed, (b) poor ginning per- 

 centage of the last pickings. 



The representatives of the Bombay mill-owners and the 

 local merchants who attended the sale were thoroughly 

 pleased with the quality of cotton and believed that the 

 stuff was similar to Navasari cotton except that the staple 

 was rather rough and added that there will be no difficulty 

 in realising good prices for this class of cotton up to 10,000 

 Nagas, and wished that the cultivation of this cotton should 

 be extended. 



There were no complaints regarding the quality of seed, 

 but it is absolutely necessary to renew every year a large 

 quantity of Navasari seed to keep up the standard of staple 

 and ginning percentage.* 



It is interesting to know that a man who had put out 

 only 6 acres under •Broach cotton, realised Rs. 574 at Rs. 95 

 per acre. 



Cambodia Cotton. — The cultivation of this cotton has 

 been tried in so many diverse localities that it is as well to 

 collect all our scattered references under one head. 



Guzerat. — Mr. Mankad has supplied the following note 

 on Cambodia prospects in North Guzerat as the result of 

 his inspection in November last :■ — 



" Believing that the cultivation of Cambodia must have 

 spread at Bawla, I went there on the 9th November, when I 

 was informed that the cultivation was not undertaken 

 during the present year. 



The glowing report on this cotton is said to have had 

 some effect in a village called Vasna in the Dholka Taluka 

 and it is reported that a few acres have been put under 

 this cotton. It is a fact that Cambodia seed in these parts 

 was sold at an enhanced rate, 5 to 6 rupees per maund of 

 40 lbs. 



* The ginning percentage this year, on the whole, seems to be high throughout. 



