INSTITUTE AND COLLEGE, PUSA, FOB 1913-14. 121 



The details of the three methods of cultivation of both, 

 Bhuri and Cambodia, in the Goradu soil on the Nadiad 

 Farm are as follows : — 



(1) Start given by two waterings from May. 



(2) Rain-fed. 



(3) Two waterings to be given after the cessation of 



rains. 



The new exotics were found attacked by wilt and 

 aphides. White-ants had also destroyed a good many plants. 

 Judging from the growth of the plants, the local cotton, 

 Lalio, appeared more promising. Bhuri seems to be 

 hardier and earlier in ripening (3 weeks) than Cambodia, 

 but the low outturn combined with a low ginning percent- 

 age and a weak fibre are the greatest objections to it. 



Cambodia tried at Shahpur near Petlad and at Cambay 

 in the Kaira District also suffered from the attacks of leaf- 

 rollers and aphides. The experimenters now report that 

 the outturn is disappointing. 



I am inclined to think that the following points do not 

 seem to appeal in favour of Cambodia :- 



(1) During the very first year of its trial in 1912-13 

 it gave a decidedly low ginning percentage on 

 the Farm, and it seems doubtful whether it 

 will keep up both in quality and ginning per- 

 centage; these two factors are of vital import- 

 ance in the successful cultivation of cotton. 



(2) Being a delicate variety, it is more susceptible to 



insect pests than the local cottons. 



(3) Unless cultivation extends fairly on a large scale 



there seem small prospects of establishing a 

 market for the disposal of this kind of cotton. 

 It is also a question how far the product will be 

 kept thoroughly pure. 



(4) It seems difficult in practice to start the crop under 



(me or two waterings in May to get good returns. 



K 



